We All Scream for Ice Cream, But Elmhurst Spends More Than Average in DuPage

It would appear Elmhurst residents love their ice cream more than the average American.

In advance of National Ice Cream Day Sunday, 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.

Elmhurst exceeded the national average of 100 with an index of 143. Elmhurst's index was beaten by Oak Brook, which ranked 154, and Wheaton, which ranked 167. Residents of Naperville’s 60564 zip code really love ice cream, with the highest index in DuPage County at 207, and Hinsdale is next in line, with an index of 201.

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 than 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—falling this year on Sunday, July 15—as National Ice Cream Day.

Check out Elmhurst Patch's business directory for ice cream shops.

HUNGRY FOR MORE?

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• 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.