County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Polk County, NC
15.8% of workers in Polk County usually work from home, about 1,368 of 8,635 people. That is 0.5 points below the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 10 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
15.8%
Rank in NC
10 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,368
Mean commute
28.4 min
Polk County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Polk County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 15.8% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 70.4% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 28.4 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 12.4% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 19.4% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 8,635 | 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 alone70.4%
Worked from home15.8%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%
- Buncombe County17.6%
- Cabarrus County17.2%
- Brunswick County14.7%
- Johnston County14.7%
- Iredell County14.6%
- Forsyth County14.5%
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%