Ranked · Open a storefront · Arizona

Best cities to open a storefront in Arizona

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Open a storefront” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median household income, businesses per 1k residents, avg. weekly wage, crime index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

1. 1.Queen Creek, AZ72k residents

   88/100

   median household income: $141,978 · avg. weekly wage: $1,181/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

2. 2.Maricopa, AZ67k residents

   81/100

   median household income: $96,391 · avg. weekly wage: $1,181/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

3. 3.Florence, AZ26k residents

   79/100

   median household income: $79,644 · avg. weekly wage: $1,181/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

4. 4.Casa Grande, AZ61k residents

   75/100

   median household income: $69,983 · avg. weekly wage: $1,181/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

5. 5.Apache Junction, AZ41k residents

   75/100

   median household income: $60,975 · avg. weekly wage: $1,181/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

6. 6.Yuma, AZ100k residents

   73/100

   median household income: $65,482 · avg. weekly wage: $1,091/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

7. 7.Marana, AZ57k residents

   72/100

   median household income: $112,606 · avg. weekly wage: $1,235/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

8. 8.San Luis, AZ37k residents

   72/100

   median household income: $59,400 · avg. weekly wage: $1,091/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

9. 9.Kingman, AZ34k residents

   71/100

   median household income: $61,792 · avg. weekly wage: $1,022/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

10. 10.Lake Havasu City, AZ58k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $70,148 · avg. weekly wage: $1,022/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

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.