Rockville Centre Named a Top Place to Start a Business in New York

Rockville Centre is the eighth best place to start a business in New York State, according to new rankings released Monday by NerdWallet.

The site analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau to rank the business climate and economic health of 83 New York communities. NerdWallet restricted their analysis to areas with populations above 5,000.

“The median annual income, $85,248, is higher than most places on our top 10 list, and Rockville Centre’s 3,698 businesses bring in average revenue of just under $480,000 per business annually,” according to NerdWallet. RVC’s major health employers, like Mercy Medical Center, as well as being the location of Molloy College helped bump the community up on the list.

The top 10 communities were:

1. Suffern
2. Garden City
3. Mineola
4. Glens Falls
5. Harrison
6. White Plains
7. Ithaca
8. Rockville Centre
9. Mount Kisco
10. Watertown

Other Long Island communities with high rankings included Patchogue, Lynbrook, Glen Cove, Floral Park, Lindenhurst, Valley Stream, and Long Beach. Read the full report here.