What public records measure around the center of ZIP 48126 in Wayne County, Michigan 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 48126, Wayne County, Michigan
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 48126 covers 8.4 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 48126
15,706 households
Median household income
$42,140
Residents
51,997
Restaurants with employees, 2023
56
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
339Jobs
9,599Households
339 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,309 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2021.
Less nearby competition than most
6Sit-down and casual restaurants
450 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 6 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (4 chain, 0 local multi-location and 2 independent) and 84 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$399KMiddle-case sales
$3,350Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $261,000 to $616,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $399,000).
Alber Ave carries about 727 vehicles a day
727Vehicles a day
55,575Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are Alber Ave, 727 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 280 feet away; Orchard Ave, 727 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 280 feet away; and Chase Rd, 10,137 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2021), about 310 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 48126
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 48126 can sell each year
Middle case$399K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$261K
High case$616K
Rivals within 2 mi139
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,300 to $5,150 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 mile6
21th percentile for nearby competition among 9,790 similar businesses in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area
Under the metro median of 13
Within a quarter mile2
Within 1 mile84
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Chain450 ft
Competitor 2Independent480 ft
Competitor 3Chain2,170 ft
Competitor 4Chain2,580 ft
Competitor 7Independent2,840 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk1,309
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk339
Within 1 mile17,792
Office-type, half mile96
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Health care522
Education329
Retail144
Transportation67
Other services60
Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2021. 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 Alber Ave727
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Busiest nearby, Ford Rd55,575
Other counted roads nearby
Orchard Ave280 ft727
Chase Rd (pandemic year)310 ft10,137
Ford Rd (pandemic year)380 ft55,575
Ternes Ave490 ft4,844
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 48126: 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 8.4 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 2021); 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 48126.
56 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 84 mapped within about a mile of the center.
51,997 residents in 15,706 households, with a median household income of $42,140 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
17,792 jobs within a mile of the center in 2021 (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.
