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Ranked · Open a storefront · Kentucky

Best cities to open a storefront in Kentucky

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.Nicholasville, KY32k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $68,503 · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · sales tax: 6%

  2. 2.Richmond, KY37k residents

    62/100

    median household income: $50,870 · avg. weekly wage: $1,043/wk · sales tax: 6%

  3. 3.Elizabethtown, KY33k residents

    62/100

    median household income: $60,760 · avg. weekly wage: $1,076/wk · sales tax: 6%

  4. 4.Hopkinsville, KY31k residents

    62/100

    median household income: $49,139 · avg. weekly wage: $1,081/wk · sales tax: 6%

  5. 5.Owensboro, KY60k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $56,357 · avg. weekly wage: $1,086/wk · sales tax: 6%

  6. 6.Independence, KY29k residents

    60/100

    median household income: $102,361 · avg. weekly wage: $1,403/wk · sales tax: 6%

  7. 7.Henderson, KY28k residents

    58/100

    median household income: $48,186 · avg. weekly wage: $1,138/wk · sales tax: 6%

  8. 8.Jeffersontown, KY29k residents

    55/100

    median household income: $81,506 · avg. weekly wage: $1,203/wk · sales tax: 6%

  9. 9.Bowling Green, KY75k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $48,873 · avg. weekly wage: $1,090/wk · sales tax: 6%

  10. 10.Georgetown, KY39k residents

    54/100

    median household income: $80,088 · avg. weekly wage: $1,453/wk · sales tax: 6%

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 Kentucky?
Nicholasville, KY ranks first with a fit score of 64/100, followed by Richmond (62) and Elizabethtown (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.