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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Alabama

Best cities to expand a franchise in Alabama

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Franchise expansion” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on businesses per 1k residents, median household income, avg. weekly wage, crime index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Prattville, AL39k residents

    79/100

    population: 39k · median household income: $81,337 · crime index: 55/100

  2. 2.Phenix City, AL38k residents

    72/100

    population: 38k · median household income: $50,053 · crime index: 55/100

  3. 3.Vestavia Hills, AL39k residents

    69/100

    population: 39k · median household income: $134,369 · crime index: 55/100

  4. 4.Athens, AL29k residents

    67/100

    population: 29k · median household income: $69,922 · crime index: 55/100

  5. 5.Enterprise, AL30k residents

    65/100

    population: 30k · median household income: $73,125 · crime index: 55/100

  6. 6.Hoover, AL93k residents

    64/100

    population: 93k · median household income: $109,253 · crime index: 55/100

  7. 7.Auburn, AL81k residents

    62/100

    population: 81k · median household income: $63,668 · crime index: 55/100

  8. 8.Opelika, AL33k residents

    62/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $65,004 · crime index: 55/100

  9. 9.Northport, AL31k residents

    62/100

    population: 31k · median household income: $80,913 · crime index: 55/100

  10. 10.Homewood, AL28k residents

    61/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $94,485 · crime index: 55/100

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to expand a franchise in Alabama?
Prattville, AL ranks first with a fit score of 79/100, followed by Phenix City (72) and Vestavia Hills (69), using the "Franchise expansion" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on businesses per 1k residents, median household income, avg. weekly wage, crime index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.