What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28031 in Mecklenburg 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 28031, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Restaurant. 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.
ZIP 28031
13,425 households
Median household income
$113,368
Residents
31,733
Restaurants with employees, 2023
45
What stands out
A modest daytime workforce within a short walk
906Jobs
1,679Households
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.
A typical amount of nearby competition
18Sit-down and casual restaurants
550 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 18 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (6 chain, 1 local multi-location and 11 independent) and 42 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$849KMiddle-case sales
$7,100Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $513,000 to $1.3 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $849,000).
Sr-5544 carries about 29,456 vehicles a day
29,456Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Sr-5544, 29,456 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 930 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28031
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 28031 can sell each year
Middle case$849K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$513K
High case$1.3M
Rivals within 2 mi67
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,550 to $11,200 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 mile18
55th percentile for nearby competition among 6,105 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
Near the metro median of 16
Within a quarter mile10
Within 1 mile42
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent550 ft
Competitor 2Independent610 ft
Competitor 3Independent640 ft
Competitor 4Chain770 ft
Competitor 5Chain830 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk2,624
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk906
Within 1 mile5,268
Office-type, half mile773
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Retail718
Professional services384
Food service and lodging328
Health care281
Finance and insurance263
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-554429,456
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
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 28031: 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 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.
Questions about ZIP 28031.
45 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 42 mapped within about a mile of the center.
31,733 residents in 13,425 households, with a median household income of $113,368 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
5,268 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.
