Is 60659 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60659 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 60659, Cook County, Illinois

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60659 covers 2.4 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 60659
13,727 households
Median household income
$68,704
Residents
41,728
Restaurants with employees, 2023
48

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,011Jobs
    18,297Households

    1,011 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,711 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    39Sit-down and casual restaurants
    420 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 39 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (5 chain, 2 local multi-location and 32 independent) and 190 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $250KMiddle-case sales
    $2,100Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $128,000 to $478,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $250,000).

  4. Peterson Ave carries about 29,700 vehicles a day

    29,700Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Peterson Ave, 29,700 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 310 feet away; Lincoln Ave, 28,000 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 370 feet away; and Kedzie Ave, 9,500 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 920 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60659 can sell each year

Middle case$250K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$128K
High case$478K
Rivals within 2 mi495
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$650 to $4,000 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 mile39

68th percentile for nearby competition among 24,633 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

1.7× the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile14
Within 1 mile190

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain420 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent510 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain510 ft
  • Competitor 6Local group580 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent600 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,711

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,011
Within 1 mile11,461
Office-type, half mile319

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care2,216
  • Retail370
  • Administrative support307
  • Food service and lodging282
  • Professional services171

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 Peterson Ave29,700

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Lincoln Ave370 ft28,000
  • Kedzie Ave920 ft9,500
  • Jersey Ave1,120 ft8,600

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 60659: 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 2.4 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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