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Is 56303 a good location for a coffee shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 56303 in Stearns County, Minnesota for a coffee shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the coffee shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 56303, Stearns County, Minnesota

Coffee shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 56303 covers 11 square miles, so its edges are about 2 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 56303
11,184 households
Median household income
$65,198
Residents
25,827
Coffee shops with employees, 2023
3

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,887Jobs
    1,885Households

    1,887 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,554 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    0Coffee shops and cafés
    0.75 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 0 coffee shops and cafés within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 1 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $1.9MMiddle-case sales
    $16,050Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $1.1 million to $3.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.9 million).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    8,915Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is 44th Ave N, 8,915 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2017), about 1,100 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 56303

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 56303 can sell each year

Middle case$1.9M

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$1.1M
High case$3.2M
Rivals within 1.5 mi4
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$7,650 to $26,950 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 mile0

10th percentile for nearby competition among 81 similar businesses in the St. Cloud metro area

Under the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile1

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent3,930 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk2,554

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,887
Within 1 mile5,195

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care1,893
  • Administrative support578
  • Manufacturing53
  • Construction10
  • Arts and recreation10

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on 44Th Ave N8,915

Nearest counted road, 2017 count

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 56303: 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 coffee shop 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 11 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 2017); 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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