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Is 60618 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60618 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 60618, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60618 covers 5.0 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 60618
38,038 households
Median household income
$106,384
Residents
91,901
Restaurants with employees, 2023
90

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,117Jobs
    19,816Households

    2,117 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 6,372 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    93Sit-down and casual restaurants
    480 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 93 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (17 chain, 11 local multi-location and 65 independent) and 229 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $408KMiddle-case sales
    $3,400Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $378,000 to $555,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $408,000).

  4. Addison St carries about 22,300 vehicles a day

    22,300Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Addison St, 22,300 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 320 feet away and California Ave, 11,800 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 1,250 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60618

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 60618 can sell each year

Middle case$408K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$378K
High case$555K
Rivals within 2 mi850
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,900 to $4,600 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 mile93

84th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

4× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile5
Within 1 mile229

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain480 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent640 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain780 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain1,190 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain1,280 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk6,372

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,117
Within 1 mile15,340
Office-type, half mile597

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Arts and recreation1,432
  • Utilities1,021
  • Health care731
  • Retail704
  • Manufacturing545

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 Addison St22,300

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • California Ave1,240 ft11,800

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 60618: 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 5.0 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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