22% of New Jerseyans Worked from Home in 2021. Van Horn Predicts No Change.

September 23, 2022

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows 22% of New Jerseyans worked from home in 2021, a more than fourfold increase over 2019. New Jersey has a greater share of people working from home than most other states. Rutgers University Professor Carl Van Horn, director of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, doesn’t see much changing in the near future.

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