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4.8.24 – Click2Houston – HOUSTON

Texas was ranked 15th overall best in the U.S. for working from home, between Tennessee and Rhode Island. WalletHub also ranked Texas 10th for Internet Cost and 3rd when it came to Living Environment. Meanwhile, New Jersey was named the best state for remote work, while Alaska was named the very worst.

Is anyone even working from home anymore? Well, if you’re in Texas, count your lucky stars cause a recent report ranked the Lone Star State among the Top 15 best states to work from home!

The study, conducted by WalletHub, looked at several factors including how large and how crowded homes are in various states. Additionally, researchers examined the metrics of how financially feasible working from home was as well as comfortability and safety.

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Texas was ranked 15th overall best in the U.S. for working from home, between Tennessee and Rhode Island. WalletHub also ranked Texas 10th for Internet Cost and 3rd when it came to Living Environment.

Meanwhile, New Jersey was named the best state for remote work, while Alaska was named the very worst.

To read the full report as well as what else WalletHub found, click here.

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Ahmed Humble

Historian, educator, writer, expert on “The Simpsons,” amateur photographer, essayist, film & tv reviewer and race/religious identity scholar. Joined KPRC 2 in Spring 2024 but has been featured in various online newspapers and in the Journal of South Texas’ Fall 2019 issue.