Best Cities · Remote Workers
Affordable housing, great climate, walkable amenities, clean air — built for location-independent life.
35% affordability, 20% climate, 15% walkability, 15% environment, 15% safety.
Ranked by UrbRank Score with weights tuned for remote workers.
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State-specific rankings for every US state with scored cities.
Since remote workers aren't tied to an office, they can optimize for affordability — their biggest lever for quality of life. Climate (for outdoor work options), walkability (for third-places like coffee shops), and clean air round out the top priorities. UrbRank weights affordability at 35%, with climate, walkability, environment, and safety filling the rest.
Yes, but we don't yet have a nation-wide dataset for every city with comparable methodology. Most major US cities have at least one fiber provider. For now, use the city's Census metro-area size as a proxy — metros of 100k+ will almost always have a fiber option.