Ranked · Open a storefront · Minnesota

Best cities to open a storefront in Minnesota

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.Andover, MN33k residents

   85/100

   median household income: $137,593 · avg. weekly wage: $1,305/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

2. 2.Prior Lake, MN28k residents

   83/100

   median household income: $134,255 · avg. weekly wage: $1,270/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

3. 3.Elk River, MN27k residents

   83/100

   median household income: $108,741 · avg. weekly wage: $1,149/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

4. 4.Cottage Grove, MN41k residents

   82/100

   median household income: $120,791 · avg. weekly wage: $1,218/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

5. 5.Savage, MN33k residents

   81/100

   median household income: $125,513 · avg. weekly wage: $1,270/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

6. 6.Moorhead, MN45k residents

   80/100

   median household income: $72,761 · avg. weekly wage: $1,087/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

7. 7.Lakeville, MN74k residents

   79/100

   median household income: $139,041 · avg. weekly wage: $1,437/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

8. 8.Chanhassen, MN26k residents

   79/100

   median household income: $143,651 · avg. weekly wage: $1,471/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

9. 9.Austin, MN26k residents

   78/100

   median household income: $68,057 · avg. weekly wage: $1,222/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

10. 10.Shakopee, MN46k residents

    77/100

    median household income: $107,223 · avg. weekly wage: $1,270/wk · sales tax: 7.5%

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.