Ranked · Open a storefront · Massachusetts

Best cities to open a storefront in Massachusetts

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.Northampton, MA31k residents

   75/100

   median household income: $80,288 · avg. weekly wage: $1,208/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

2. 2.Attleboro, MA47k residents

   74/100

   median household income: $98,954 · avg. weekly wage: $1,297/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

3. 3.Taunton, MA60k residents

   73/100

   median household income: $79,283 · avg. weekly wage: $1,297/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

4. 4.Wellesley, MA30k residents

   72/100

   median household income: $250,001 · avg. weekly wage: $1,676/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

5. 5.New Bedford, MA101k residents

   71/100

   median household income: $56,981 · avg. weekly wage: $1,297/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

6. 6.Fall River, MA94k residents

   71/100

   median household income: $56,673 · avg. weekly wage: $1,297/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

7. 7.Brockton, MA105k residents

   70/100

   median household income: $80,115 · avg. weekly wage: $1,399/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

8. 8.Leominster, MA44k residents

   70/100

   median household income: $83,816 · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

9. 9.Needham, MA32k residents

   70/100

   median household income: $214,308 · avg. weekly wage: $1,676/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

10. 10.Milton, MA29k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $188,529 · avg. weekly wage: $1,676/wk · sales tax: 6.25%

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.