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Is 27615 a good location for a hair salon?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 27615 in Wake County, North Carolina 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.

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ZIP 27615, Wake County, North Carolina

Hair salon. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 27615 covers 19 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 27615
19,274 households
Median household income
$112,754
Residents
46,019
Hair salons with employees, 2023
51

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    121Jobs
    2,656Households

    121 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 460 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    1Barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons
    300 ftNearest 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 49 within a mile.

  3. New local clients the ZIP center could draw

    $29KNew-client sales, middle case

    Spending near the center of this ZIP could bring an estimated $22,000 to $45,000 a year in new local clients (middle case $29,000).

  4. A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    20,519Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Sr-1829, 20,519 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,450 feet away and I-540, 103,812 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,700 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 27615

Computed from public records at this location

New-client sales the ZIP center could draw each year

Middle case$29K

New-client sales a year, planning range

Low case$22K
High case$45K
Rivals within 3.5 mi321

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

7th percentile for nearby competition among 2,210 similar businesses in the Raleigh-Cary metro area

Under the metro median of 17
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile49

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent300 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent2,900 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent3,160 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent3,240 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group3,250 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk460

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk121
Within 1 mile11,898
Office-type, half mile29

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging123
  • Retail90
  • Education90
  • Transportation48
  • Health care44

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 Sr-182920,519

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • I-5401,720 ft103,812

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 27615: 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 19 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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