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Is 60657 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60657 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 60657, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60657 covers 2.2 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 60657
40,520 households
Median household income
$110,939
Residents
71,904
Restaurants with employees, 2023
140

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    5,375Jobs
    59,636Households

    5,375 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 10,248 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    277Sit-down and casual restaurants
    180 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 277 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (24 chain, 55 local multi-location and 198 independent) and 612 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $296KMiddle-case sales
    $2,450Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $144,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $296,000).

  4. Clark St carries about 11,600 vehicles a day

    11,600Vehicles a day
    17,700Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Clark St, 11,600 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 110 feet away; Belmont Ave, 17,700 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 200 feet away; and Halsted St, 12,400 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 400 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 60657

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 60657 can sell each year

Middle case$296K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$144K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi946
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$700 to $10,000 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 mile277

94th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

12× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile82
Within 1 mile612

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local groupAt this address
  • Competitor 2Independent180 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent240 ft
  • Competitor 7Local group260 ft
  • Competitor 8Chain340 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk10,248

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk5,375
Within 1 mile30,708
Office-type, half mile1,321

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care3,331
  • Food service and lodging2,567
  • Retail1,141
  • Professional services722
  • Other services609

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 Clark St11,600

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Busiest nearby, Belmont Ave17,700

Other counted roads nearby

  • Belmont Ave200 ft17,700
  • Halsted St400 ft12,400
  • Sheffield Ave920 ft7,000
  • Wellington Ave1,120 ft974

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 60657: 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 2.2 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 2024); 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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