A survey that assessed all 50 states and Washington, D.C. on telecommuting indicators show that Texans
working from home are doing so from, on average, the largest houses across the 50 states but are paying the second-highest internet costs for the privilege.
Those were among the findings of a Best States Working from Home survey conducted by the website WalletHub.
The survey gauged the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 12 key metrics in order to rank working at home in terms of cost, comfort and safety.
Texas’ lowest ranking was 40 in terms of cybersecurity. The state ranked 32nd in household internet access, 27th in share of the population working from home pre-COVID-19. The state ranked 26th in the average cost of retail electricity and 9th in share of potential telecommuters.
Overall, Texas ranked 22nd in the survey.
