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Is 02116 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 02116 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts for a restaurant: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the restaurants already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 02116, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 02116 covers under a square mile, so its edges are about half a mile from the center. Jobs and competitors are counted within a mile of the center and resident spending within 3 miles; the household figures beside are for the whole ZIP. Checked Oct 17, 2026.

ZIP 02116
11,513 households
Median household income
$126,496
Residents
21,978
Restaurants with employees, 2023
79

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    39,592Jobs
    43,390Households

    39,592 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 83,873 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    258Sit-down and casual restaurants
    170 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 258 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (53 chain, 35 local multi-location and 170 independent) and 824 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $413KMiddle-case sales
    $3,450Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $200,000 to $869,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $413,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 66,383 vehicles a day

    66,383Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 66,383 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 390 feet away; Unnamed minor arterial, 11,339 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 390 feet away; and Massachusetts Turnpike, 112,503 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,250 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 02116

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 02116 can sell each year

Middle case$413K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$200K
High case$869K
Rivals within 2 mi1,509
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,000 to $7,250 a month

Resident, worker and student spending near the ZIP center, shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile258

94th percentile for nearby competition among 12,712 similar businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area

10.8× the metro median of 24
Within a quarter mile72
Within 1 mile824

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1IndependentAt this address
  • Competitor 2Independent170 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain190 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain210 ft
  • Competitor 6Local group210 ft

Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk83,873

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk39,592
Within 1 mile253,693
Office-type, half mile44,059

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services18,146
  • Finance and insurance13,888
  • Food service and lodging10,427
  • Retail7,904
  • Transportation5,972

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Unnamed Principal Arterial66,383

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Minor Arterial (pandemic year)390 ft11,339
  • Massachusetts Turnpike1,250 ft112,503

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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  • The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a restaurant there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

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Sources: Overture Maps Foundation: Places (Overture Places release 2026-09-23.1); DoorWorthy demand model: resident, worker and student spending shared among competitors (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); U.S. Census Bureau: ACS (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates); U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer: ZIP Code Tabulation Area center (ZCTA internal point; land area under a square mile); U.S. Census ACS households by income with BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey spending (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2024); U.S. Census Bureau: LEHD LODES workplace jobs (LODES8 workplace area characteristics, jobs as of 2023); U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (establishments with paid employees). Listings and counts are public records, not visits or sales in this ZIP.

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