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Is 60610 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60610 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 60610, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60610 covers 1.1 square miles, so its edges are about half a mile 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 60610
28,478 households
Median household income
$105,226
Residents
44,883
Restaurants with employees, 2023
80

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,592Jobs
    60,818Households

    1,592 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 14,210 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    166Sit-down and casual restaurants
    230 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 166 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (29 chain, 23 local multi-location and 114 independent) and 687 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $567KMiddle-case sales
    $4,750Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $387,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $567,000).

  4. Division St carries about 20,100 vehicles a day

    20,100Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Division St, 20,100 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 330 feet away; Wells St, 10,500 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 380 feet away; and Orleans St, 18,210 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 540 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60610 can sell each year

Middle case$567K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$387K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi1,990
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,950 to $10,350 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 mile166

89th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

7.2× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile32
Within 1 mile687

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain230 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent370 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent380 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent400 ft
  • Competitor 8Local group440 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk14,210

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,592
Within 1 mile96,932
Office-type, half mile2,236

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging3,594
  • Retail2,119
  • Arts and recreation1,449
  • Education1,293
  • Administrative support1,167

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 Division St20,100

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Wells St380 ft10,500
  • Orleans St540 ft18,210
  • Sedgwick St670 ft4,350
  • Lasalle St770 ft18,600

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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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 1.1 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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