County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Buncombe County, NC
17.6% of workers in Buncombe County usually work from home, about 22,701 of 129,061 people. That is 1.3 points above the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 8 of 100 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the North Carolina remote work page.
Work from home
17.6%
Rank in NC
8 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
22,701
Mean commute
21.1 min
Buncombe County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Buncombe County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17.6% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 70.5% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.7% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 21.1 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 17.7% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 17.5% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 129,061 | 5,084,515 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone70.5%
Worked from home17.6%
Public transit0.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Durham County22.9%
- Chatham County22.5%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%
- Cabarrus County17.2%
- Polk County15.8%
- Brunswick County14.7%
- Johnston County14.7%
Largest counties in North Carolina
- Wake County29.1%
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Guilford County13.9%
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Durham County22.9%
- Cumberland County7.7%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%