Is 06830 a good location for a coffee shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 06830 in Fairfield County, Connecticut for a coffee shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the coffee shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 06830, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Coffee shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 06830 covers 14 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 19, 2026.

ZIP 06830
9,480 households
Median household income
$146,654
Residents
24,880
Coffee shops with employees, 2023
15

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    718Jobs
    3,402Households

    718 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,739 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    4Coffee shops and cafés
    250 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 4 coffee shops and cafés within half a mile (2 chain, 0 local multi-location and 2 independent) and 13 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $286KMiddle-case sales
    $2,400Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $146,000 to $605,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $286,000).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    9,800Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Maple Av, 9,800 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 380 feet away; North St No 1, 10,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 900 feet away; and US 1, 20,400 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 970 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 06830 can sell each year

Middle case$286K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$146K
High case$605K
Rivals within 1.5 mi21
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,000 to $5,050 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 mile4

57th percentile for nearby competition among 371 similar businesses in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area

Near the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile2
Within 1 mile13

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent250 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent390 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain1,640 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain1,720 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain2,730 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,739

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk718
Within 1 mile13,236
Office-type, half mile522

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care1,822
  • Education534
  • Finance and insurance348
  • Other services313
  • Retail309

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 Maple Av9,800

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • North St No 1900 ft10,000
  • Us 1970 ft20,400
  • Milbank Av1,150 ft6,900

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 06830: 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 coffee shop 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 14 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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