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The only states ahead of the Granite State were Delaware, North Carolina and Georgia. (Steelcase courtesy photo)

With 71 percent of people whose jobs can be done remotely working from home all or most of the time during the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website WalletHub last week 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.

The only states ahead of the Granite State were Delaware, North Carolina and Georgia. The closest competitor from New England was Connecticut at No. 15. Maine was ranked 40th and Vermont 37th.
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 New Hampshire (1=Best, 25=Avg.):

• 4^th - Share of Population Working from Home (pre-COVID-19)
• 7^th - Households' Internet Access
• 17^th - Average Home Square Footage
• 2^nd - Cybersecurity
• 11^th - Median Square Footage per Average Number of Persons in a Household

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