Is 46410 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 46410 in Lake County, Indiana for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 46410, Lake County, Indiana

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 46410 covers 30 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 46410
16,859 households
Median household income
$64,127
Residents
39,243
Bakeries with employees, 2023
0

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    236Jobs
    2,712Households

    236 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,154 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    2Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.22 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 2 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 2 independent) and 4 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $244KMiddle-case sales
    $2,050Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $138,000 to $476,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $244,000).

  4. A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    16,764Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Sr 53, 16,764 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 340 feet away and W 73rd Ave, 10,224 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,300 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 46410 can sell each year

Middle case$244K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$138K
High case$476K
Rivals within 1.5 mi5
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$900 to $3,950 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 mile2

50th percentile for nearby competition among 2,187 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

Near the metro median of 2
Within a quarter mile2
Within 1 mile4

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,180 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain4,300 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain4,400 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,154

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk236
Within 1 mile6,220
Office-type, half mile520

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Public administration235
  • Health care234
  • Finance and insurance113
  • Administrative support102
  • Real estate94

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 5316,764

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • W 73Rd Ave1,290 ft10,224

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 46410: 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 bakery 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 30 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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