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Is 36832 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 36832 in Lee County, Alabama 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 36832, Lee County, Alabama

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 36832 covers 68 square miles, so its edges are about 4.5 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 36832
11,384 households
Median household income
$42,717
Residents
30,959
Restaurants with employees, 2023
17

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    1Jobs
    185Households

    1 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    1Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.25 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 1 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $1.0MMiddle-case sales
    $8,550Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $709,000 to $1.5 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.0 million).

  4. Co Rd 61 carries about 1,662 vehicles a day

    1,662Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is Co Rd 61, 1,662 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2023), about 1,800 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 36832

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 36832 can sell each year

Middle case$1.0M

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$709K
High case$1.5M
Rivals within 2 mi2
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$3,550 to $12,350 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

12th percentile for nearby competition among 455 similar businesses in the Auburn-Opelika metro area

Under the metro median of 15
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile1

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,310 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1
Within 1 mile6

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Administrative support1

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Co Rd 611,662

Nearest counted road, 2023 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 36832: 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.

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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 68 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 2023); 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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