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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Oregon

Best cities to expand a franchise in Oregon

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.Salem, OR179k residents

    73/100

    population: 179k · median household income: $75,487 · crime index: 50/100

  2. 2.Bethany, OR33k residents

    66/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $167,735 · crime index: 50/100

  3. 3.Newberg, OR26k residents

    65/100

    population: 26k · median household income: $93,232 · crime index: 50/100

  4. 4.Albany, OR57k residents

    63/100

    population: 57k · median household income: $78,114 · crime index: 50/100

  5. 5.Grants Pass, OR39k residents

    61/100

    population: 39k · median household income: $59,646 · crime index: 50/100

  6. 6.McMinnville, OR35k residents

    61/100

    population: 35k · median household income: $73,736 · crime index: 50/100

  7. 7.West Linn, OR27k residents

    58/100

    population: 27k · median household income: $146,507 · crime index: 50/100

  8. 8.Corvallis, OR60k residents

    57/100

    population: 60k · median household income: $65,012 · crime index: 50/100

  9. 9.Lake Oswego, OR40k residents

    57/100

    population: 40k · median household income: $141,549 · crime index: 50/100

  10. 10.Tigard, OR56k residents

    55/100

    population: 56k · median household income: $108,823 · crime index: 50/100

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 Oregon?
Salem, OR ranks first with a fit score of 73/100, followed by Bethany (66) and Newberg (65), 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.