What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28031 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Few mapped bakeries were found near the center, so the competition figures here are thin. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28031 covers 14 square miles, so its edges are about 2 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 22, 2026.
906 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,624 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Overture's places data lists 1 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 1 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 2 within a mile.
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $517,000 to $1.8 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $958,000).
The nearest counted road is Sr-5544, 29,456 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 930 feet away.
Sales a year, planning range
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.
44th percentile for nearby competition among 547 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
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.
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
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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 14 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.
