Waite Park is Among Best Places to Start a Business
San Francisco, CA (June 2, 2015)
NerdWallet, a consumer finance website, has conducted a study to find the best places in Minnesota to start a business - and Waite Park ranked 18th. To determine this ranking, NerdWallet examined 123 places in Minnesota with populations of 5,000 or more and analyzed the following factors:
- Average revenue of businesses
- Percentage of businesses with paid employees
- Businesses per 100 people
- Median annual income
- Median monthly housing costs
- Unemployment rate
Waite Park's Stats
With a population of 6,678, the city has over 500 businesses with high average revenue per business ($1.794,006). Waite Park also boasts one of the highest percentages of businesses with paid employees on the list (45.43%).
Cities in Top 20
Other cities in the top 20 included Eden Prairie and Arden Hills.
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