Countryside Named Fourth Best Place to Start a Business in Illinois

Countryside is the fourth-best place to start a business in Illinois, according to a recent study.

Consumer finance site NerdWallet used census data from 285 places in Illinois to measure an overall score based on two main factors:

• Business climate: average revenue of businesses, percentage of businesses with paid employees and businesses per 100 people
• Local economic health: median annual income, median monthly housing costs and unemployment rate

At No. 4 on the list, Countryside is sandwiched between No. 3 Lincolnshire and No. 5 Peru. Nearby Burr Ridge was named eighth-best on the list.

Here’s what the report had to say about Countryside:

Countryside is the second-smallest town in the top 10 by population (a little fewer than 6,000 residents), but it has the second-highest number of businesses with paid employees (53%). The Countryside Business Association, a nonprofit, member-based organization, aims to foster a great business environment in the area and help local businesses connect with the community.

The study found Countryside supports 850 businesses, and the average revenue per business is $2,334,075.

Read more about the methodology of this study from NerdWallet.