Real-time data on COVID-19 impacts
The state of hourly work at US small businesses | State Comparison tool
The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) is having a devastating impact on small businesses and hourly workers. At Homebase, we are in a unique position to see this happen in real-time. In the interest of transparency, we’re sharing our data publicly here, so that governments and communities can understand and support the people who are most impacted. We’ve also created guides and resources to help small businesses navigate the crisis.
The data on this site is delayed 4 weeks. If you are interested in access to real-time data feeds, please reach out to us at data@joinhomebase.com.
Different states, and industries within those states, have felt the economic impacts of COVID-19 at varying levels. The state comparison tool allows you to compare specific states and industries across the three key measures.
For example, selecting California, Massachusetts, and Texas reveals that Massachusetts has had more severe shutdowns relative to the other two states.
This dataset is based on Homebase data for over 60,000 businesses and 1 million hourly employees active in the US in January 2020. All the rates compare that day vs. the median for that day of the week for the period Jan 4, 2020 – Jan 31, 2020.
- Hours worked is calculated from the hours recorded in Homebase timecards.
- Locations open is based on whether or not a business had at least one employee clock-in.
- Employees working is based on the distinct number of hourly workers with at least one clock-in.
Note that the cyclical dips represent the weekends—one interesting insight from the data is that businesses are more likely to be closed on the weekends, relative to weekdays, in comparison to the January benchmark.
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