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Is 60611 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60611 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 60611, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60611 covers under a square mile, 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 60611
24,714 households
Median household income
$125,675
Residents
37,705
Restaurants with employees, 2023
115

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    9,255Jobs
    49,063Households

    9,255 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 56,266 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    158Sit-down and casual restaurants
    290 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 158 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (34 chain, 26 local multi-location and 98 independent) and 744 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $347KMiddle-case sales
    $2,900Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $182,000 to $744,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $347,000).

  4. Lake Shore Dr carries about 114,300 vehicles a day

    114,300Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Lake Shore Dr, 114,300 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 100 feet away; Grand Ave to US-41 N, 7,900 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 290 feet away; and US-41 SB to Grand Av, 9,700 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 310 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60611

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 60611 can sell each year

Middle case$347K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$182K
High case$744K
Rivals within 2 mi1,467
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$900 to $6,200 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 mile158

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

6.9× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile19
Within 1 mile744

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent290 ft
  • Competitor 2Chain450 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent840 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent850 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain900 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk56,266

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk9,255
Within 1 mile215,310
Office-type, half mile13,352

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care24,067
  • Professional services8,786
  • Food service and lodging5,752
  • Retail4,052
  • Other services2,913

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 Lake Shore Dr114,300

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Grand Ave To Us-41 N290 ft7,900
  • Us-41 Sb To Grand Av310 ft9,700
  • Ontario St460 ft7,483
  • Lake Shore Dr W Frnt460 ft6,458

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 60611: 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 under a square mile); 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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