County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Wake County, NC
29.1% of workers in Wake County usually work from home, about 179,878 of 619,080 people. That is 12.8 points above the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 1 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
29.1%
Rank in NC
1 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
179,878
Mean commute
25.1 min
Wake County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Wake County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 29.1% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 61.4% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.7% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.1 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 28.1% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 30.1% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 619,080 | 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 alone61.4%
Worked from home29.1%
Public transit0.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Orange County26.8%
- Durham County22.9%
- Chatham County22.5%
Largest counties in North Carolina
- Mecklenburg County28.5%
- Guilford County13.9%
- Forsyth County14.5%
- Durham County22.9%
- Cumberland County7.7%
- Buncombe County17.6%
- Union County19.5%
- New Hanover County19.4%