Is 60062 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60062 in Cook County, Illinois 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 60062, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60062 covers 19 square miles, so its edges are about 2.5 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 60062
16,135 households
Median household income
$143,323
Residents
41,406
Restaurants with employees, 2023
44

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    22Jobs
    4,460Households

    22 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 325 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    0Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.73 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 34 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $913KMiddle-case sales
    $7,600Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $699,000 to $1.3 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $913,000).

  4. Walters Ave carries about 4,250 vehicles a day

    4,250Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Walters Ave, 4,250 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 430 feet away and Pfingsten Rd, 15,700 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 970 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60062 can sell each year

Middle case$913K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$699K
High case$1.3M
Rivals within 2 mi70
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$3,500 to $10,950 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

1th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

Under the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile34

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent3,860 ft
  • Competitor 2Chain4,380 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain4,420 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain4,510 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent4,520 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk325

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk22
Within 1 mile3,889
Office-type, half mile32

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education118
  • Transportation51
  • Administrative support46
  • Wholesale23
  • Retail23

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 Walters Ave4,250

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Pfingsten Rd970 ft15,700

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 60062: 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.

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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 19 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); Illinois DOT traffic counts (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2025); 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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