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Is 07042 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 07042 in Essex County, New Jersey 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.

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ZIP 07042, Essex County, New Jersey

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 07042 covers 3.8 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 07042
11,549 households
Median household income
$122,847
Residents
27,326
Restaurants with employees, 2023
66

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    3,390Jobs
    9,359Households

    3,390 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 8,186 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    179Sit-down and casual restaurants
    120 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 179 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (7 chain, 37 local multi-location and 135 independent) and 225 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $343KMiddle-case sales
    $2,850Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $230,000 to $569,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $343,000).

  4. Route 506 carries about 24,081 vehicles a day

    24,081Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Route 506, 24,081 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 390 feet away; Glenridge Ave, 5,374 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 480 feet away; and Park St, 3,616 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 580 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 07042

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 07042 can sell each year

Middle case$343K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$230K
High case$569K
Rivals within 2 mi322
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,150 to $4,750 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 mile179

72th percentile for nearby competition among 64,060 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

3× the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile134
Within 1 mile225

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group120 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent160 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group160 ft
  • Competitor 6Local group190 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent200 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk8,186

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk3,390
Within 1 mile13,861
Office-type, half mile2,901

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Public administration1,646
  • Food service and lodging1,231
  • Health care1,096
  • Other services817
  • Retail710

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 Route 50624,081

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Glenridge Ave480 ft5,374
  • Park St580 ft3,616
  • Midland Ave960 ft1,337
  • Undercliff Rd1,060 ft4,813

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 07042: 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.

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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 3.8 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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