What public records measure around the center of ZIP 50021 in Polk County, Iowa 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 50021, Polk County, Iowa
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 50021 covers 24 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 50021
12,244 households
Median household income
$99,572
Residents
30,283
Restaurants with employees, 2023
30
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
0Jobs
857Households
0 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 134 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
0Sit-down and casual restaurants
0.90 miNearest rival
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 4 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$99KMiddle-case sales
$850Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $51,000 to $201,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $99,000).
Northeast 29th Street, N carries about 1,120 vehicles a day
1,120Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Northeast 29th Street, N, 1,120 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,200 feet away and Northeast Frisk Drive, N, 93 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2016), about 1,250 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 50021
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 50021 can sell each year
Middle case$99K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$51K
High case$201K
Rivals within 2 mi65
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$250 to $1,650 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
3th percentile for nearby competition among 1,682 similar businesses in the Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area
Under the metro median of 13
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile4
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent4,740 ft
Competitor 2Independent4,850 ft
Competitor 3Independent4,970 ft
Competitor 4Local group5,040 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk134
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk0
Within 1 mile2,249
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Wholesale73
Manufacturing61
Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.
Traffic on nearby roads
Vehicles a day on Northeast 29Th Street, N1,120
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
Other counted roads nearby
Northeast Frisk Drive, N1,260 ft93
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 50021: 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 24 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.
Questions about ZIP 50021.
30 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 4 mapped within about a mile of the center.
30,283 residents in 12,244 households, with a median household income of $99,572 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
2,249 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.
