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Ranked · Open a storefront · Missouri

Best cities to open a storefront in Missouri

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.Belton, MO25k residents

    81/100

    median household income: $69,226 · avg. weekly wage: $965/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  2. 2.Wentzville, MO47k residents

    79/100

    median household income: $112,394 · avg. weekly wage: $1,206/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  3. 3.St. Peters, MO59k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $91,637 · avg. weekly wage: $1,206/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  4. 4.Joplin, MO53k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $52,097 · avg. weekly wage: $1,003/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  5. 5.Wildwood, MO35k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $161,060 · avg. weekly wage: $1,278/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  6. 6.Liberty, MO31k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $88,542 · avg. weekly wage: $1,247/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  7. 7.St. Charles, MO72k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $85,937 · avg. weekly wage: $1,206/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  8. 8.Cape Girardeau, MO40k residents

    73/100

    median household income: $55,658 · avg. weekly wage: $1,040/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  9. 9.Columbia, MO129k residents

    72/100

    median household income: $66,498 · avg. weekly wage: $1,196/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

  10. 10.Jefferson City, MO42k residents

    71/100

    median household income: $66,371 · avg. weekly wage: $1,145/wk · sales tax: 8.4%

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 Missouri?
Belton, MO ranks first with a fit score of 81/100, followed by Wentzville (79) and St. Peters (76), 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.