County profile ยท North Carolina
Working from home in Watauga County, NC
10.4% of workers in Watauga County usually work from home, about 2,673 of 25,655 people. That is 5.9 points below the North Carolina average of 16.3%. It ranks 37 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
10.4%
Rank in NC
37 of 100
1 = highest share
Remote workers
2,673
Mean commute
21.2 min
Watauga County compared with North Carolina and the US
| Metric | Watauga County | North Carolina | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 10.4% | 16.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 72.5% | 71.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.7% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 21.2 min | 25.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 10.3% | 14.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.6% | 17.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 25,655 | 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 alone72.5%
Worked from home10.4%
Public transit1.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Madison County10.7%
- Alleghany County10.6%
- Nash County10.6%
- Henderson County10.4%
- Pasquotank County9.9%
- Stanly County9.8%
- Davidson County9.7%
- Macon County9.4%
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%