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Ranked · Open a storefront · Washington

Best cities to open a storefront in Washington

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.Pasco, WA80k residents

    68/100

    median household income: $85,586 · avg. weekly wage: $1,137/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  2. 2.Graham, WA35k residents

    68/100

    median household income: $116,862 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  3. 3.Spanaway, WA34k residents

    67/100

    median household income: $98,251 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  4. 4.Yakima, WA97k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $62,815 · avg. weekly wage: $1,033/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  5. 5.Puyallup, WA43k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $97,826 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  6. 6.University Place, WA35k residents

    66/100

    median household income: $99,031 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  7. 7.Tacoma, WA223k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $85,884 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  8. 8.Bothell, WA50k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $140,427 · avg. weekly wage: $1,621/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  9. 9.Lake Stevens, WA40k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $122,336 · avg. weekly wage: $1,621/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

  10. 10.Lakewood, WA63k residents

    64/100

    median household income: $74,720 · avg. weekly wage: $1,423/wk · sales tax: 9.4%

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 Washington?
Pasco, WA ranks first with a fit score of 68/100, followed by Graham (68) and Spanaway (67), 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.