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Ranked · Open a storefront · Mississippi

Best cities to open a storefront in Mississippi

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.Olive Branch, MS47k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $100,606 · avg. weekly wage: $923/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  2. 2.Southaven, MS56k residents

    63/100

    median household income: $78,483 · avg. weekly wage: $923/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  3. 3.Horn Lake, MS27k residents

    58/100

    median household income: $53,311 · avg. weekly wage: $923/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  4. 4.Starkville, MS26k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $42,125 · avg. weekly wage: $945/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  5. 5.Biloxi, MS49k residents

    52/100

    median household income: $57,204 · avg. weekly wage: $976/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  6. 6.Greenville, MS28k residents

    52/100

    median household income: $40,083 · avg. weekly wage: $878/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  7. 7.Gulfport, MS73k residents

    51/100

    median household income: $49,919 · avg. weekly wage: $976/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  8. 8.Meridian, MS34k residents

    48/100

    median household income: $36,562 · avg. weekly wage: $961/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  9. 9.Brandon, MS26k residents

    48/100

    median household income: $92,783 · avg. weekly wage: $1,049/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

  10. 10.Oxford, MS26k residents

    46/100

    median household income: $64,451 · avg. weekly wage: $1,014/wk · sales tax: 7.07%

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 Mississippi?
Olive Branch, MS ranks first with a fit score of 66/100, followed by Southaven (63) and Horn Lake (58), 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.