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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Indiana

Best cities to expand a franchise in Indiana

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.Anderson, IN55k residents

    72/100

    population: 55k · median household income: $46,909 · crime index: 45/100

  2. 2.Marion, IN28k residents

    72/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $43,343 · crime index: 45/100

  3. 3.Brownsburg, IN31k residents

    71/100

    population: 31k · median household income: $102,235 · crime index: 45/100

  4. 4.Zionsville, IN32k residents

    70/100

    population: 32k · median household income: $172,024 · crime index: 45/100

  5. 5.Plainfield, IN36k residents

    69/100

    population: 36k · median household income: $87,272 · crime index: 45/100

  6. 6.Greenwood, IN66k residents

    68/100

    population: 66k · median household income: $83,608 · crime index: 45/100

  7. 7.Muncie, IN65k residents

    68/100

    population: 65k · median household income: $44,471 · crime index: 45/100

  8. 8.Granger, IN30k residents

    68/100

    population: 30k · median household income: $123,318 · crime index: 45/100

  9. 9.Franklin, IN26k residents

    68/100

    population: 26k · median household income: $82,380 · crime index: 45/100

  10. 10.Richmond, IN36k residents

    66/100

    population: 36k · median household income: $45,399 · 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 Indiana?
Anderson, IN ranks first with a fit score of 72/100, followed by Marion (72) and Brownsburg (71), 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.