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Is 60616 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60616 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 60616, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60616 covers 3.8 square miles, so its edges are about 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 60616
25,623 households
Median household income
$73,819
Residents
54,308
Restaurants with employees, 2023
114

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,234Jobs
    20,783Households

    2,234 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,619 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    53Sit-down and casual restaurants
    590 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 53 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (6 chain, 11 local multi-location and 36 independent) and 274 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $301KMiddle-case sales
    $2,500Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $187,000 to $518,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $301,000).

  4. Michigan Ave carries about 7,200 vehicles a day

    7,200Vehicles a day
    7,900Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Michigan Ave, 7,200 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 110 feet away; 26th St, 7,150 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 280 feet away; and State St, 7,900 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 790 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60616

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 60616 can sell each year

Middle case$301K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$187K
High case$518K
Rivals within 2 mi446
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$950 to $4,300 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 mile53

75th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

2.3× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile33
Within 1 mile274

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent590 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,619

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,234
Within 1 mile16,476
Office-type, half mile783

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Administrative support1,743
  • Health care1,064
  • Real estate559
  • Food service and lodging538
  • Other services159

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 Michigan Ave7,200

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Busiest nearby, State St7,900

Other counted roads nearby

  • 26Th St280 ft7,150
  • State St790 ft7,900
  • State St To I-55 Eb950 ft5,200
  • State St Turnaround990 ft1,250

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 60616: 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 3.8 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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