Ranked · Open a storefront · Maine

Best cities to open a storefront in Maine

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.Auburn, ME25k residents

   69/100

   median household income: $66,647 · avg. weekly wage: $1,158/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

2. 2.Bangor, ME32k residents

   68/100

   median household income: $59,942 · avg. weekly wage: $1,106/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

3. 3.Saco, ME21k residents

   68/100

   median household income: $92,241 · avg. weekly wage: $1,232/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

4. 4.Lewiston, ME38k residents

   64/100

   median household income: $55,393 · avg. weekly wage: $1,158/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

5. 5.Sanford, ME22k residents

   62/100

   median household income: $72,524 · avg. weekly wage: $1,232/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

6. 6.Biddeford, ME22k residents

   60/100

   median household income: $72,333 · avg. weekly wage: $1,232/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

7. 7.Waterville, ME17k residents

   60/100

   median household income: $53,580 · avg. weekly wage: $1,209/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

8. 8.Augusta, ME19k residents

   57/100

   median household income: $47,979 · avg. weekly wage: $1,209/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

9. 9.Westbrook, ME21k residents

   43/100

   median household income: $85,038 · avg. weekly wage: $1,425/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

10. 10.South Portland, ME27k residents

    41/100

    median household income: $86,838 · avg. weekly wage: $1,425/wk · sales tax: 5.5%

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.