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Best cities to expand a franchise in Minnesota

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.Andover, MN33k residents

    83/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $137,593 · crime index: 40/100

  2. 2.Elk River, MN27k residents

    83/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $108,741 · crime index: 40/100

  3. 3.Chanhassen, MN26k residents

    82/100

    population: 26k · median household income: $143,651 · crime index: 40/100

  4. 4.Prior Lake, MN28k residents

    81/100

    population: 28k · median household income: $134,255 · crime index: 40/100

  5. 5.Cottage Grove, MN41k residents

    79/100

    population: 41k · median household income: $120,791 · crime index: 40/100

  6. 6.Savage, MN33k residents

    79/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $125,513 · crime index: 40/100

  7. 7.Moorhead, MN45k residents

    77/100

    population: 45k · median household income: $72,761 · crime index: 40/100

  8. 8.Lakeville, MN74k residents

    75/100

    population: 74k · median household income: $139,041 · crime index: 40/100

  9. 9.Shakopee, MN46k residents

    75/100

    population: 46k · median household income: $107,223 · crime index: 40/100

  10. 10.Mankato, MN45k residents

    75/100

    population: 45k · median household income: $66,873 · crime index: 40/100

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 Minnesota?
Andover, MN ranks first with a fit score of 83/100, followed by Elk River (83) and Chanhassen (82), 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.