County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Durham County, NC
22.9% of workers in Durham County usually work from home, about 39,750 of 173,792 people. That is 6.6 points above the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 4 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
22.9%
Rank in NC
4 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
39,750
Mean commute
22.6 min
Durham County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Durham County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22.9% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 62.7% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.8% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.6 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 21.2% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 24.5% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 173,792 | 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 alone62.7%
Worked from home22.9%
Public transit1.8%
Counties with a similar rank
- Wake County29.1%
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Orange County26.8%
- Chatham County22.5%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%
- Buncombe County17.6%
Largest counties in North Carolina
- Wake County29.1%
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Guilford County13.9%
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Cumberland County7.7%
- Buncombe County17.6%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%