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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Colorado

Best cities to expand a franchise in Colorado

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.Windsor, CO38k residents

    65/100

    population: 38k · median household income: $127,028 · crime index: 52/100

  2. 2.Pueblo, CO112k residents

    63/100

    population: 112k · median household income: $56,664 · crime index: 52/100

  3. 3.Brighton, CO42k residents

    62/100

    population: 42k · median household income: $107,679 · crime index: 52/100

  4. 4.Grand Junction, CO68k residents

    60/100

    population: 68k · median household income: $70,080 · crime index: 52/100

  5. 5.Commerce City, CO66k residents

    60/100

    population: 66k · median household income: $111,972 · crime index: 52/100

  6. 6.Longmont, CO99k residents

    59/100

    population: 99k · median household income: $90,671 · crime index: 52/100

  7. 7.Westminster, CO115k residents

    58/100

    population: 115k · median household income: $100,272 · crime index: 52/100

  8. 8.Highlands Ranch, CO102k residents

    58/100

    population: 102k · median household income: $159,307 · crime index: 52/100

  9. 9.Greeley, CO111k residents

    56/100

    population: 111k · median household income: $69,881 · crime index: 52/100

  10. 10.Centennial, CO108k residents

    54/100

    population: 108k · median household income: $131,928 · crime index: 52/100

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 Colorado?
Windsor, CO ranks first with a fit score of 65/100, followed by Pueblo (63) and Brighton (62), 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.