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Is 10003 a good location for an ice cream shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 10003 in New York County, New York 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.

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ZIP 10003, New York County, New York

Ice cream shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 10003 covers under a square mile, so its edges are about half 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 10003
24,503 households
Median household income
$154,262
Residents
53,560
Ice cream shops with employees, 2023
93

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    37,419Jobs
    135,495Households

    37,419 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 119,778 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    262Similar businesses
    140 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 262 coffee shops and cafés and dessert, ice cream and candy shops within half a mile (71 chain, 64 local multi-location and 127 independent) and 911 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $273KMiddle-case sales
    $2,300Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $139,000 to $543,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $273,000).

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

    1,818Vehicles a day
    25,824Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are E 11th St, 1,818 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 100 feet away; E 12th St, 5,736 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 160 feet away; and 3rd Ave, 25,824 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 220 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 10003

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 10003 can sell each year

Middle case$273K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$139K
High case$543K
Rivals within 1.5 mi1,215
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$950 to $4,550 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 mile262

92th percentile for nearby competition among 12,111 similar businesses in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area

21.8× the metro median of 12
Within a quarter mile80
Within 1 mile911

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent140 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent220 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent220 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group330 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent350 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk119,778

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk37,419
Within 1 mile415,024
Office-type, half mile39,177

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education26,324
  • Food service and lodging14,360
  • Information13,627
  • Professional services12,725
  • Health care10,064

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 E 11Th St1,818

Nearest counted road, 2023 count

Busiest nearby, 3Rd Ave25,824

Other counted roads nearby

  • E 12Th St160 ft5,736
  • 3Rd Ave220 ft25,824
  • 4Th Ave300 ft10,820
  • E 10Th St350 ft2,623

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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  • 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.

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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 under a square mile); 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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