Ranked · Open a storefront · New York

Best cities to open a storefront in New York

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.New City, NY34k residents

   88/100

   median household income: $173,046 · avg. weekly wage: $1,300/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

2. 2.West Islip, NY27k residents

   86/100

   median household income: $176,281 · avg. weekly wage: $1,560/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

3. 3.Commack, NY37k residents

   85/100

   median household income: $169,792 · avg. weekly wage: $1,560/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

4. 4.Oceanside, NY32k residents

   82/100

   median household income: $149,560 · avg. weekly wage: $1,534/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

5. 5.Saratoga Springs, NY29k residents

   82/100

   median household income: $105,944 · avg. weekly wage: $1,330/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

6. 6.Deer Park, NY28k residents

   82/100

   median household income: $137,105 · avg. weekly wage: $1,560/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

7. 7.Holbrook, NY26k residents

   82/100

   median household income: $144,760 · avg. weekly wage: $1,560/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

8. 8.Levittown, NY52k residents

   81/100

   median household income: $146,068 · avg. weekly wage: $1,534/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

9. 9.Baldwin, NY35k residents

   81/100

   median household income: $145,472 · avg. weekly wage: $1,534/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

10. 10.Huntington Station, NY33k residents

    81/100

    median household income: $135,477 · avg. weekly wage: $1,560/wk · sales tax: 8.5%

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.