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Best cities to expand a franchise in Hawaii

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.East Honolulu, HI51k residents

    53/100

    population: 51k · median household income: $159,518 · crime index: 45/100

  2. 2.Kailua CDP (Honolulu County), HI40k residents

    51/100

    population: 40k · median household income: $148,582 · crime index: 45/100

  3. 3.Ocean Pointe, HI17k residents

    51/100

    population: 17k · median household income: $149,767 · crime index: 45/100

  4. 4.Kapolei, HI22k residents

    50/100

    population: 22k · median household income: $128,324 · crime index: 45/100

  5. 5.Kaneohe, HI37k residents

    49/100

    population: 37k · median household income: $125,613 · crime index: 45/100

  6. 6.Hilo, HI50k residents

    48/100

    population: 50k · median household income: $81,779 · crime index: 45/100

  7. 7.Mililani Mauka, HI21k residents

    48/100

    population: 21k · median household income: $138,942 · crime index: 45/100

  8. 8.Pearl City, HI45k residents

    47/100

    population: 45k · median household income: $118,112 · crime index: 45/100

  9. 9.Ewa Gentry, HI27k residents

    47/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $135,684 · crime index: 45/100

  10. 10.Mililani Town, HI28k residents

    45/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $127,363 · crime index: 45/100

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 Hawaii?
East Honolulu, HI ranks first with a fit score of 53/100, followed by Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) (51) and Ocean Pointe (51), 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.