With many Americans shifting to working remotely and homeschooling this year due to COVID-19, many have had to reassess their internet plans. Have you ever wondered where in the US has the fastest and slowest internet, and where your city measures up?

At HighSpeedInternet.com, we just passed three million speed tests completed on our site, and we wanted to know which US cities can handle the unprecedented need for faster internet, and which cities are still struggling with slow connections.

Somerset, New Jersey was ranked the #7 city for fastest internet in the US. You can see our report on cities with the fastest and slowest internet in 2020 here: https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/fastest-slowest-internet

Here are the cities with the fastest internet, based on our speed tests:

1. Whitestone, NY (138.4 Mbps)
2. Elkridge, MD (114.0 Mbps)
3. Merrick, NY (112.0 Mbps)
4. Odenton, MD (109.9 Mbps)
5. Halethorpe, MD (109.0 Mbps)
6. Pasadena, MD (108.3 Mbps)
7. Somerset, NJ (107.8 Mbps)
8. Pacifica, CA (106.5 Mbps)
9. Merchantville, NJ (106.4 Mbps)
10. Long Island City, NY (105.8 Mbps)

…And the cities with the slowest internet, based on our speed tests:

1. Stowe, VT (7.3 Mbps)
2. Española, NM (7.7 Mbps)
3. Ville Platte, LA (7.8 Mbps)
4. Oneonta, AL (8.6 Mbps)
5. Kingston, WA (9.2 Mbps)
6. Elko, NV (9.5 Mbps)
7. Foley, AL (10.1 Mbps)
8. New Richmond, WI (10.2 Mbps)
9. Wasilla, AK (10.4 Mbps)
10. Vashon, WA (10.9 Mbps)

Quick stats:

• Nationwide average internet speed: 59.5 Mbps
• Number of cities ranked: 2,939
• City with the fastest average internet speed: Whitestone, NY (138.4 Mbps)
• City with the slowest average internet speed: Stowe, VT (7.3 Mbps)
• State with the fastest average internet speed: Maryland (84.1 Mbps)
• State with the slowest average internet speed: Alaska (20.6 Mbps)
• The East Coast is home to most of the top 10 cities for fastest internet speeds.
• Española, NM; Ville Platte, LA; Oneonta, AL; and Stowe, VT; were all featured last year on our list of cities with the slowest internet speeds in the US.

Methodology: The data analysts at HighSpeedInternet.com looked at data from three million speed test tool results and took the average internet speed of every city in the US, then ranked them from fastest to slowest.