What public records measure around the center of ZIP 38501 in Putnam County, Tennessee 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 38501, Putnam County, Tennessee
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 38501 covers 87 square miles, so its edges are about 5.5 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 38501
17,574 households
Median household income
$52,145
Residents
42,471
Restaurants with employees, 2023
56
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
7Jobs
575Households
7 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 7 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
0Sit-down and casual restaurants
Overture's places data lists 0 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 0 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$1.7MMiddle-case sales
$13,950Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $1.3 million to $2.1 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.7 million).
Measured around the center of ZIP 38501
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 38501 can sell each year
Middle case$1.7M
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$1.3M
High case$2.1M
Rivals within 2 mi0
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$6,450 to $17,200 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 mile0
5th percentile for nearby competition among 321 similar businesses in the Cookeville micropolitan area
Under the metro median of 10
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile0
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk7
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk7
Within 1 mile39
Office-type, half mile7
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Real estate7
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.
Not measured in this ZIP
Traffic on the nearest roadNo state or federal traffic count was found near the center of this ZIP.
What an address adds
The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 38501: 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 87 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); 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 38501.
56 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns).
42,471 residents in 17,574 households, with a median household income of $52,145 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
39 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.
