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Ranked · Open a storefront · Tennessee

Best cities to open a storefront in Tennessee

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.Knoxville, TN195k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $55,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,294/wk · sales tax: 9.25%

  2. 2.Chattanooga, TN186k residents

    60/100

    median household income: $59,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,332/wk · sales tax: 9.25%

  3. 3.Clarksville, TN176k residents

    56/100

    median household income: $69,303 · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  4. 4.Germantown, TN41k residents

    55/100

    median household income: $149,920 · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  5. 5.Collierville, TN52k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $138,598 · avg. weekly wage: $1,424/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  6. 6.Cleveland, TN49k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $58,559 · avg. weekly wage: $1,096/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  7. 7.Mount Juliet, TN42k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $107,068 · avg. weekly wage: $1,164/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  8. 8.Morristown, TN32k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $47,917 · avg. weekly wage: $1,016/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

  9. 9.Nashville, TN690k residents

    52/100

    median household income: $71,000 · avg. weekly wage: $1,662/wk · sales tax: 9.25%

  10. 10.Hendersonville, TN63k residents

    52/100

    median household income: $97,200 · avg. weekly wage: $1,183/wk · sales tax: 9.55%

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 Tennessee?
Knoxville, TN ranks first with a fit score of 64/100, followed by Chattanooga (60) and Clarksville (56), 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.