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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Arizona

Best cities to expand a franchise in Arizona

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.Queen Creek, AZ72k residents

    93/100

    population: 72k · median household income: $141,978 · crime index: 50/100

  2. 2.Maricopa, AZ67k residents

    84/100

    population: 67k · median household income: $96,391 · crime index: 50/100

  3. 3.Florence, AZ26k residents

    80/100

    population: 26k · median household income: $79,644 · crime index: 50/100

  4. 4.Casa Grande, AZ61k residents

    78/100

    population: 61k · median household income: $69,983 · crime index: 50/100

  5. 5.Apache Junction, AZ41k residents

    76/100

    population: 41k · median household income: $60,975 · crime index: 50/100

  6. 6.Yuma, AZ100k residents

    73/100

    population: 100k · median household income: $65,482 · crime index: 50/100

  7. 7.San Luis, AZ37k residents

    71/100

    population: 37k · median household income: $59,400 · crime index: 50/100

  8. 8.Lake Havasu City, AZ58k residents

    68/100

    population: 58k · median household income: $70,148 · crime index: 50/100

  9. 9.Sierra Vista, AZ45k residents

    68/100

    population: 45k · median household income: $70,291 · crime index: 50/100

  10. 10.Catalina Foothills, AZ53k residents

    66/100

    population: 53k · median household income: $115,304 · crime index: 50/100

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 Arizona?
Queen Creek, AZ ranks first with a fit score of 93/100, followed by Maricopa (84) and Florence (80), 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.