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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Kentucky

Best cities to expand a franchise in Kentucky

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.Nicholasville, KY32k residents

    67/100

    population: 32k · median household income: $68,503 · crime index: 45/100

  2. 2.Independence, KY29k residents

    62/100

    population: 29k · median household income: $102,361 · crime index: 45/100

  3. 3.Georgetown, KY39k residents

    61/100

    population: 39k · median household income: $80,088 · crime index: 45/100

  4. 4.Elizabethtown, KY33k residents

    61/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $60,760 · crime index: 45/100

  5. 5.Richmond, KY37k residents

    60/100

    population: 37k · median household income: $50,870 · crime index: 45/100

  6. 6.Hopkinsville, KY31k residents

    58/100

    population: 31k · median household income: $49,139 · crime index: 45/100

  7. 7.Jeffersontown, KY29k residents

    56/100

    population: 29k · median household income: $81,506 · crime index: 45/100

  8. 8.Owensboro, KY60k residents

    55/100

    population: 60k · median household income: $56,357 · crime index: 45/100

  9. 9.Henderson, KY28k residents

    55/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $48,186 · crime index: 45/100

  10. 10.Bowling Green, KY75k residents

    50/100

    population: 75k · median household income: $48,873 · 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 Kentucky?
Nicholasville, KY ranks first with a fit score of 67/100, followed by Independence (62) and Georgetown (61), 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.