County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Galax city, VA
5.8% of workers in Galax city usually work from home, about 162 of 2,795 people. That is 12.5 points below the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 119 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
5.8%
Rank in VA
119 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
162
Mean commute
22.6 min
Galax city compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Galax city | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.8% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 83.4% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.6 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 2.7% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 8.7% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 2,795 | 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 alone83.4%
Worked from home5.8%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Pulaski County6.2%
- Smyth County6.1%
- Page County5.8%
- Scott County5.8%
- Pittsylvania County5.7%
- Southampton County5.4%
- Radford city5.3%
- Grayson County5.2%
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%