In the latest CoworkingMag report on the evolution of Work from Home (WFH), Charlotte ranked 5th in the nation.
The publication leveraged the most recent Census Bureau data in 109 U.S. metro areas to determine which ones went through the most significant changes in the past 10 years. They also analyzed the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) that currently host the highest shares of remote workers and the ones that are still seeing increases in the number of teleworkers even in the aftermath of the pandemic and the many return-to-office mandates.
Data highlights from 2014 to 2023:
- The Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area stands in fifth position nationally for the current share of remote workers out of the total workforce;
- Charlotte stands significantly above the national rate of 13.8%, registering 21.5% teleworkers in 2023;
- The metro area started in 2014 with a share of 5.1% and it peaked at 25.3% in 2021;
- Finally, the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area marked a 322% growth in remote workers from 2014 to 2023 – the seventh highest among the 100+ U.S. metro areas analyzed;
- In the overall ranking for the current share of remote workers, the Raleigh-Cary and Durham-Chapel Hill metro areas ranked second and ninth, respectively;
- The total number of remote workers in the U.S. stood at over 22 million in 2023, having tripled throughout the last decade. Only a small fraction (4.5%) of workers held remote positions back in 2014, reaching 17.9% in 2021, a share that dropped to 13.8% in 2023.
Full data set and methodology here: https://coworkingmag.com/blog/
