Is 07601 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 07601 in Bergen County, New Jersey for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 07601, Bergen County, New Jersey

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 07601 covers 4.2 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 07601
20,214 households
Median household income
$84,277
Residents
46,057
Bakeries with employees, 2023
0

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,601Jobs
    15,656Households

    1,601 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 9,718 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    6Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.25 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 6 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (1 chain, 1 local multi-location and 4 independent) and 13 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $818KMiddle-case sales
    $6,800Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $488,000 to $1.5 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $818,000).

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

    862Vehicles a day
    11,819Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are W Railroad Ave, 862 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 190 feet away; Union St, 11,819 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 570 feet away; and Bergen County 55, 19,198 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 990 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 07601 can sell each year

Middle case$818K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$488K
High case$1.5M
Rivals within 1.5 mi31
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$3,250 to $12,700 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 mile6

53th percentile for nearby competition among 7,072 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

Near the metro median of 5
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile13

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain1,330 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group1,400 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,580 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,740 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent2,540 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk9,718

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,601
Within 1 mile33,872
Office-type, half mile2,010

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care4,748
  • Professional services723
  • Public administration604
  • Retail600
  • Administrative support464

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 W Railroad Ave862

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Union St11,819

Other counted roads nearby

  • Union St570 ft11,819
  • Bergen County 55990 ft19,198
  • S State St1,000 ft14,136
  • Bergen County 441,010 ft9,238

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 07601: 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 bakery 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 4.2 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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