Ranked · Open a storefront · Kansas

Best cities to open a storefront in Kansas

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.Dodge City, KS28k residents

   59/100

   median household income: $68,721 · avg. weekly wage: $1,006/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

2. 2.Leavenworth, KS37k residents

   57/100

   median household income: $72,987 · avg. weekly wage: $1,155/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

3. 3.Hutchinson, KS40k residents

   56/100

   median household income: $58,687 · avg. weekly wage: $1,017/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

4. 4.Garden City, KS28k residents

   56/100

   median household income: $72,865 · avg. weekly wage: $1,003/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

5. 5.Salina, KS46k residents

   55/100

   median household income: $61,783 · avg. weekly wage: $1,005/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

6. 6.Manhattan, KS54k residents

   54/100

   median household income: $60,172 · avg. weekly wage: $1,038/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

7. 7.Derby, KS26k residents

   52/100

   median household income: $84,112 · avg. weekly wage: $1,214/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

8. 8.Lawrence, KS96k residents

   51/100

   median household income: $65,009 · avg. weekly wage: $1,069/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

9. 9.Wichita, KS398k residents

   50/100

   median household income: $64,620 · avg. weekly wage: $1,214/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

10. 10.Kansas City, KS155k residents

    47/100

    median household income: $62,401 · avg. weekly wage: $1,325/wk · sales tax: 8.7%

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.