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Best US metros for remote workers

Weighted for remote workers: overall affordability, rent, mild climate, and recreation. All 200 metros ranked (1 = best). Search a city or click a column to sort.

# Metro Remote score
1 Brownsville, TX 77/100
2 McAllen, TX 77/100
3 Columbus, GA 74/100
4 Gulfport, MS 74/100
5 Huntington, WV 74/100
6 Kingsport, TN 74/100
7 Laredo, TX 74/100
8 Charleston, WV 73/100
9 Fort Smith, AR 73/100
10 Houston, TX 73/100
11 Jackson, MS 73/100
12 Lafayette, LA 73/100
13 Longview, TX 73/100
14 San Antonio, TX 73/100
15 Hickory, NC 72/100
16 Tuscaloosa, AL 72/100
17 Youngstown, OH 72/100
18 Beaumont, TX 71/100
19 El Paso, TX 71/100
20 Lubbock, TX 71/100
21 Mobile, AL 71/100
22 Montgomery, AL 71/100
23 Shreveport, LA 71/100
24 College Station, TX 70/100
25 Lynchburg, VA 70/100
26 Spartanburg, SC 70/100
27 Amarillo, TX 69/100
28 Augusta, GA 69/100
29 Canton, OH 69/100
30 Corpus Christi, TX 69/100
31 Evansville, IN 69/100
32 Killeen, TX 69/100
33 Roanoke, VA 69/100
34 Waco, TX 69/100
35 Wichita, KS 69/100
36 Winston, NC 69/100
37 Baton Rouge, LA 68/100
38 Birmingham, AL 68/100
39 Davenport, IA 68/100
40 Fort Wayne, IN 68/100
41 Peoria, IL 68/100
42 Toledo, OH 68/100
43 Tulsa, OK 68/100
44 Austin, TX 67/100
45 Cedar Rapids, IA 67/100
46 Columbia, SC 67/100
47 Erie, PA 67/100
48 Fayetteville, NC 67/100
49 Flint, MI 67/100
50 Greensboro, NC 67/100
51 Indianapolis, IN 67/100
52 Lexington, KY 67/100
53 Little Rock, AR 67/100
54 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY 67/100
55 Memphis, TN 67/100
56 New Orleans, LA 67/100
57 Ocala, FL 67/100
58 Oklahoma City, OK 67/100
59 Pensacola, FL 67/100
60 Tallahassee, FL 67/100
61 Tucson, AZ 67/100
62 Tyler, TX 67/100
63 Gainesville, FL 66/100
64 Jacksonville, FL 66/100
65 Pittsburgh, PA 66/100
66 Rockford, IL 66/100
67 South Bend, IN 66/100
68 Springfield, MO 66/100
69 Binghamton, NY 65/100
70 Clarksville, TN 65/100
71 Cleveland, OH 65/100
72 Daphne, AL 65/100
73 Fayetteville, AR 65/100
74 Greenville, SC 65/100
75 Knoxville, TN 65/100
76 Lakeland, FL 65/100
77 Myrtle Beach, SC 65/100
78 Savannah, GA 65/100
79 Akron, OH 64/100
80 Charlotte, NC 64/100
81 Chattanooga, TN 64/100
82 Cincinnati, OH 64/100
83 Crestview, FL 64/100
84 Duluth, MN 64/100
85 Huntsville, AL 64/100
86 Omaha, NE 64/100
87 Salisbury, MD 64/100
88 Sioux Falls, SD 64/100
89 Boise City, ID 63/100
90 Columbus, OH 63/100
91 Dallas, TX 63/100
92 Dayton, OH 63/100
93 Kansas City, MO 63/100
94 Lansing, MI 63/100
95 Lincoln, NE 63/100
96 Prescott Valley, AZ 63/100
97 Scranton, PA 63/100
98 Utica, NY 63/100
99 Virginia Beach, VA 63/100
100 Asheville, NC 62/100
101 Deltona, FL 62/100
102 Des Moines, IA 62/100
103 Durham, NC 62/100
104 Hagerstown, MD 62/100
105 Las Vegas, NV 62/100
106 Orlando, FL 62/100
107 Palm Bay, FL 62/100
108 Wilmington, NC 62/100
109 Yakima, WA 62/100
110 Atlanta, GA 61/100
111 Chicago, IL 61/100
112 Fargo, ND 61/100
113 Green Bay, WI 61/100
114 Provo, UT 61/100
115 Richmond, VA 61/100
116 St. Louis, MO 61/100
117 York, PA 61/100
118 Albuquerque, NM 60/100
119 Appleton, WI 60/100
120 Buffalo, NY 60/100
121 Kennewick, WA 60/100
122 Ogden, UT 60/100
123 Port St. Lucie, FL 60/100
124 Raleigh, NC 60/100
125 Reading, PA 60/100
126 Tampa, FL 60/100
127 Atlantic City, NJ 59/100
128 Cape Coral, FL 59/100
129 Harrisburg, PA 59/100
130 Kalamazoo, MI 59/100
131 Nashville, TN 59/100
132 Reno, NV 59/100
133 Syracuse, NY 59/100
134 Allentown, PA 58/100
135 Grand Rapids, MI 58/100
136 Lancaster, PA 58/100
137 North Port, FL 58/100
138 Salt Lake City, UT 58/100
139 Visalia, CA 58/100
140 Bakersfield, CA 57/100
141 Charleston, SC 57/100
142 Colorado Springs, CO 57/100
143 Greeley, CO 57/100
144 Madison, WI 57/100
145 Merced, CA 57/100
146 Norwich, CT 57/100
147 Rochester, NY 57/100
148 Spokane, WA 57/100
149 Albany, NY 56/100
150 Ann Arbor, MI 56/100
151 Detroit, MI 56/100
152 Fort Collins, CO 56/100
153 Milwaukee, WI 56/100
154 Phoenix, AZ 56/100
155 Salem, OR 56/100
156 Springfield, MA 56/100
157 Eugene, OR 55/100
158 Philadelphia, PA 55/100
159 Aguadilla, PR 54/100
160 Fresno, CA 54/100
161 Naples, FL 54/100
162 San Juan, PR 54/100
163 Baltimore, MD 53/100
164 Poughkeepsie, NY 53/100
165 Providence, RI 53/100
166 Trenton, NJ 53/100
167 Hartford, CT 52/100
168 Manchester, NH 52/100
169 Boulder, CO 51/100
170 Modesto, CA 51/100
171 New Haven, CT 51/100
172 Portland, OR 51/100
173 Miami, FL 50/100
174 Portland, ME 50/100
175 Worcester, MA 50/100
176 Bremerton, WA 49/100
177 Olympia, WA 49/100
178 Sacramento, CA 49/100
179 Stockton, CA 48/100
180 Vallejo, CA 48/100
181 Denver, CO 47/100
182 Minneapolis, MN 47/100
183 Riverside, CA 47/100
184 Bridgeport, CT 45/100
185 San Diego, CA 45/100
186 Urban Honolulu, HI 45/100
187 Santa Rosa, CA 44/100
188 Seattle, WA 44/100
189 Boston, MA 42/100
190 Los Angeles, CA 42/100
191 San Luis Obispo, CA 42/100
192 Salinas, CA 41/100
193 Oxnard, CA 40/100
194 Anchorage, AK 39/100
195 New York, NY 39/100
196 Santa Maria, CA 39/100
197 Santa Cruz, CA 38/100
198 Washington, DC 37/100
199 San Jose, CA 35/100
200 San Francisco, CA 34/100
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