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Ranked · Open a storefront · Virginia

Best cities to open a storefront in Virginia

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.Manassas, VA43k residents

    78/100

    median household income: $113,590 · avg. weekly wage: $1,269/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  2. 2.Suffolk, VA99k residents

    77/100

    median household income: $92,666 · avg. weekly wage: $1,173/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  3. 3.Woodbridge, VA44k residents

    77/100

    median household income: $104,741 · avg. weekly wage: $1,269/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  4. 4.Chesapeake, VA253k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $95,373 · avg. weekly wage: $1,161/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  5. 5.Hampton, VA138k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $69,621 · avg. weekly wage: $1,080/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  6. 6.Fredericksburg, VA29k residents

    76/100

    median household income: $86,071 · avg. weekly wage: $1,264/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  7. 7.McLean, VA50k residents

    75/100

    median household income: $250,001 · avg. weekly wage: $1,540/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  8. 8.Portsmouth, VA97k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $60,491 · avg. weekly wage: $1,351/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  9. 9.South Riding, VA34k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $196,403 · avg. weekly wage: $1,540/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

  10. 10.Staunton, VA26k residents

    74/100

    median household income: $65,581 · avg. weekly wage: $951/wk · sales tax: 5.75%

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 Virginia?
Manassas, VA ranks first with a fit score of 78/100, followed by Suffolk (77) and Woodbridge (77), 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.