County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Amherst County, VA
10.1% of workers in Amherst County usually work from home, about 1,441 of 14,321 people. That is 8.2 points below the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 82 of 133 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Virginia remote work page.
Work from home
10.1%
Rank in VA
82 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,441
Mean commute
24.9 min
Amherst County compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Amherst County | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 10.1% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.0% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.2% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 24.9 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 7.8% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 12.2% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 14,321 | 4,327,663 | 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 alone78.0%
Worked from home10.1%
Public transit0.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Waynesboro city10.3%
- Prince George County10.2%
- Newport News city10.2%
- Norfolk city10.2%
- Northampton County10.1%
- Martinsville city10.0%
- Petersburg city10.0%
- Lee County9.9%
Largest counties in Virginia
- Fairfax County28.7%
- Prince William County19.1%
- Virginia Beach city14.3%
- Loudoun County31.2%
- Chesterfield County19.5%
- Henrico County22.3%
- Arlington County35.3%
- Norfolk city10.2%