How many Connecticut workers actually telecommute? Until recently, nobody knew. So, Telecommute CT! commissioned a statewide survey of employers and employees to quantify telecommuting in Connecticut and gauge attitudes about it.

• Currently about 7% of Connecticut's 1.668 million workers -- or roughly 117,000 people -- telecommute at least 1 day a month. (The national average is 10%).
• The percentage of worksites with telecommuters has remained about the same since 1997, however the number of telecommuters per site has increased substantially.

• Of those who don't currently telecommute, 27% say the kind of work they do lends itself to telecommuting, and 33% would like to work from home at least some of the time. In other words, there is plenty of demand for telecommuting on the part of our state's workforce.
• Only 14% of non-telecommuters say their employers currently permit telecommuting, which means that employers still need to be convinced of the benefits.

• The biggest drawbacks cited by employers were the inability to hold spur-of-the-moment meetings and the notion that employees must be on site to serve customers and perform other important tasks.

• The average Connecticut telecommuter reports to a worksite 25.5 miles away from home. This means every day spent teleworking at home saves a 51 mile round trip by car per telecommuter
• With an estimated 117,000 telecommuters in the state, telecommuting provides a reduction of 37.2 million vehicle miles traveled every month.