County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Essex County, VA
10.6% of workers in Essex County usually work from home, about 452 of 4,257 people. That is 7.7 points below the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 73 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
10.6%
Rank in VA
73 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
452
Mean commute
38.5 min
Essex County compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Essex County | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 10.6% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.5% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 38.5 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 10.6% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.6% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 4,257 | 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 alone78.5%
Worked from home10.6%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- King William County10.9%
- Salem city10.8%
- Wise County10.7%
- Suffolk city10.7%
- Hampton city10.4%
- Appomattox County10.3%
- Bland County10.3%
- Rockbridge County10.3%
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%