What public records measure around the center of ZIP 27701 in Durham County, North Carolina 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 27701, Durham County, North Carolina
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 27701 covers 5.2 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 27701
11,974 households
Median household income
$69,740
Residents
24,793
Restaurants with employees, 2023
61
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
10,402Jobs
8,625Households
10,402 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 20,734 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
More nearby competition than most
83Sit-down and casual restaurants
580 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 83 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (4 chain, 11 local multi-location and 68 independent) and 147 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$975KMiddle-case sales
$8,100Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $884,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $975,000).
Unnamed principal arterial carries about 7,098 vehicles a day
7,098Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 7,098 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 210 feet away; Unnamed minor arterial, 4,533 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 610 feet away; and Us-15-bus, 6,609 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,250 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 27701
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 27701 can sell each year
Middle case$975K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$884K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi223
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$4,400 to $10,300 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 mile83
87th percentile for nearby competition among 1,422 similar businesses in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area
4.9× the metro median of 17
Within a quarter mile30
Within 1 mile147
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Local group580 ft
Competitor 2Independent610 ft
Competitor 3Independent630 ft
Competitor 4Independent640 ft
Competitor 5Local group710 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk20,734
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk10,402
Within 1 mile30,810
Office-type, half mile8,366
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Education7,266
Public administration4,986
Professional services1,469
Information1,313
Food service and lodging1,237
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 Principal Arterial7,098
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Other counted roads nearby
Unnamed Minor Arterial610 ft4,533
Us-15-Bus1,260 ft6,609
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 27701: 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 5.2 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 27701.
61 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 147 mapped within about a mile of the center.
24,793 residents in 11,974 households, with a median household income of $69,740 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
30,810 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.
