?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Open a storefront · Texas

Best cities to open a storefront in Texas

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.

Re-rank for your priorities
Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Sugar Land, TX110k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $136,217 · avg. weekly wage: $1,221/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  2. 2.Mission, TX87k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $60,767 · avg. weekly wage: $845/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  3. 3.Flower Mound, TX78k residents

    70/100

    median household income: $161,235 · avg. weekly wage: $1,307/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  4. 4.McAllen, TX145k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $61,579 · avg. weekly wage: $845/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  5. 5.Edinburg, TX105k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $59,466 · avg. weekly wage: $845/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  6. 6.Pharr, TX80k residents

    69/100

    median household income: $52,814 · avg. weekly wage: $845/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  7. 7.League City, TX116k residents

    68/100

    median household income: $121,099 · avg. weekly wage: $1,260/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  8. 8.Frisco, TX219k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $150,212 · avg. weekly wage: $1,307/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  9. 9.Brownsville, TX189k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $52,130 · avg. weekly wage: $904/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

  10. 10.Pearland, TX128k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $118,842 · avg. weekly wage: $1,356/wk · sales tax: 8.2%

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 Texas?
Sugar Land, TX ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Mission (70) and Flower Mound (70), 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.