What public records measure around the center of ZIP 21117 in Baltimore County, Maryland 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 21117, Baltimore County, Maryland
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 21117 covers 30 square miles, so its edges are about 3 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 21117
25,193 households
Median household income
$101,831
Residents
62,816
Restaurants with employees, 2023
42
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
86Jobs
4,242Households
86 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,739 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
30Sit-down and casual restaurants
920 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 30 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (9 chain, 3 local multi-location and 18 independent) and 57 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$309KMiddle-case sales
$2,550Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $176,000 to $516,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $309,000).
Unnamed minor arterial carries about 26,830 vehicles a day
26,830Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Unnamed minor arterial, 26,830 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,350 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 21117
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 21117 can sell each year
Middle case$309K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$176K
High case$516K
Rivals within 2 mi123
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$900 to $4,300 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 mile30
62th percentile for nearby competition among 6,650 similar businesses in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area
Near the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile15
Within 1 mile57
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent920 ft
Competitor 2Chain1,080 ft
Competitor 5Independent1,110 ft
Competitor 6Chain1,130 ft
Competitor 7Chain1,180 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk1,739
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk86
Within 1 mile6,921
Office-type, half mile47
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Construction909
Food service and lodging416
Retail132
Education98
Health care62
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 Unnamed Minor Arterial26,830
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
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 21117: 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.
The restaurant 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 30 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.
Questions about ZIP 21117.
42 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 57 mapped within about a mile of the center.
62,816 residents in 25,193 households, with a median household income of $101,831 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
6,921 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 a restaurant, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
