What public records measure around the center of ZIP 02148 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.
ZIP 02148, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 02148 covers 5.0 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 miles 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 02148
26,042 households
Median household income
$100,606
Residents
65,906
Restaurants with employees, 2023
52
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
429Jobs
18,053Households
429 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,627 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
35Sit-down and casual restaurants
450 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 35 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (2 chain, 3 local multi-location and 30 independent) and 133 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$531KMiddle-case sales
$4,450Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $293,000 to $957,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $531,000).
Unnamed minor arterial carries about 9,366 vehicles a day
9,366Vehicles a day
16,708Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are Unnamed minor arterial, 9,366 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 390 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 5,102 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 590 feet away; and Unnamed principal arterial, 16,770 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2017), about 890 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 02148
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 02148 can sell each year
Middle case$531K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$293K
High case$957K
Rivals within 2 mi244
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,450 to $8,000 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 mile35
61th percentile for nearby competition among 12,712 similar businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
Near the metro median of 24
Within a quarter mile6
Within 1 mile133
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent450 ft
Competitor 2Independent510 ft
Competitor 3Local group560 ft
Competitor 4Independent650 ft
Competitor 6Independent1,280 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk3,627
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk429
Within 1 mile11,239
Office-type, half mile401
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care1,108
Education981
Other services385
Public administration244
Food service and lodging219
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 Minor Arterial9,366
Nearest counted road, 2021 count
Busiest nearby, Unnamed Principal Arterial16,708
Other counted roads nearby
Unnamed Major Collector (pandemic year)590 ft5,102
Unnamed Principal Arterial890 ft16,770
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 02148: 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.
The restaurant check reads the same public records at the address itself.
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 5.0 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.
Questions about ZIP 02148.
52 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 133 mapped within about a mile of the center.
65,906 residents in 26,042 households, with a median household income of $100,606 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
11,239 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).
This page measures the area around the ZIP's center. Whether a specific address allows a restaurant, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
