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Ranked · Open a storefront · Oregon

Best cities to open a storefront in Oregon

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.Salem, OR179k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $75,487 · avg. weekly wage: $1,044/wk · sales tax: 0%

  2. 2.Albany, OR57k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $78,114 · avg. weekly wage: $1,145/wk · sales tax: 0%

  3. 3.Grants Pass, OR39k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $59,646 · avg. weekly wage: $989/wk · sales tax: 0%

  4. 4.Newberg, OR26k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $93,232 · avg. weekly wage: $1,102/wk · sales tax: 0%

  5. 5.Bethany, OR33k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $167,735 · avg. weekly wage: $1,418/wk · sales tax: 0%

  6. 6.McMinnville, OR35k residents

    63/100

    median household income: $73,736 · avg. weekly wage: $1,102/wk · sales tax: 0%

  7. 7.Springfield, OR61k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $68,761 · avg. weekly wage: $1,188/wk · sales tax: 0%

  8. 8.Keizer, OR39k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $84,813 · avg. weekly wage: $1,262/wk · sales tax: 0%

  9. 9.West Linn, OR27k residents

    61/100

    median household income: $146,507 · avg. weekly wage: $1,409/wk · sales tax: 0%

  10. 10.Medford, OR86k residents

    60/100

    median household income: $73,230 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 0%

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 Oregon?
Salem, OR ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Albany (66) and Grants Pass (66), 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.