Working away from traditional offices has thrown a monkey wrench into what places work best for workers. Is it a work-from-home office, a work-from-traditional office or a work-from-coworking space? 

Employers are asking this question with other questions arising. Where is it best for staff to work to keep everyone healthy? Where makes the most financial sense when not everyone has returned on a full- or even part-time basis or when layoffs demand a quick revision of what's needed? And then, what about the cost and flexibility of a subscription-based coworking space? How does it compare?

CoworkingCafe.com analyzed how the costs of co-working compared to those of office leasing throughout the country and also considered the growing importance of flexible office space options. When it comes to the latter, the recently released results found that coworking memberships help employees diversify their routine—work in an office today and tomorrow at home; offer flexibility that can help businesses overcome challenges and growing pains; provide spaces for periodic work collaborations and also let them cut back when layoffs may be called for, seen recently in the tech industry. The reverse, too, can happen and businesses may need to ramp up staff—and space—and sometimes fast.