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Is 06516 a good location for a hair salon?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 06516 in New Haven County, Connecticut for a hair salon: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the hair salons already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 06516, New Haven County, Connecticut

Hair salon. 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.

ZIP 06516
20,938 households
Median household income
$74,382
Residents
55,351
Hair salons with employees, 2023
3

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    595Jobs
    7,887Households

    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.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    4Barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons
    690 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 4 barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 4 independent) and 43 within a mile.

  3. New local clients the ZIP center could draw

    $53KNew-client sales, middle case

    Spending near the center of this ZIP could bring an estimated $33,000 to $92,000 a year in new local clients (middle case $53,000).

  4. A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    18,300Vehicles a day

    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.

Measured around the center of ZIP 06516

Computed from public records at this location

New-client sales the ZIP center could draw each year

Middle case$53K

New-client sales a year, planning range

Low case$33K
High case$92K
Rivals within 3.5 mi152

What the location itself adds: nearby resident spending shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). Clients who follow your team come on top. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile4

16th percentile for nearby competition among 908 similar businesses in the New Haven metro area

Under the metro median of 11
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile43

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent690 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,600 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,980 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent2,330 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent3,300 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,870

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk595
Within 1 mile8,010
Office-type, half mile369

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging393
  • Wholesale340
  • Public administration294
  • Manufacturing254
  • Retail233

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 State Route 16218,300

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Railroad Av510 ft4,500
  • Greta St900 ft6,200

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 06516: 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 hair salon 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 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.

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