What public records measure around the center of ZIP 28277 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for a hair salon: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the hair salons already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
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ZIP 28277, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Hair salon. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 28277 covers 24 square miles, so its edges are about 3 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 28277
28,944 households
Median household income
$128,627
Residents
73,882
Hair salons with employees, 2023
64
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
21Jobs
5,210Households
21 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 914 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
4Barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons
850 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 4 barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 4 independent) and 15 within a mile.
New local clients the ZIP center could draw
$84KNew-client sales, middle case
Spending near the center of this ZIP could bring an estimated $67,000 to $121,000 a year in new local clients (middle case $84,000).
Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians
10,663Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Sr-3626, 10,663 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 900 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 28277
Computed from public records at this location
New-client sales the ZIP center could draw each year
Middle case$84K
New-client sales a year, planning range
Low case$67K
High case$121K
Rivals within 3.5 mi191
What the location itself adds: nearby resident spending shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). Clients who follow your team come on top. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.
Competition
Competitors within half a mile4
20th percentile for nearby competition among 4,357 similar businesses in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia metro area
Under the metro median of 14
Within a quarter mile2
Within 1 mile15
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent850 ft
Competitor 2Independent870 ft
Competitor 3Independent1,330 ft
Competitor 4Independent2,120 ft
Competitor 5Chain3,170 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk914
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk21
Within 1 mile5,355
Office-type, half mile492
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Finance and insurance220
Professional services174
Food service and lodging147
Retail100
Information79
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-362610,663
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 28277: 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 hair salon there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
The hair salon 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 24 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 28277.
64 hair salons with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 15 mapped within about a mile of the center.
73,882 residents in 28,944 households, with a median household income of $128,627 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
5,355 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 hair salon, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.