County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Guilford County, NC
13.9% of workers in Guilford County usually work from home, about 36,704 of 264,008 people. That is 2.4 points below the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 17 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
13.9%
Rank in NC
17 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
36,704
Mean commute
22.0 min
Guilford County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Guilford County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 13.9% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 73.3% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.2% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.0 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 12.4% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 15.4% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 264,008 | 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 alone73.3%
Worked from home13.9%
Public transit1.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Lincoln County14.3%
- Dare County14.2%
- Granville County13.9%
- Pender County13.2%
- Person County12.9%
- Onslow County12.8%
- Carteret County12.6%
Largest counties in North Carolina
- Wake County29.1%
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Durham County22.9%
- Cumberland County7.7%
- Buncombe County17.6%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%