What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28211 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 28211, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28211 covers 11 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 28211
13,602 households
Median household income
$132,917
Residents
33,925
Restaurants with employees, 2023
42
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
58Jobs
3,935Households
58 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 935 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
1Sit-down and casual restaurants
0.34 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 1 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 35 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$802KMiddle-case sales
$6,700Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $510,000 to $1.3 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $802,000).
Ns-957 carries about 24,588 vehicles a day
24,588Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Ns-957, 24,588 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 790 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28211
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 28211 can sell each year
Middle case$802K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$510K
High case$1.3M
Rivals within 2 mi65
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 mile1
6th percentile for nearby competition among 6,105 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
Under the metro median of 16
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile35
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent1,800 ft
Competitor 2Local group3,190 ft
Competitor 4Independent3,360 ft
Competitor 5Independent3,390 ft
Competitor 7Independent3,410 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk935
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk58
Within 1 mile4,541
Office-type, half mile174
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care525
Professional services81
Other services61
Real estate47
Food service and lodging46
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-95724,588
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 28211: 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 11 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 28211.
42 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 35 mapped within about a mile of the center.
33,925 residents in 13,602 households, with a median household income of $132,917 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
4,541 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.
