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Best Cities for Remote Work Research Shortlist
A remote-work starting list using ACS affordability and commute context where available, lifestyle tags, city scale, and job-market context while broadband and coworking data remain queued. Rankings are transparent research aids. Verify rent, wages, school programs, crime, commute, taxes, and neighborhood details before making a relocation decision.
Timnath, Colorado is first under this page's stated ordering.
Median transparent recent-grad fit score across the displayed cities.
$1,794 median rent among covered rows.
How to use this shortlist
A remote-work starting list using ACS affordability and commute context where available, lifestyle tags, city scale, and job-market context while broadband and coworking data remain queued. The order is a research screen, not a promise that the first city fits every household. Open a city profile, run the affordability calculator, and verify current housing, salary, neighborhood safety, school boundaries, taxes, insurance, and commute details before deciding.
| City | Catalog | Grad fit | Median rent | Median income | 2025 population | City unemployment | Growth | Jobs | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timnath, Colorado | 2025 population #2901 | 85/100 | $2,206 | $178,257 | 11,600 | 0.6% | +78.54% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Castle Rock, Colorado | 2025 population #437 | 84/100 | $2,000 | $145,197 | 83,815 | 4.4% | +14.56% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Windsor, Colorado | 2025 population #951 | 84/100 | $1,793 | $127,028 | 43,840 | 4.5% | +34.01% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Castle Pines, Colorado | 2025 population #2357 | 84/100 | $2,211 | $191,229 | 15,583 | 2.6% | +41.28% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Monument, Colorado | 2025 population #2559 | 84/100 | $1,929 | $128,816 | 13,813 | 4.3% | +32.91% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Mead, Colorado | 2025 population #4050 | 84/100 | $1,275 | $125,357 | 7,042 | 2.3% | +46.98% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Redmond, Washington | 2025 population #448 | 82/100 | $2,409 | $162,560 | 82,506 | 4.9% | +12.58% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Johnstown, Colorado | 2025 population #1769 | 82/100 | $1,835 | $128,995 | 22,433 | 4.2% | +29.47% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Woodinville, Washington | 2025 population #2458 | 82/100 | $2,416 | $164,398 | 14,548 | 4.3% | +11.53% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Berthoud, Colorado | 2025 population #2517 | 82/100 | $1,795 | $119,385 | 14,080 | 1.5% | +36.37% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| West Richland, Washington | 2025 population #2003 | 81/100 | $1,590 | $119,892 | 19,257 | 4.8% | +18.31% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Duvall, Washington | 2025 population #3336 | 81/100 | $2,042 | $197,361 | 9,440 | 2.5% | +17.49% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| North Bend, Washington | 2025 population #3533 | 81/100 | $2,091 | $175,109 | 8,758 | 2.3% | +17.38% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Black Diamond, Washington | 2025 population #4079 | 80/100 | $1,453 | $141,383 | 6,978 | 1.3% | +48.63% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Quincy, Washington | 2025 population #3593 | 77/100 | $1,161 | $87,902 | 8,510 | 7.7% | +12.75% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Winters, California | 2025 population #3686 | 77/100 | $1,568 | $122,951 | 8,214 | 3.1% | +15.59% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Imperial, California | 2025 population #1778 | 76/100 | $1,255 | $90,195 | 22,330 | 8.2% | +9.75% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Camas, Washington | 2025 population #1452 | 75/100 | $2,090 | $141,126 | 27,749 | 4.0% | +5.98% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Prosser, Washington | 2025 population #4184 | 75/100 | $944 | $76,985 | 6,654 | 8.0% | +8.55% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Battle Ground, Washington | 2025 population #1696 | 74/100 | $1,576 | $104,977 | 23,513 | 3.7% | +13.24% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Othello, Washington | 2025 population #3401 | 74/100 | $882 | $65,849 | 9,237 | 5.5% | +8.16% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Estacada, Oregon | 2025 population #4502 | 73/100 | $682 | $94,435 | 5,814 | 1.5% | +31.72% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Oakley, California | 2025 population #865 | 72/100 | $1,953 | $137,677 | 47,583 | 6.3% | +9.75% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Rancho Mirage, California | 2025 population #2123 | 70/100 | $1,510 | $107,364 | 17,876 | 9.4% | +5.20% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Truckee, California | 2025 population #2186 | 70/100 | $1,961 | $130,462 | 17,278 | 6.6% | +3.24% | cautious | rent-friendly |
| Omak, Washington | 2025 population #4790 | 70/100 | $1,002 | $76,544 | 5,185 | 4.4% | +6.69% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Pasco, Washington | 2025 population #445 | 69/100 | $1,227 | $85,586 | 82,848 | 5.3% | +7.14% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Breckenridge, Colorado | 2025 population #4894 | 69/100 | $1,752 | $138,191 | 5,015 | 0.5% | -1.20% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Kenmore, Washington | 2025 population #1657 | 68/100 | $1,949 | $139,764 | 24,249 | 3.8% | +1.43% | competitive | rent-friendly |
| Newcastle, Washington | 2025 population #2653 | 67/100 | $2,369 | $160,278 | 13,128 | 5.6% | +0.87% | competitive | rent-friendly |