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What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60608 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.

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ZIP 60608, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60608 covers 6.2 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 60608
30,650 households
Median household income
$73,366
Residents
80,737
Restaurants with employees, 2023
89

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,596Jobs
    14,065Households

    1,596 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 6,986 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    16Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.22 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 16 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 3 local multi-location and 12 independent) and 136 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $742KMiddle-case sales
    $6,200Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $450,000 to $901,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $742,000).

  4. Paulina St carries about 1,950 vehicles a day

    1,950Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Paulina St, 1,950 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 740 feet away; Wolcott Av, 2,100 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 830 feet away; and Blue Island Ave, 9,050 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 1,150 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60608

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 60608 can sell each year

Middle case$742K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$450K
High case$901K
Rivals within 2 mi481
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,250 to $7,500 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 mile16

36th 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 mile2
Within 1 mile136

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,160 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,310 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group1,520 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,920 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,940 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk6,986

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,596
Within 1 mile19,440
Office-type, half mile117

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care2,598
  • Administrative support2,186
  • Wholesale1,189
  • Retail237
  • Transportation174

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 Paulina St1,950

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Wolcott Av830 ft2,100
  • Blue Island Ave1,170 ft9,050
  • Ashland Ave1,290 ft22,600
  • Wood St1,290 ft2,800

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 60608: 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 6.2 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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