We All Scream for Ice Cream, But St. Charles Spends More Than Most in Kane County

It would appear St. Charles residents love their ice cream significantly more than the average American.

In advance of National Ice Cream Day this Sunday, Crain’s Chicago Business has released data about how much money each suburbs spends on ice cream, via an interactive map that shows ice cream spending by ZIP code.

St. Charles exceeded the national average of 100 with an average index of 159.5. Residents and their ice cream preferences were broken down by zip code and those who live in 60175 have an index of 169 and resident in 60174 have an index of 150.

While the the residents in 60175 clearly love their ice cream, residents of Wayne love ice cream more with an index of 195.

Geneva has a strong love for ice cream with an index of 161. Sugar Grove and Elgin also love their ice cream with an index of 153 and 152 respectively.

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

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

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.