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Is 02139 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 02139 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 02139, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 02139 covers 1.6 square miles, 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 02139
16,012 households
Median household income
$134,586
Residents
40,033
Restaurants with employees, 2023
69

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    7,266Jobs
    23,857Households

    7,266 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 17,174 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    112Sit-down and casual restaurants
    460 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 112 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (9 chain, 18 local multi-location and 85 independent) and 265 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $584KMiddle-case sales
    $4,850Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $439,000 to $939,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $584,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 16,364 vehicles a day

    16,364Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 16,364 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 120 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 3,327 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 580 feet away; and Unnamed minor arterial, 3,156 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 790 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 02139

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 02139 can sell each year

Middle case$584K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$439K
High case$939K
Rivals within 2 mi1,213
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,200 to $7,800 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 mile112

87th percentile for nearby competition among 12,712 similar businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area

4.7× the metro median of 24
Within a quarter mile58
Within 1 mile265

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent460 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent520 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent540 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent550 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent590 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk17,174

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk7,266
Within 1 mile77,838
Office-type, half mile10,630

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services8,586
  • Food service and lodging1,646
  • Wholesale1,485
  • Public administration1,125
  • Health care847

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 Arterial16,364

Nearest counted road, 2021 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector (pandemic year)580 ft3,327
  • Unnamed Minor Arterial (pandemic year)790 ft3,156

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 1.6 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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