Is 48126 a good location for a wine bar?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 48126 in Wayne County, Michigan for a wine bar: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the wine bars already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 48126, Wayne County, Michigan

Wine bar. 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
Wine bars with employees, 2023
3

What stands out

  1. 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.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    0Cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms
    0.76 miNearest rival

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

  3. 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.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile0

24th percentile for nearby competition among 424 similar businesses in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area

Under the metro median of 1
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile1

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent4,020 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 wine 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 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.

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