Access control data across U.S. shows slight waver in building occupancy
The world has 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. The company is analyzing the anonymized data to identify trends in how Americans are returning to the office and updates the findings each week.
In this week of February, half of the cities measured experienced drops in building occupancy rates last week, bringing the 10-city national average slightly down to 23.8%, a 0.3% decline from the week before. Philadelphia experienced the greatest drop in occupancy, falling 2.8% to 23.6% — just below the national average.