Is 60540 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60540 in DuPage County, Illinois for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 60540, DuPage County, Illinois

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60540 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 60540
15,161 households
Median household income
$157,102
Residents
42,252
Bakeries with employees, 2023
0

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    37Jobs
    4,804Households

    37 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 8,957 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    1Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.22 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 1 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (1 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 9 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $1.4MMiddle-case sales
    $11,800Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $699,000 to $3.1 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.4 million).

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

    5,100Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Hillside Rd, 5,100 vehicles a day (IDOT 2024), about 550 feet away; Washington St, 22,900 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,300 feet away; and Gartner Rd, 3,850 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 2,200 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60540 can sell each year

Middle case$1.4M

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$699K
High case$3.1M
Rivals within 1.5 mi7
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$4,650 to $25,450 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 mile1

32th percentile for nearby competition among 2,187 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

Under the metro median of 2
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile9

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain1,180 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent2,760 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain2,910 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain3,100 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group3,480 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk8,957

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk37
Within 1 mile19,532
Office-type, half mile1,856

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care5,193
  • Professional services1,790
  • Education989
  • Food service and lodging405
  • Administrative support185

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 Hillside Rd5,100

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Washington St1,310 ft22,900
  • Gartner Rd2,180 ft3,850
  • Aurora Ave2,230 ft15,600
  • Julian St2,380 ft2,600

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 60540: 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 bakery 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 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.

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