The best and worst states to work from home: Wallethub report [Video]

With over one in five American workers expected to work remotely by 2025, it’s clear that working from home isn’t going anywhere — and that living in the ideal WFH environment is likely to become more important to both remote and hybrid workers in the future.

But some states are better than others when it comes to offering the ideal remote work environment, according to a new WalletHub report that identified the best and worst states for working from home. 

To create this list, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across two main dimensions, work environment and living environment.

Within those dimensions, the states were further evaluated by 12 metrics, including internet access and cost, cybersecurity, as well as share of detached housing units and average home square footage to determine how crowded homes are in each state. Each state’s weighted average across all metrics was then calculated to produce an overall score used for ranking.

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