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Ranked · Open a storefront · Louisiana

Best cities to open a storefront in Louisiana

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.Bossier City, LA63k residents

    52/100

    median household income: $55,819 · avg. weekly wage: $1,031/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  2. 2.Alexandria, LA44k residents

    47/100

    median household income: $47,113 · avg. weekly wage: $1,032/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  3. 3.Prairieville, LA35k residents

    47/100

    median household income: $104,923 · avg. weekly wage: $1,401/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  4. 4.New Iberia, LA28k residents

    46/100

    median household income: $47,087 · avg. weekly wage: $1,148/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  5. 5.Central, LA30k residents

    45/100

    median household income: $89,554 · avg. weekly wage: $1,213/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  6. 6.Monroe, LA47k residents

    44/100

    median household income: $40,505 · avg. weekly wage: $1,000/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  7. 7.Lake Charles, LA81k residents

    43/100

    median household income: $59,235 · avg. weekly wage: $1,213/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  8. 8.Houma, LA32k residents

    42/100

    median household income: $58,194 · avg. weekly wage: $1,236/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  9. 9.Laplace, LA28k residents

    40/100

    median household income: $69,030 · avg. weekly wage: $1,213/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  10. 10.Shreveport, LA181k residents

    39/100

    median household income: $48,699 · avg. weekly wage: $1,150/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

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 Louisiana?
Bossier City, LA ranks first with a fit score of 52/100, followed by Alexandria (47) and Prairieville (47), 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.