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Best cities to expand a franchise in Connecticut

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.Shelton, CT42k residents

    70/100

    population: 42k · median household income: $108,185 · crime index: 27/100

  2. 2.Naugatuck, CT32k residents

    67/100

    population: 32k · median household income: $96,324 · crime index: 27/100

  3. 3.Bristol, CT61k residents

    63/100

    population: 61k · median household income: $79,076 · crime index: 27/100

  4. 4.West Hartford, CT64k residents

    62/100

    population: 64k · median household income: $129,890 · crime index: 27/100

  5. 5.Milford, CT51k residents

    61/100

    population: 51k · median household income: $111,201 · crime index: 27/100

  6. 6.Wethersfield, CT27k residents

    61/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $126,806 · crime index: 27/100

  7. 7.Middletown, CT48k residents

    59/100

    population: 48k · median household income: $79,438 · crime index: 27/100

  8. 8.Norwich, CT40k residents

    59/100

    population: 40k · median household income: $65,024 · crime index: 27/100

  9. 9.Torrington, CT36k residents

    58/100

    population: 36k · median household income: $70,856 · crime index: 27/100

  10. 10.New London, CT28k residents

    58/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $59,098 · crime index: 27/100

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 Connecticut?
Shelton, CT ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Naugatuck (67) and Bristol (63), 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.