What public records measure around the center of ZIP 02453 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 02453, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 02453 covers 3.6 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 22, 2026.
ZIP 02453
12,610 households
Median household income
$115,366
Residents
31,591
Restaurants with employees, 2023
42
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
2,171Jobs
12,452Households
2,171 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,799 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
56Sit-down and casual restaurants
600 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 56 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (3 chain, 8 local multi-location and 45 independent) and 119 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$353KMiddle-case sales
$2,950Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $171,000 to $763,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $353,000).
Unnamed major collector carries about 21,045 vehicles a day
21,045Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Unnamed major collector, 21,045 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2016), about 160 feet away; Unnamed principal arterial, 13,395 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2016), about 1,000 feet away; and Unnamed minor arterial, 9,400 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 1,050 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 02453
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 02453 can sell each year
Middle case$353K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$171K
High case$763K
Rivals within 2 mi149
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$850 to $6,350 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 mile56
73th percentile for nearby competition among 12,712 similar businesses in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro area
2.3× the metro median of 24
Within a quarter mile30
Within 1 mile119
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Local group600 ft
Competitor 2Independent850 ft
Competitor 3Independent960 ft
Competitor 4Independent980 ft
Competitor 7Independent1,000 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk4,799
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk2,171
Within 1 mile16,166
Office-type, half mile1,010
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Administrative support1,421
Health care778
Food service and lodging725
Professional services383
Finance and insurance276
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 Collector21,045
Nearest counted road, 2016 count
Other counted roads nearby
Unnamed Principal Arterial1,000 ft13,395
Unnamed Minor Arterial (pandemic year)1,040 ft9,400
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 02453: 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 3.6 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.
Questions about ZIP 02453.
42 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 119 mapped within about a mile of the center.
31,591 residents in 12,610 households, with a median household income of $115,366 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
16,166 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.
