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City-by-City Views of America’s Office Use
Kastle Back to Work Barometer
City-by-City Views of America’s Office Use
Kastle Access Control Data Shows Occupancy Stagnated or Fell Across the Nation
Americans have been living through a period of intense uncertainty since March — struggling with an unprecedented pandemic and the economic distress it has caused.
To provide some clarity on the issues facing American businesses, Kastle Systems has been studying keycard, fob and KastlePresence app access data from the 3,600 buildings and 41,000 businesses we secure across 47 states. We’re analyzing the anonymized data to identify trends in how Americans are returning to the office.
Every city measured on the Barometer saw building occupancy rates remain the same or fall last week, bringing the 10-city national average down to 21.7%, a 1.7% decrease from the week before.
Washington, D.C. experienced the greatest decline in occupancy, falling from 19.7% to 10.2% — a 9.5% drop — likely due to heightened security downtown surrounding the inauguration. Dallas, Houston, and Austin continue to lead the nation as the most open cities, with rates of 35.3%, 33.1%, and 32.5%, respectively.
You can now track the Return to Work Barometer on the Bloomberg Terminal, available under {ALLX KASL<GO> }.
We’re confident occupancy rates will continue to rise in the months to come, and we’re ready to help the transition happen. For American workers to return safely back into office buildings, there must be a comprehensive system in place that integrates technology and new safety protocols both for the building and for tenant spaces. We’re keeping a close eye on this data as part of our KastleSafeSpaces framework, which we designed to help office buildings safely reopen.
| Methodology
Kastle’s reach of buildings, businesses and cardholders secured generates millions of access events daily as users enter office complexes, and individual company workspaces. Charted percentages are based on daily unique authorized user entries for Wednesdays in each market relative to a pre-COVID baseline.
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