Is 20151 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 20151 in Fairfax County, Virginia 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.

ZIP 20151, Fairfax County, Virginia

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 20151 covers 16 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 20151
7,095 households
Median household income
$158,271
Residents
22,610
Restaurants with employees, 2023
52

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,139Jobs
    844Households

    1,139 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,534 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    35Sit-down and casual restaurants
    150 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 35 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (10 chain, 4 local multi-location and 21 independent) and 110 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $64KMiddle-case sales
    $550Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $26,000 to $147,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $64,000).

  4. US 50 carries about 70,143 vehicles a day

    70,143Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are US 50, 70,143 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 650 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 9,674 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 990 feet away; and Unnamed local road, 999 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2003), about 1,050 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 20151 can sell each year

Middle case$64K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$26K
High case$147K
Rivals within 2 mi137
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$150 to $1,250 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 mile35

49th percentile for nearby competition among 15,822 similar businesses in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area

Near the metro median of 37
Within a quarter mile13
Within 1 mile110

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain150 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent270 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group290 ft
  • Competitor 8Chain770 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk2,534

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,139
Within 1 mile21,222
Office-type, half mile1,207

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services956
  • Construction447
  • Retail348
  • Manufacturing154
  • Food service and lodging151

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 Us 5070,143

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector990 ft9,674
  • Unnamed Local Road1,030 ft999
  • State Route 281,150 ft95,670

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 20151: 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 16 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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