County profile ยท Virginia
Working from home in Roanoke city, VA
11.8% of workers in Roanoke city usually work from home, about 5,308 of 44,966 people. That is 6.5 points below the Virginia average of 18.3%. It ranks 56 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
11.8%
Rank in VA
56 of 133
1 = highest share
Remote workers
5,308
Mean commute
19.0 min
Roanoke city compared with Virginia and the US
| Metric | Roanoke city | Virginia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11.8% | 18.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 74.9% | 67.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 2.4% | 2.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 19.0 min | 27.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 10.2% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 13.5% | 19.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 44,966 | 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 alone74.9%
Worked from home11.8%
Public transit2.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Franklin County12.5%
- Manassas city12.5%
- Warren County12.4%
- Frederick County12.3%
- Floyd County11.7%
- Louisa County11.7%
- Madison County11.7%
- Poquoson city11.7%
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%