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Is 21401 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 21401 in Anne Arundel 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.

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ZIP 21401, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 21401 covers 20 square miles, so its edges are about 2.5 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 21401
17,984 households
Median household income
$123,381
Residents
38,629
Restaurants with employees, 2023
96

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    3,153Jobs
    2,026Households

    3,153 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,881 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    46Sit-down and casual restaurants
    670 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 46 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (30 chain, 2 local multi-location and 14 independent) and 122 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $838KMiddle-case sales
    $7,000Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $517,000 to $1.1 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $838,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 20,560 vehicles a day

    20,560Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is Unnamed minor arterial, 20,560 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,150 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 21401

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 21401 can sell each year

Middle case$838K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$517K
High case$1.1M
Rivals within 2 mi128
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,600 to $9,400 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 mile46

75th percentile for nearby competition among 6,650 similar businesses in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area

2.1× the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile8
Within 1 mile122

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain670 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group680 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent740 ft
  • Competitor 6Chain770 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain790 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,881

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk3,153
Within 1 mile17,851
Office-type, half mile1,141

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Retail804
  • Public administration803
  • Health care613
  • Administrative support361
  • Construction268

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 Arterial20,560

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

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 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 20 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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