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Is 02138 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 02138 in Middlesex 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 02138, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 02138 covers 2.7 square miles, so its edges are about 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 02138
14,169 households
Median household income
$119,967
Residents
38,509
Restaurants with employees, 2023
66

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    324Jobs
    13,112Households

    324 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,668 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    14Sit-down and casual restaurants
    950 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 14 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 2 local multi-location and 12 independent) and 169 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $772KMiddle-case sales
    $6,450Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $828,000 to $811,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $772,000).

  4. Unnamed major collector carries about 5,379 vehicles a day

    5,379Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed major collector, 5,379 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 280 feet away and Unnamed minor arterial, 9,198 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 880 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 02138

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 02138 can sell each year

Middle case$772K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$828K
High case$811K
Rivals within 2 mi639
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$4,150 to $6,750 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 mile14

33th percentile for nearby competition among 12,712 similar businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area

Under the metro median of 24
Within a quarter mile2
Within 1 mile169

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent950 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,430 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,470 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,480 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent1,500 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,668

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk324
Within 1 mile38,519
Office-type, half mile350

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care2,313
  • Education452
  • Professional services267
  • Other services214
  • Retail177

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 Major Collector5,379

Nearest counted road, 2021 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Minor Arterial (pandemic year)880 ft9,198

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

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 02138: who lives and works right there, the competition on that block and the traffic on its road. No account.
  • 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 2.7 square miles); 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 2021); 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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