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Ranked · Open a storefront · Ohio

Best cities to open a storefront in Ohio

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.Springfield, OH58k residents

    80/100

    median household income: $47,143 · avg. weekly wage: $1,024/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  2. 2.North Ridgeville, OH37k residents

    80/100

    median household income: $96,698 · avg. weekly wage: $1,116/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  3. 3.Avon Lake, OH26k residents

    80/100

    median household income: $115,567 · avg. weekly wage: $1,116/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  4. 4.Marion, OH36k residents

    78/100

    median household income: $47,951 · avg. weekly wage: $1,081/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  5. 5.Lancaster, OH41k residents

    77/100

    median household income: $59,133 · avg. weekly wage: $1,071/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  6. 6.Mansfield, OH48k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $44,540 · avg. weekly wage: $1,016/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  7. 7.Warren, OH39k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $37,887 · avg. weekly wage: $1,031/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  8. 8.Lorain, OH65k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $48,685 · avg. weekly wage: $1,116/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  9. 9.Elyria, OH53k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $54,945 · avg. weekly wage: $1,116/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

  10. 10.Troy, OH27k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $68,830 · avg. weekly wage: $1,106/wk · sales tax: 7.25%

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 Ohio?
Springfield, OH ranks first with a fit score of 80/100, followed by North Ridgeville (80) and Avon Lake (80), 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.