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Is 23456 a good location for a hair salon?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 23456 in Virginia Beach city, Virginia for a hair salon: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the hair salons already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 23456, Virginia Beach city, Virginia

Hair salon. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 23456 covers 50 square miles, so its edges are about 4 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 23456
20,594 households
Median household income
$130,533
Residents
61,911
Hair salons with employees, 2023
20

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    386Jobs
    798Households

    386 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 394 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    1Barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons
    0.47 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 1 barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 1 within a mile.

  3. New local clients the ZIP center could draw

    $143KNew-client sales, middle case

    Spending near the center of this ZIP could bring an estimated $129,000 to $180,000 a year in new local clients (middle case $143,000).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    1,199Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Heron Ridge DR, 1,199 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 380 feet away; Lynx CT, 1,199 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 510 feet away; and Orleans WAY, 1,199 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 580 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 23456

Computed from public records at this location

New-client sales the ZIP center could draw each year

Middle case$143K

New-client sales a year, planning range

Low case$129K
High case$180K
Rivals within 3.5 mi46

What the location itself adds: nearby resident spending shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). Clients who follow your team come on top. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile1

6th percentile for nearby competition among 2,411 similar businesses in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area

Under the metro median of 11
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile1

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent2,490 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk394

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk386
Within 1 mile1,117
Office-type, half mile57

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Other services104
  • Health care75
  • Professional services54
  • Arts and recreation43
  • Construction40

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 Heron Ridge Dr1,199

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Lynx Ct510 ft1,199
  • Orleans Way580 ft1,199
  • Renaissance Way600 ft1,199
  • Bernadotte St610 ft1,199

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 23456: 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 hair salon 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 50 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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