Is 60525 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60525 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 60525, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60525 covers 13 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 60525
12,276 households
Median household income
$116,918
Residents
31,324
Restaurants with employees, 2023
46

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,529Jobs
    3,295Households

    1,529 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,183 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    29Sit-down and casual restaurants
    750 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 29 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (12 chain, 3 local multi-location and 14 independent) and 61 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $814KMiddle-case sales
    $6,800Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $533,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $814,000).

  4. La Grange Rd carries about 32,100 vehicles a day

    32,100Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are La Grange Rd, 32,100 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 640 feet away and Joliet Rd, 12,500 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 1,250 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60525 can sell each year

Middle case$814K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$533K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi61
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,650 to $10,200 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 mile29

59th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

Near the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile7
Within 1 mile61

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain750 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent810 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain840 ft
  • Competitor 6Chain880 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain1,250 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,183

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,529
Within 1 mile8,602
Office-type, half mile345

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Retail2,629
  • Food service and lodging707
  • Health care192
  • Professional services169
  • Wholesale103

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 La Grange Rd32,100

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Joliet Rd1,250 ft12,500

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 60525: 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 13 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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