Is online dating a good idea if I am young and looking for a serious relationship?

I (22M) have somewhat recently gotten out of a relationship. (The last one ended in February this year) I am finishing university and due to work I am soon (Likely starting January) going to be moving to an isolated area and would like to at least try to make a connection with someone (of course I would want to make sure this would be someone who is OK with me moving to the middle of nowhere) before I don’t have the opportunity to meet them in person anymore. I’ve seen conflicting information about this, on the one hand, it seems like a good way to meet people but on the other hand, I am the type to only want serious relationships. I don’t think I could date someone who has done something casual, since I want someone who views love the same way I do. Casual relationships seem to be typical in the online dating world. I’ve looked into other sites like eHarmony but they seem to be out of my age range. I’m afraid of being stuck somewhere I can’t meet anyone romantically for several years but I also don’t want to waste my time and/or potentially get my feelings and self-esteem hurt. This would be the first time I have tried online dating. For more context, I will be moving to the Southwestern US, the closest cities to me would have <100,000 people. I’m also not religious which I feel has massively shrunk the dating pool available to me, that being said it’s \*kind\* of easy for me to travel long distances via plane, I just wouldn’t be able to stay anywhere outside of my working location for more than a weekend. Should I just go ahead and make a few accounts already? Am I just overthinking everything!?

Any advice helps, thanks!