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Ranked · Open a storefront · Michigan

Best cities to open a storefront in Michigan

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.Burton, MI30k residents

    73/100

    median household income: $60,052 · avg. weekly wage: $1,109/wk · sales tax: 6%

  2. 2.Bay City, MI32k residents

    71/100

    median household income: $49,420 · avg. weekly wage: $1,103/wk · sales tax: 6%

  3. 3.Flint, MI80k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $37,646 · avg. weekly wage: $1,109/wk · sales tax: 6%

  4. 4.Port Huron, MI29k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $50,366 · avg. weekly wage: $1,117/wk · sales tax: 6%

  5. 5.Muskegon, MI37k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $44,735 · avg. weekly wage: $1,130/wk · sales tax: 6%

  6. 6.Holland, MI34k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $75,865 · avg. weekly wage: $1,184/wk · sales tax: 6%

  7. 7.Allendale, MI27k residents

    68/100

    median household income: $70,150 · avg. weekly wage: $1,184/wk · sales tax: 6%

  8. 8.Saginaw, MI44k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $38,579 · avg. weekly wage: $1,173/wk · sales tax: 6%

  9. 9.Portage, MI49k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $83,212 · avg. weekly wage: $1,313/wk · sales tax: 6%

  10. 10.Jackson, MI31k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $44,558 · avg. weekly wage: $1,247/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 Michigan?
Burton, MI ranks first with a fit score of 73/100, followed by Bay City (71) and Flint (70), 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.