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:

• Business Climate

1. Average revenue of businesses
2. Percentage of businesses with paid employees
3. Businesses per 100 people

• Local Economic Health

1. Median annual income
2. Median monthly housing costs
3. 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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