What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28209 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 28209, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28209 covers 5.5 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 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 22, 2026.
ZIP 28209
12,793 households
Median household income
$101,873
Residents
24,331
Bakeries with employees, 2023
0
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
426Jobs
6,792Households
426 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,389 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
1Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
0.46 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 1 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 6 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$688KMiddle-case sales
$5,750Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $482,000 to $1.1 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $688,000).
A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians
27,928Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Ns-914, 27,928 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,000 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28209
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 28209 can sell each year
Middle case$688K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$482K
High case$1.1M
Rivals within 1.5 mi13
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$3,200 to $8,850 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 mile1
44th percentile for nearby competition among 547 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
Near the metro median of 1
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile6
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent2,450 ft
Competitor 2Local group2,740 ft
Competitor 3Chain2,740 ft
Competitor 4Local group3,140 ft
Competitor 5Independent3,780 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk2,389
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk426
Within 1 mile8,004
Office-type, half mile447
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Food service and lodging739
Retail569
Professional services226
Health care153
Finance and insurance151
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-91427,928
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 28209: 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 5.5 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 28209.
0 bakeries with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 6 mapped within about a mile of the center.
24,331 residents in 12,793 households, with a median household income of $101,873 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
8,004 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.
