Ranked · Open a storefront · Illinois

Best cities to open a storefront in Illinois

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.Oswego, IL36k residents

   90/100

   median household income: $123,792 · avg. weekly wage: $989/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

2. 2.Naperville, IL151k residents

   85/100

   median household income: $155,105 · avg. weekly wage: $1,200/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

3. 3.Plainfield, IL47k residents

   84/100

   median household income: $144,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,200/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

4. 4.Bolingbrook, IL74k residents

   79/100

   median household income: $108,400 · avg. weekly wage: $1,200/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

5. 5.Crystal Lake, IL41k residents

   79/100

   median household income: $108,418 · avg. weekly wage: $1,097/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

6. 6.Romeoville, IL41k residents

   78/100

   median household income: $106,325 · avg. weekly wage: $1,200/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

7. 7.Joliet, IL150k residents

   77/100

   median household income: $92,201 · avg. weekly wage: $1,200/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

8. 8.Belleville, IL41k residents

   77/100

   median household income: $63,535 · avg. weekly wage: $1,140/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

9. 9.Bloomington, IL79k residents

   75/100

   median household income: $77,384 · avg. weekly wage: $1,322/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

10. 10.St. Charles, IL33k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $114,300 · avg. weekly wage: $1,251/wk · sales tax: 8.85%

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.