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Ranked · Open a storefront · Utah

Best cities to open a storefront in Utah

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.Tooele, UT38k residents

    83/100

    median household income: $96,221 · avg. weekly wage: $1,032/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  2. 2.Kaysville, UT33k residents

    82/100

    median household income: $133,026 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  3. 3.Syracuse, UT35k residents

    81/100

    median household income: $133,443 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  4. 4.Farmington, UT25k residents

    79/100

    median household income: $127,338 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  5. 5.Lehi, UT85k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $131,299 · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  6. 6.Saratoga Springs, UT48k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $128,802 · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  7. 7.Layton, UT83k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $102,480 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  8. 8.Bountiful, UT45k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $104,785 · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  9. 9.Eagle Mountain, UT53k residents

    73/100

    median household income: $113,648 · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

  10. 10.Spanish Fork, UT45k residents

    72/100

    median household income: $104,844 · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · sales tax: 7.2%

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 Utah?
Tooele, UT ranks first with a fit score of 83/100, followed by Kaysville (82) and Syracuse (81), 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.