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Is 28205 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28205 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.

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ZIP 28205, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28205 covers 12 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 28205
23,357 households
Median household income
$75,622
Residents
51,806
Restaurants with employees, 2023
83

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    180Jobs
    6,620Households

    180 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,044 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    16Sit-down and casual restaurants
    1,000 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 16 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 2 local multi-location and 13 independent) and 42 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $513KMiddle-case sales
    $4,300Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $373,000 to $730,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $513,000).

  4. Ns-934 carries about 11,114 vehicles a day

    11,114Vehicles a day
    18,141Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Ns-934, 11,114 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 840 feet away and Ns-923, 21,066 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 850 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 28205

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 28205 can sell each year

Middle case$513K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$373K
High case$730K
Rivals within 2 mi173
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,850 to $6,100 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 mile16

50th 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 mile42

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,000 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,060 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,060 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,070 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,140 ft

Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,044

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk180
Within 1 mile3,314
Office-type, half mile207

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Retail191
  • Food service and lodging175
  • Professional services120
  • Health care116
  • Education98

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-93411,114

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Ns-92318,141

Other counted roads nearby

  • Ns-923850 ft21,066

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 28205: 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.

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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 12 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.

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