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Ranked · Open a storefront · West Virginia

Best cities to open a storefront in West 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.Weirton, WV19k residents

    65/100

    median household income: $59,575 · avg. weekly wage: $1,056/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  2. 2.Fairmont, WV18k residents

    63/100

    median household income: $63,032 · avg. weekly wage: $1,095/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  3. 3.Parkersburg, WV29k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $49,025 · avg. weekly wage: $1,093/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  4. 4.Martinsburg, WV19k residents

    53/100

    median household income: $59,555 · avg. weekly wage: $1,171/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  5. 5.Huntington, WV46k residents

    51/100

    median household income: $45,100 · avg. weekly wage: $1,180/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  6. 6.Charleston, WV47k residents

    50/100

    median household income: $65,812 · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  7. 7.Beckley, WV17k residents

    47/100

    median household income: $45,826 · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  8. 8.Wheeling, WV26k residents

    43/100

    median household income: $48,590 · avg. weekly wage: $1,097/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  9. 9.Clarksburg, WV16k residents

    35/100

    median household income: $47,386 · avg. weekly wage: $1,264/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

  10. 10.Morgantown, WV30k residents

    21/100

    median household income: $44,727 · avg. weekly wage: $1,309/wk · sales tax: 6.55%

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 West Virginia?
Weirton, WV ranks first with a fit score of 65/100, followed by Fairmont (63) and Parkersburg (53), 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.