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Is 61265 a good location for an ice cream shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 61265 in Rock Island County, Illinois for an ice cream shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the ice cream shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 61265, Rock Island County, Illinois

Ice cream shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 61265 covers 19 square miles, so its edges are about 2.5 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 61265
19,004 households
Median household income
$66,933
Residents
43,748
Ice cream shops with employees, 2023
14

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    9Jobs
    2,307Households

    9 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 686 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    2Similar businesses
    0.47 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 2 coffee shops and cafés and dessert, ice cream and candy shops within half a mile (1 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 11 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $180KMiddle-case sales
    $1,500Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $134,000 to $278,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $180,000).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    1,900Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are 32nd Ave, 1,900 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 740 feet away; 35th St, 1,200 vehicles a day (IDOT 2025), about 1,150 feet away; and 26th Ave, 2,987 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,950 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 61265

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 61265 can sell each year

Middle case$180K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$134K
High case$278K
Rivals within 1.5 mi14
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$900 to $2,300 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 mile2

42th percentile for nearby competition among 242 similar businesses in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island metro area

Near the metro median of 2
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile11

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent2,470 ft
  • Competitor 2Chain2,620 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain3,280 ft
  • Competitor 4Chain3,430 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain3,910 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk686

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk9
Within 1 mile3,271
Office-type, half mile354

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Finance and insurance168
  • Information156
  • Food service and lodging137
  • Health care117
  • Administrative support51

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 32Nd Ave1,900

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • 35Th St1,150 ft1,200
  • 26Th Ave1,950 ft2,987
  • 34Th St2,030 ft2,987
  • I-742,090 ft40,865

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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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 19 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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