County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Burke County, NC
5.4% of workers in Burke County usually work from home, about 2,147 of 39,855 people. That is 10.9 points below the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 87 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
5.4%
Rank in NC
87 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
2,147
Mean commute
23.4 min
Burke County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Burke County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.4% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 83.8% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 23.4 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 4.3% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 6.7% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 39,855 | 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 alone83.8%
Worked from home5.4%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Northampton County5.9%
- Scotland County5.6%
- Yadkin County5.6%
- Martin County5.5%
- Columbus County5.4%
- Wayne County5.4%
- Greene County4.9%
- Sampson County4.9%
Largest counties in North Carolina
- Wake County29.1%
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Guilford County13.9%
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Durham County22.9%
- Cumberland County7.7%
- Buncombe County17.6%
- Union County19.5%