County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Petersburg city, VA
10.0% of workers in Petersburg city usually work from home, about 1,455 of 14,525 people. That is 8.3 points below the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 84 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
10.0%
Rank in VA
84 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,455
Mean commute
25.7 min
Petersburg city compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Petersburg city | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 10.0% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 73.4% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 3.7% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.7 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 7.6% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 12.0% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 14,525 | 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 alone73.4%
Worked from home10.0%
Public transit3.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Norfolk city10.2%
- Amherst County10.1%
- Northampton County10.1%
- Martinsville city10.0%
- Lee County9.9%
- Emporia city9.9%
- Campbell County9.8%
- Charles City County9.7%
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%