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