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If you can work from anywhere, why not work from a small town? Photo by Becky McCray.<\/p><\/div>\n

Remote work will dominate the future small town workforce<\/h1>\n

Your current residents<\/h2>\n

Your current small town residents will increasingly work from home or remotely.<\/p>\n

Gallup<\/a> looked at jobs that could be done remotely and the locations where workers actually did them. Four times as many workers will work remotely going forward<\/strong>, compared to the number in 2019. Up to 24% of all remote-capable jobs primarily will done remotely in 2022 and beyond, and that’s more than the 23% who expect to work primarily on site.<\/p>\n

And most people in the workforce like it that way. In a 2022 Axios Harris 100 poll<\/a>, 84% of millennials say remote work is important vs. 66% of Gen Z, 75% of Gen X and 68% of Boomers.<\/p>\n

Your young people<\/h2>\n

Some of the new people who will be remote workers in the future are actually your own young people. Kids who are using distance learning today are your future remote workforce. They\u2019re learning how to use the technology right now, and they already live here.<\/p>\n

Your new residents<\/h2>\n

You will also see new people moving in who bring their job with them via remote work, or bring their own business with them.<\/p>\n

Research from 2015, 2018 and 2021 shows that there is pent up demand for rural living, and way more people prefer living in rural places than urban<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What remote workers need in small towns<\/h1>\n

We’ve talked before about what makes your town attractive to remote workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since your current residents, young people and future residents will increasingly work remotely, what will they need from their community in order to thrive?<\/p>\n

Qatalyst Research Group shared\u00a0their findings<\/a>\u00a0from a review of current programs from big cities and small towns all over the world that attract remote workers. Common tactics included:<\/p>\n