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Ranked · Open a storefront · Maryland

Best cities to open a storefront in Maryland

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.Waldorf, MD83k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $116,089 · avg. weekly wage: $1,188/wk · sales tax: 6%

  2. 2.Fort Washington, MD25k residents

    72/100

    median household income: $143,333 · avg. weekly wage: $1,463/wk · sales tax: 6%

  3. 3.Bowie, MD58k residents

    71/100

    median household income: $141,995 · avg. weekly wage: $1,463/wk · sales tax: 6%

  4. 4.Clinton, MD38k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $124,803 · avg. weekly wage: $1,463/wk · sales tax: 6%

  5. 5.Laurel, MD30k residents

    68/100

    median household income: $100,504 · avg. weekly wage: $1,463/wk · sales tax: 6%

  6. 6.Hagerstown, MD44k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $52,221 · avg. weekly wage: $1,139/wk · sales tax: 6%

  7. 7.Salisbury, MD33k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $58,576 · avg. weekly wage: $1,131/wk · sales tax: 6%

  8. 8.Frederick, MD83k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $97,069 · avg. weekly wage: $1,359/wk · sales tax: 6%

  9. 9.Severna Park, MD40k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $169,953 · avg. weekly wage: $1,574/wk · sales tax: 6%

  10. 10.College Park, MD35k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $69,721 · avg. weekly wage: $1,463/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 Maryland?
Waldorf, MD ranks first with a fit score of 76/100, followed by Fort Washington (72) and Bowie (71), 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.