INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – The region’s six largest cities ranked among the nation’s 25 worst to start a business.

WalletHub, a personal financial social network, placed Ontario last among the 150 cities studied. Riverside came in at 125th with San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Fontana and Rancho Cucamonga rounding out the bottom twenty-five.

WalletHub used using 16 key metrics, ranging from the five-year survival rate to office-space affordability to educational attainment of the local labor force.

San Bernardino had the lowest percentage of college-educated workforce at 11.7 percent.

Aspiring entrepreneurs can find their best chances for long-term prosperity in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The top five cities were all in the MidWest.

Story Date: May 7, 2016