What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28105 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 28105, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28105 covers 23 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 28105
17,285 households
Median household income
$108,190
Residents
46,817
Restaurants with employees, 2023
55
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
2,228Jobs
1,906Households
2,228 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 6,156 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
22Sit-down and casual restaurants
730 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 22 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (10 chain, 1 local multi-location and 11 independent) and 93 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$1.5MMiddle-case sales
$12,150Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $843,000 to $2.0 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.5 million).
Ns-920 carries about 7,900 vehicles a day
7,900Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Ns-920, 7,900 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 710 feet away and Nc-51, 34,254 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 870 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28105
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 28105 can sell each year
Middle case$1.5M
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$843K
High case$2.0M
Rivals within 2 mi107
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$4,200 to $16,250 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 mile22
62th 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 mile6
Within 1 mile93
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent730 ft
Competitor 3Independent980 ft
Competitor 4Chain1,090 ft
Competitor 6Independent1,100 ft
Competitor 7Chain1,520 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk6,156
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk2,228
Within 1 mile11,857
Office-type, half mile1,557
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care1,605
Food service and lodging1,057
Retail890
Management811
Wholesale356
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 Ns-9207,900
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Other counted roads nearby
Nc-51870 ft34,254
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 28105: 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 23 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 28105.
55 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 93 mapped within about a mile of the center.
46,817 residents in 17,285 households, with a median household income of $108,190 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
11,857 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.
