What public records measure around the center of ZIP 06516 in New Haven County, Connecticut for a gift shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the gift shops already mapped there. Few mapped gift shops were found near the center, so the competition figures here are thin. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
Gift shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 06516 covers 11 square miles, so its edges are about 2 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 22, 2026.
595 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,870 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Overture's places data lists 0 gift and homewares shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 2 within a mile.
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $133,000 to $410,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $238,000).
The nearest counted roads are State Route 162, 18,300 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 500 feet away; Railroad Av, 4,500 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 510 feet away; and Greta St, 6,200 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 900 feet away.
Sales a year, planning range
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.
14th percentile for nearby competition among 171 similar businesses in the New Haven metro area
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
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.
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
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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 11 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 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.
