Is 60804 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 60804 in Cook County, Illinois for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 60804, Cook County, Illinois

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 60804 covers 7.1 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 60804
24,432 households
Median household income
$70,842
Residents
82,797
Bakeries with employees, 2023
4

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    46Jobs
    12,589Households

    46 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 739 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    1Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.34 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 1 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 9 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $420KMiddle-case sales
    $3,500Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $301,000 to $628,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $420,000).

  4. A busy road for visibility; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    20,900Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Ogden Ave, 20,900 vehicles a day (IDOT 2022), about 480 feet away and 26th St, 10,000 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 1,300 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 60804 can sell each year

Middle case$420K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$301K
High case$628K
Rivals within 1.5 mi21
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,000 to $5,250 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 mile1

32th percentile for nearby competition among 2,187 similar businesses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area

Under the metro median of 2
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile9

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,810 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent4,020 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent4,400 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain4,520 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain4,620 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk739

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk46
Within 1 mile12,036
Office-type, half mile22

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education173
  • Retail121
  • Transportation87
  • Manufacturing79
  • Construction68

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 Ogden Ave20,900

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • 26Th St1,310 ft10,000

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 60804: 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 bakery 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 7.1 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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