Certain cities are emerging as remote work hotspots faster than others. Bend, Oregon topped LinkedIn's list for the small U.S. cities where remote work is the most popular; of all the job applications that people from Bend are submitting on LinkedIn, 41.8% are for remote jobs.

These small cities have the highest proportion of remote work applications:

1. Bend, Oregon: 41.8%
2. Asheville, North Carolina: 38.7%
3. Wilmington, Delaware: 35.9%
4. Johnson City, Tennessee: 35.2%
5. Eugene, Oregon: 34.9%

"We're seeing booming interest across industries in remote work, a lot of people want that flexibility as the pandemic continues, and companies are going to go where the workers are," George Anders, a senior editor at LinkedIn, tells CNBC Make It . "We'...