Burr Ridge, Willowbrook Spends More For Ice Cream Than Most Chicago Burbs

It would appear Burr Ridge residents love their ice cream significantly more than the average American.

It's National Ice Cream month, and Crain’s Chicago Business has released data about how much money each suburb spends on ice cream, via an interactive map that shows ice cream spending by ZIP code.

Burr Ridge and Willowbrook spend 50 percent more than the the national average of 100 with an index of 151. Our neighbor to the north, Hinsdale, spends double the national average, and residents of Naperville’s 60564 zip code really love ice cream, with the highest index in DuPage County: 207. 

To find your community on the map, select your county and municipality to see if its ZIP code falls above or below the national average (represented by an index of 100).

If an area has an index of 105, then people there spent 5 percent more that the national average (an index of 95 means the area spent 5 percent less).

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month, and the third Sunday of the month—which is Sunday, July 15 this year—as National Ice Cream Day.

Check out Burr Ridge Patch's business directory for places you can buy ice cream in the village—(and yes, the gelato at Capri Express counts.)

HUNGRY FOR MORE?

• Northwest Indiana Times’ website offers a list of ice-cream-related apps ranked by Mobilwalla to get your appetite and creative juices flowing.
• Elk Grove Patch reports on some .
• St. Charles, MO Patch shares how to . 
• Baskin-Robbins, the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, commissioned an independent survey of 1,000 U.S. respondents to get the scoop on how Americans plan to enjoy ice cream this summer.
• To help celebrate National Ice Cream Day, Baskin-Robbins is holding a Twitter sweepstakes this Sunday to give ice cream lovers a chance to win $260 in Baskin-Robbins gift cards, enough to keep the ice cream scoops flowing for a year. For more information about the sweepstakes, visit BaskinRobbins.com or follow @BaskinRobbins on Twitter.