What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28078 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
ZIP 28078, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28078 covers 64 square miles, so its edges are about 4.5 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 28078
27,774 households
Median household income
$120,831
Residents
71,657
Bakeries with employees, 2023
3
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
1,860Jobs
2,850Households
1,860 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,744 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
More nearby competition than most
5Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
480 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 5 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (2 chain, 1 local multi-location and 2 independent) and 9 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$421KMiddle-case sales
$3,500Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $209,000 to $958,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $421,000).
A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians
37,536Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Sr-2136, 37,536 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 350 feet away and Sr-2138, 11,770 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 840 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28078
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 28078 can sell each year
Middle case$421K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$209K
High case$958K
Rivals within 1.5 mi8
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,400 to $8,000 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 mile5
89th percentile for nearby competition among 547 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
5× the metro median of 1
Within a quarter mile4
Within 1 mile9
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Local group480 ft
Competitor 2Chain630 ft
Competitor 4Independent1,310 ft
Competitor 5Chain2,150 ft
Competitor 6Independent3,950 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk4,744
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk1,860
Within 1 mile8,096
Office-type, half mile790
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care1,754
Retail659
Food service and lodging576
Administrative support363
Finance and insurance356
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-213637,536
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Other counted roads nearby
Sr-2138840 ft11,770
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 28078: 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 bakery there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
The bakery 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 64 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 28078.
3 bakeries with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 9 mapped within about a mile of the center.
71,657 residents in 27,774 households, with a median household income of $120,831 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
8,096 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 bakery, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
