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Is 60540 a good location for a hair salon?

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

ZIP 60540, DuPage County, Illinois

Hair salon. 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
Hair salons with employees, 2023
24

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

    23Barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons
    0.28 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 23 barbershops, beauty salons and hair salons within half a mile (1 chain, 4 local multi-location and 18 independent) and 65 within a mile.

  3. New local clients the ZIP center could draw

    $75KNew-client sales, middle case

    Spending near the center of this ZIP could bring an estimated $51,000 to $123,000 a year in new local clients (middle case $75,000).

  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.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60540

Computed from public records at this location

New-client sales the ZIP center could draw each year

Middle case$75K

New-client sales a year, planning range

Low case$51K
High case$123K
Rivals within 3.5 mi204

What the location itself adds: nearby resident spending shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). Clients who follow your team come on top. A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile23

74th percentile for nearby competition among 11,909 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

1.9× the metro median of 12
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile65

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,470 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,540 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,590 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,600 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent2,230 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 hair salon 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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