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Ranked · Open a storefront · Indiana

Best cities to open a storefront in Indiana

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.Anderson, IN55k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $46,909 · avg. weekly wage: $973/wk · sales tax: 7%

  2. 2.Marion, IN28k residents

    73/100

    median household income: $43,343 · avg. weekly wage: $1,003/wk · sales tax: 7%

  3. 3.Brownsburg, IN31k residents

    72/100

    median household income: $102,235 · avg. weekly wage: $1,061/wk · sales tax: 7%

  4. 4.Muncie, IN65k residents

    71/100

    median household income: $44,471 · avg. weekly wage: $1,022/wk · sales tax: 7%

  5. 5.Franklin, IN26k residents

    71/100

    median household income: $82,380 · avg. weekly wage: $1,007/wk · sales tax: 7%

  6. 6.Greenwood, IN66k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $83,608 · avg. weekly wage: $1,007/wk · sales tax: 7%

  7. 7.Plainfield, IN36k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $87,272 · avg. weekly wage: $1,061/wk · sales tax: 7%

  8. 8.Richmond, IN36k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $45,399 · avg. weekly wage: $1,016/wk · sales tax: 7%

  9. 9.Granger, IN30k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $123,318 · avg. weekly wage: $1,194/wk · sales tax: 7%

  10. 10.Jeffersonville, IN51k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $70,930 · avg. weekly wage: $1,077/wk · sales tax: 7%

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 Indiana?
Anderson, IN ranks first with a fit score of 74/100, followed by Marion (73) and Brownsburg (72), 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.