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Ranked · Franchise expansion · Utah

Best cities to expand a franchise in Utah

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.Tooele, UT38k residents

    84/100

    population: 38k · median household income: $96,221 · crime index: 38/100

  2. 2.Syracuse, UT35k residents

    77/100

    population: 35k · median household income: $133,443 · crime index: 38/100

  3. 3.Kaysville, UT33k residents

    77/100

    population: 33k · median household income: $133,026 · crime index: 38/100

  4. 4.Farmington, UT25k residents

    75/100

    population: 25k · median household income: $127,338 · crime index: 38/100

  5. 5.Lehi, UT85k residents

    71/100

    population: 85k · median household income: $131,299 · crime index: 38/100

  6. 6.Saratoga Springs, UT48k residents

    70/100

    population: 48k · median household income: $128,802 · crime index: 38/100

  7. 7.Bountiful, UT45k residents

    70/100

    population: 45k · median household income: $104,785 · crime index: 38/100

  8. 8.Layton, UT83k residents

    69/100

    population: 83k · median household income: $102,480 · crime index: 38/100

  9. 9.Eagle Mountain, UT53k residents

    66/100

    population: 53k · median household income: $113,648 · crime index: 38/100

  10. 10.Roy, UT39k residents

    66/100

    population: 39k · median household income: $91,282 · crime index: 38/100

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 Utah?
Tooele, UT ranks first with a fit score of 84/100, followed by Syracuse (77) and Kaysville (77), 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.