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Is 21224 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 21224 in Baltimore city, 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.

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ZIP 21224, Baltimore city, Maryland

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 21224 covers 9.3 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 21224
20,962 households
Median household income
$89,017
Residents
47,465
Restaurants with employees, 2023
70

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    138Jobs
    4,965Households

    138 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 6,379 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    12Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.26 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 12 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 2 local multi-location and 10 independent) and 48 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $358KMiddle-case sales
    $3,000Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $283,000 to $517,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $358,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 11,381 vehicles a day

    11,381Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed minor arterial, 11,381 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 740 feet away and Unnamed major collector, 2,605 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 840 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 21224

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 21224 can sell each year

Middle case$358K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$283K
High case$517K
Rivals within 2 mi220
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,400 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 mile12

32th percentile for nearby competition among 6,650 similar businesses in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area

Under the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile48

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,360 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,540 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group1,890 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent1,920 ft
  • Competitor 7Local group1,950 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk6,379

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk138
Within 1 mile20,696
Office-type, half mile307

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Transportation2,887
  • Health care1,136
  • Manufacturing624
  • Food service and lodging355
  • Other services310

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 Arterial11,381

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector840 ft2,605

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 21224: 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 9.3 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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