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Ranked · Open a storefront · Arkansas

Best cities to open a storefront in Arkansas

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.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Cabot, AR27k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $75,000 · avg. weekly wage: $840/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  2. 2.Benton, AR37k residents

    57/100

    median household income: $72,876 · avg. weekly wage: $934/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  3. 3.Paragould, AR30k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $56,980 · avg. weekly wage: $948/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  4. 4.Fayetteville, AR99k residents

    51/100

    median household income: $60,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,174/wk · sales tax: 9.75%

  5. 5.Conway, AR68k residents

    48/100

    median household income: $63,004 · avg. weekly wage: $990/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  6. 6.Texarkana, AR29k residents

    48/100

    median household income: $45,835 · avg. weekly wage: $1,007/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  7. 7.Jonesboro, AR80k residents

    45/100

    median household income: $55,424 · avg. weekly wage: $1,021/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  8. 8.Russellville, AR29k residents

    45/100

    median household income: $50,877 · avg. weekly wage: $996/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  9. 9.Springdale, AR88k residents

    44/100

    median household income: $69,787 · avg. weekly wage: $1,174/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

  10. 10.Pine Bluff, AR40k residents

    44/100

    median household income: $42,718 · avg. weekly wage: $1,034/wk · sales tax: 9.45%

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 open a storefront in Arkansas?
Cabot, AR ranks first with a fit score of 61/100, followed by Benton (57) and Paragould (54), using the "Open a storefront" 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 median household income, businesses per 1k residents, avg. weekly wage, crime index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.