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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Arkansas

Best cities to expand a franchise in Arkansas

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.Cabot, AR27k residents

    64/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $75,000 · crime index: 68/100

  2. 2.Benton, AR37k residents

    61/100

    population: 37k · median household income: $72,876 · crime index: 68/100

  3. 3.Paragould, AR30k residents

    54/100

    population: 30k · median household income: $56,980 · crime index: 68/100

  4. 4.Texarkana, AR29k residents

    52/100

    population: 29k · median household income: $45,835 · crime index: 68/100

  5. 5.Fayetteville, AR99k residents

    51/100

    population: 99k · median household income: $60,000 · crime index: 42/100

  6. 6.Conway, AR68k residents

    46/100

    population: 68k · median household income: $63,004 · crime index: 68/100

  7. 7.Bentonville, AR58k residents

    43/100

    population: 58k · median household income: $112,792 · crime index: 68/100

  8. 8.Russellville, AR29k residents

    43/100

    population: 29k · median household income: $50,877 · crime index: 68/100

  9. 9.Springdale, AR88k residents

    40/100

    population: 88k · median household income: $69,787 · crime index: 68/100

  10. 10.Jonesboro, AR80k residents

    40/100

    population: 80k · median household income: $55,424 · crime index: 68/100

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 Arkansas?
Cabot, AR ranks first with a fit score of 64/100, followed by Benton (61) and Paragould (54), 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.