What public records measure around the center of ZIP 06902 in Fairfield County, Connecticut for an ice cream shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the ice cream shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
ZIP 06902, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Ice cream shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 06902 covers 10 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 06902
28,959 households
Median household income
$94,843
Residents
73,392
Ice cream shops with employees, 2023
14
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
2,594Jobs
21,010Households
2,594 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 11,332 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
More nearby competition than most
19Similar businesses
0.24 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 19 coffee shops and cafés and dessert, ice cream and candy shops within half a mile (5 chain, 0 local multi-location and 14 independent) and 46 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$401KMiddle-case sales
$3,350Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $256,000 to $740,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $401,000).
A busy road nearby; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians
6,500Vehicles a day
23,100Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are North St, 6,500 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 290 feet away; Washington Ct, 450 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 300 feet away; and State Route 137, 23,100 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 380 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 06902
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 06902 can sell each year
Middle case$401K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$256K
High case$740K
Rivals within 1.5 mi54
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,700 to $6,150 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 mile19
94th percentile for nearby competition among 578 similar businesses in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury metro area
3.8× the metro median of 5
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile46
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Chain1,270 ft
Competitor 2Independent1,440 ft
Competitor 3Independent1,540 ft
Competitor 4Independent1,540 ft
Competitor 5Independent1,590 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk11,332
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk2,594
Within 1 mile39,125
Office-type, half mile4,146
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care2,506
Professional services1,425
Administrative support1,420
Food service and lodging1,397
Finance and insurance1,035
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 North St6,500
Nearest counted road, 2023 count
Busiest nearby, State Route 13723,100
Other counted roads nearby
Washington Ct300 ft450
State Route 137380 ft23,100
West North St610 ft5,300
Adams Av1,030 ft2,900
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 06902: 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 an ice cream shop there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
The ice cream shop 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 10 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 2023); 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 06902.
14 ice cream shops with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 46 mapped within about a mile of the center.
73,392 residents in 28,959 households, with a median household income of $94,843 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
39,125 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 an ice cream shop, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
