Top 100 Best Cities For Remote Work – 2023

This year, between 14 million and 23 million U.S. households reported that they intend to move to a new city, an emerging migration pattern resulting from the growing acceptance of remote work amid as Americans adjust to the “new normal” after the pandemic shut-downs and restrictions. Remote work has fundamentally changed how we live, and now remote work is changing where we live - instead of relying on our job to determine where we live, we now have the freedom to live where we want.

A recent report by Upwork - the world's largest freelance work marketplace - revealed that between 6.9% and 11.5% of U.S. households intend to relocate. In many cases, these workers want to move out of major cities and into less expensive housing markets.

When determining the best cities to work remotely in 2023, Dwellics analyzed more 60,000 cities, towns, and neighborhoods within large metro areas across the nation to compile a list of the Top 100 Best Cities For Remote Work. Ranking factors included areas with the highest internet speeds; best climate comfort (temperature and humidity); public safety (natural disaster risks, air and water quality, cancer rates); infrastructure (outdoor activities, distance to nearest airport, government spending, housing-cost stability); and finances (housing costs, property taxes, income taxes, and cost-of-living index) related to workers who do not commute to an office, including freelancers and those who are self-employed.

View the entire list below, which includes information on each locale’s average rent and mortgage prices; taxes; median income; community demographics like population size, age, racial and religious diversity, political affiliation, and industry and employment data that indicates the types of jobs available in each individual city. Dwellics also posts reviews of each city submitted by users who provide pros and cons of living in each place in their own words.

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