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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Louisiana

Best cities to expand a franchise in Louisiana

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.Bossier City, LA63k residents

    60/100

    population: 63k · median household income: $55,819 · crime index: 75/100

  2. 2.Prairieville, LA35k residents

    54/100

    population: 35k · median household income: $104,923 · crime index: 75/100

  3. 3.Alexandria, LA44k residents

    52/100

    population: 44k · median household income: $47,113 · crime index: 75/100

  4. 4.New Iberia, LA28k residents

    49/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $47,087 · crime index: 75/100

  5. 5.Monroe, LA47k residents

    47/100

    population: 47k · median household income: $40,505 · crime index: 75/100

  6. 6.Central, LA30k residents

    47/100

    population: 30k · median household income: $89,554 · crime index: 75/100

  7. 7.Lake Charles, LA81k residents

    46/100

    population: 81k · median household income: $59,235 · crime index: 75/100

  8. 8.Houma, LA32k residents

    42/100

    population: 32k · median household income: $58,194 · crime index: 75/100

  9. 9.Laplace, LA28k residents

    41/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $69,030 · crime index: 75/100

  10. 10.Shreveport, LA181k residents

    39/100

    population: 181k · median household income: $48,699 · crime index: 75/100

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 Louisiana?
Bossier City, LA ranks first with a fit score of 60/100, followed by Prairieville (54) and Alexandria (52), 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.