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Ranked · Open a storefront · Colorado

Best cities to open a storefront in Colorado

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.Windsor, CO38k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $127,028 · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  2. 2.Pueblo, CO112k residents

    63/100

    median household income: $56,664 · avg. weekly wage: $1,119/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  3. 3.Brighton, CO42k residents

    62/100

    median household income: $107,679 · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  4. 4.Commerce City, CO66k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $111,972 · avg. weekly wage: $1,451/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  5. 5.Colorado Springs, CO488k residents

    58/100

    median household income: $75,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,363/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  6. 6.Westminster, CO115k residents

    58/100

    median household income: $100,272 · avg. weekly wage: $1,451/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  7. 7.Longmont, CO99k residents

    58/100

    median household income: $90,671 · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  8. 8.Greeley, CO111k residents

    57/100

    median household income: $69,881 · avg. weekly wage: $1,338/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  9. 9.Grand Junction, CO68k residents

    57/100

    median household income: $70,080 · avg. weekly wage: $1,144/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

  10. 10.Highlands Ranch, CO102k residents

    56/100

    median household income: $159,307 · avg. weekly wage: $1,618/wk · sales tax: 7.8%

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 Colorado?
Windsor, CO ranks first with a fit score of 65/100, followed by Pueblo (63) and Brighton (62), 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.