Who works from home in Winston-Salem?

How many workers in Winston-Salem, NC work from home, how much that changed since 2015, and how the local share compares with the county, the state and the United States.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B08301.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Working from home changed Winston-Salem's workday.

Workers who work from home: 12.3% — About 14,003 workers · U.S.: 13.5%

Share working from home, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 4.6
• 2023: 12.3

Share working from home

• Winston-Salem: 12.3
• Forsyth County: 12.6
• NC: 14.5
• U.S.: 13.5

How workers get there (2023)

• Drove alone: 73.2
• Public transit: 1.2
• Worked from home: 12.3
• Other: 13.3

What it means

Remote work in Winston-Salem is roughly 2.7× what it was in 2015 — 4.6% of workers then, 12.3% now.

That is slightly lower than the national figure — the national share is 13.5%.

ACS 5-year estimates average five years of responses, so the 2023 figure still carries some pre-pandemic years inside it.