North Carolina Ranked The 9th Best State for Working from Home

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With COVID-19 turning home into the workplace nationwide, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best States for Working from Home, in order to highlight which areas are thriving and which are struggling in this pandemic economy.

To identify which states are most conducive to working from home, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 12 key metrics. The data set ranges from the share of workers working from home before COVID-19 to internet cost and cybersecurity. We also considered factors like how large and how crowded homes are in the state. Together, these metrics show how feasible working from home is in terms of cost, comfort and safety. Below, you can see highlights from the report, along with a WalletHub Q&A.

Working from Home in North Carolina (1=Best, 25=Avg.):

  • 17th – Share of Population Working from Home (pre-COVID-19)
  • 28th – Share of Potential Telecommuters
  • 19th – Households’ Internet Access
  • 5th – Average Home Square Footage
  • 9th – Cybersecurity
  • 17th – Average Retail Price of Electricity

North Carolina was ranked 9th overall and South Carolina was ranked 28th overall.

Best States for Remote Work

Overall Rank
(1=Best)		 State Total Score ‘Work Environment’ Rank ‘Living Environment’ Rank
1 Delaware 68.17 2 7
2 Washington 64.08 9 3
3 New Hampshire 63.96 1 40
4 Colorado 63.80 3 24
5 Georgia 62.70 23 1
6 Arizona 62.45 8 13
7 Utah 62.23 6 23
8 Oregon 61.84 10 21
9 North Carolina 61.40 5 34
10 South Dakota 61.20 17 17
11 Virginia 61.19 24 5
12 Tennessee 61.03 25 4
13 Minnesota 60.97 14 25
14 New Jersey 60.84 11 28
15 Vermont 60.55 19 14
16 Idaho 60.34 20 20
17 Massachusetts 60.02 15 31
18 Nevada 59.89 28 6
19 Maryland 59.57 21 22
20 Florida 59.51 16 36
21 Pennsylvania 59.37 12 37
22 Texas 59.25 33 8
23 Ohio 59.07 27 18
24 Connecticut 58.91 13 39
25 Alabama 57.93 35 11
26 Indiana 57.78 37 12
27 Kentucky 57.49 26 32
28 South Carolina 57.25 40 9
29 Maine 56.89 7 49
30 Montana 56.63 43 2
31 California 55.96 22 45
32 New York 55.55 36 35
33 Wisconsin 55.25 29 43
34 New Mexico 54.71 42 19
35 Illinois 54.69 30 44
36 Michigan 54.66 34 41
37 Nebraska 54.56 46 10
38 Kansas 54.38 32 46
39 Louisiana 54.20 44 16
40 Missouri 54.04 39 38
41 West Virginia 54.03 41 30
42 District of Columbia 53.99 4 50
43 Wyoming 53.55 45 26
44 Iowa 53.49 38 42
45 Rhode Island 53.20 31 47
46 North Dakota 51.66 48 27
47 Oklahoma 51.61 47 33
48 Arkansas 49.53 49 29
49 Mississippi 47.45 50 15
50 Hawaii 46.84 18 51
51 Alaska 40.56 51 48

For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-for-working-from-home/72801/

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