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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Maine

Best cities to expand a franchise in Maine

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.Auburn, ME25k residents

    72/100

    population: 25k · median household income: $66,647 · crime index: 22/100

  2. 2.Lewiston, ME38k residents

    68/100

    population: 38k · median household income: $55,393 · crime index: 22/100

  3. 3.Saco, ME21k residents

    63/100

    population: 21k · median household income: $92,241 · crime index: 22/100

  4. 4.Bangor, ME32k residents

    61/100

    population: 32k · median household income: $59,942 · crime index: 22/100

  5. 5.Waterville, ME17k residents

    55/100

    population: 17k · median household income: $53,580 · crime index: 22/100

  6. 6.Biddeford, ME22k residents

    54/100

    population: 22k · median household income: $72,333 · crime index: 22/100

  7. 7.Sanford, ME22k residents

    54/100

    population: 22k · median household income: $72,524 · crime index: 22/100

  8. 8.Augusta, ME19k residents

    52/100

    population: 19k · median household income: $47,979 · crime index: 22/100

  9. 9.South Portland, ME27k residents

    38/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $86,838 · crime index: 22/100

  10. 10.Westbrook, ME21k residents

    37/100

    population: 21k · median household income: $85,038 · crime index: 22/100

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 Maine?
Auburn, ME ranks first with a fit score of 72/100, followed by Lewiston (68) and Saco (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.