50 U.S. Cities Where You’d Want To Move If You Are a Remote Worker
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With 5 million Americans now working remotely, it’s useful to know the places that offer not only great working and living conditions, but also affordable rates.
There are many U.S. cities where you can work remotely, but are they truly feasible options for the average worker?
To find out this, RentCafe analyzed and weighed 19 relevant metrics for hundreds of cities, which fall into five main categories most sought-after by digital nomads: comfort, value, leisure and remote work-readiness.
50 U.S. cities got a badge of honor because they offer remote workers the best value for their money. Here are some highlights:
- The South and Southeast offer the best work&life mix at reasonable costs. Greenville, SC, Raleigh and Durham, NC, West Palm Beach, FL, and Tampa, FL came up on top as the best places where remote workers could relocate to get the biggest bang for their buck. Other towns in Texas, Georgia, Alabama and Maryland rounded out the top 10.
- Greenville, SC, ranks first as the best city for remote workers, earning high scores in several relevant categories, including apartment size, availability of short-term stays and cost of living. Apartments in Greenville are among the largest in the country and there are plenty of short-term rentals.
- Raleigh, NC, ranks second, thanks to a combination between high-quality apartments availability and the 13th highest score in terms of access to broadband internet. What’s more, the city has the 14th-highest number of remote workers already relocated here.
- West Palm Beach, FL, is the third-most desirable city for remote work, with the highest internet speed and fourth-best score in air quality. The city is also 14th on the list for most short-term rentals, which is ideal for remote workers who want to relocate temporarily.
- Larger cities can be spotted in the Top 50, like Austin, TX, #12, which has an already established community of remote workers and the 7th fastest internet speed in the nation. Jacksonville, FL, comes right behind on the #13 spot nationwide, boosted in the rankings by its large apartment spaces. Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX, secured the 18th and 25th spots, respectively.
- Cities like Manhattan #142, Washington, D.C., #112, or San Francisco #79 have been pushed outside the Top 50 mainly because of their high costs of living. Combine that with high apartment occupancy rates and a short supply of short-term rentals, and it becomes a struggle for digital nomads to move here.
