Is 60639 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60639 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.

ZIP 60639, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60639 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 60639
26,518 households
Median household income
$61,089
Residents
84,240
Restaurants with employees, 2023
46

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    201Jobs
    17,921Households

    201 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,833 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    36Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.22 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 36 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 7 local multi-location and 28 independent) and 127 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $356KMiddle-case sales
    $2,950Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $240,000 to $590,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $356,000).

  4. Laramie Ave carries about 11,900 vehicles a day

    11,900Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Laramie Ave, 11,900 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), next to the site; Fullerton Ave, 24,300 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 1,300 feet away; and Grand Ave, 15,800 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 1,300 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60639 can sell each year

Middle case$356K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$240K
High case$590K
Rivals within 2 mi339
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,200 to $4,900 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 mile36

66th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

1.6× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile5
Within 1 mile127

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,180 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group1,280 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,280 ft
  • Competitor 6Local group1,320 ft
  • Competitor 8Independent1,330 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,833

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk201
Within 1 mile9,535
Office-type, half mile264

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Administrative support742
  • Manufacturing193
  • Retail162
  • Finance and insurance150
  • Professional services107

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 Laramie Ave11,900

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Fullerton Ave1,290 ft24,300
  • Grand Ave1,290 ft15,800

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 60639: 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 2022); 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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