Is 29406 a good location for a bar?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 29406 in Charleston County, South Carolina for a bar: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bars already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 29406, Charleston County, South Carolina

Bar. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 29406 covers 15 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 29406
12,979 households
Median household income
$49,815
Residents
32,001
Bars with employees, 2023
4

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,139Jobs
    1,671Households

    2,139 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,240 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    2Similar businesses
    0.30 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 2 bars and pubs, cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms within half a mile (1 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 10 within a mile.

  3. Ashley Phosphate Rd carries about 650 vehicles a day

    650Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Ashley Phosphate Rd, 650 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 770 feet away; None, 150 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2001), about 1,050 feet away; and Rivers Av, 57,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 1,100 feet away.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile2

42th percentile for nearby competition among 465 similar businesses in the Charleston-North Charleston metro area

Under the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile10

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,570 ft
  • Competitor 2Chain2,040 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent3,140 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent3,350 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group3,510 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,240

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,139
Within 1 mile7,624
Office-type, half mile339

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Retail1,698
  • Food service and lodging1,002
  • Administrative support636
  • Health care281
  • Professional services130

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 Ashley Phosphate Rd650

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • None1,070 ft150
  • Rivers Av (pandemic year)1,120 ft57,000
  • Dunlap St1,130 ft3,700
  • Mabeline Rd1,270 ft275

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 29406: 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 bar 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 15 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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