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Ranked · Open a storefront · Idaho

Best cities to open a storefront in Idaho

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.Rexburg, ID41k residents

    57/100

    median household income: $50,617 · avg. weekly wage: $843/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  2. 2.Caldwell, ID67k residents

    55/100

    median household income: $73,058 · avg. weekly wage: $1,043/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  3. 3.Nampa, ID110k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $74,279 · avg. weekly wage: $1,043/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  4. 4.Pocatello, ID58k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $60,418 · avg. weekly wage: $962/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  5. 5.Moscow, ID26k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $57,022 · avg. weekly wage: $967/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  6. 6.Lewiston, ID35k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $72,197 · avg. weekly wage: $1,084/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  7. 7.Idaho Falls, ID68k residents

    50/100

    median household income: $73,110 · avg. weekly wage: $982/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  8. 8.Twin Falls, ID54k residents

    48/100

    median household income: $61,205 · avg. weekly wage: $964/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  9. 9.Coeur d'Alene, ID56k residents

    42/100

    median household income: $72,338 · avg. weekly wage: $1,199/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

  10. 10.Post Falls, ID43k residents

    42/100

    median household income: $82,183 · avg. weekly wage: $1,138/wk · sales tax: 6.05%

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 Idaho?
Rexburg, ID ranks first with a fit score of 57/100, followed by Caldwell (55) and Nampa (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.