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Is 29403 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 29403 in Charleston County, South 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 29403, Charleston County, South Carolina

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 29403 covers 5.4 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 29403
10,862 households
Median household income
$66,944
Residents
22,533
Restaurants with employees, 2023
86

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    957Jobs
    8,537Households

    957 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,081 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    44Sit-down and casual restaurants
    380 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 44 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 3 local multi-location and 41 independent) and 151 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $168KMiddle-case sales
    $1,400Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $79,000 to $335,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $168,000).

  4. US 17 carries about 95,300 vehicles a day

    95,300Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are US 17, 95,300 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), next to the site; Meeting St, 19,500 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 180 feet away; and Cedar St, 350 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2016), about 400 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 29403

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 29403 can sell each year

Middle case$168K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$79K
High case$335K
Rivals within 2 mi320
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$400 to $2,800 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 mile44

82th percentile for nearby competition among 2,446 similar businesses in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area

2.3× the metro median of 19
Within a quarter mile9
Within 1 mile151

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent380 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent410 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent420 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent440 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent740 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,081

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk957
Within 1 mile10,798
Office-type, half mile1,238

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging1,023
  • Professional services567
  • Education472
  • Health care462
  • Information434

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 Us 1795,300

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Meeting St (pandemic year)180 ft19,500
  • Cedar St400 ft350
  • Butler St490 ft250
  • Huger St530 ft9,700

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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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 5.4 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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