Opportunity report · Northwest Reading· Home & hardware
Home & hardware in Northwest Reading
Northwest Reading supports roughly 7.8 home & hardware by population but has 2; ~93,940 residents within 3.5 mi.
74
Opportunity Score
out of 100
Recommended areaAI
Northwest Reading
Market radiusCalc
3.5 mi
Population servedCalc
93,940
Est. daily trafficSource
26,811
Existing competitorsCalc
2
Complementary nearbyCalc
40
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- 01CalcPopulation in market radius~93,940 residents within 3.5 mi
- 02CalcCompetitive headroom2 registered home & hardware within 3.5 mi vs. ~7.8 supportable
- 03CalcComplementary businesses18 automotive services, 16 professional & financial services, 6 general retail
- 04CalcResidential density~32,633 households in radius
- 05SourcePopulation growth+14.8% 5-year growth in Northwest Reading
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FactorPoints / max
Population in market radiusCalc13 / 13
~94,760 residents within 3.5 mi
Competitive headroomCalc11 / 15
2 registered home & hardware within 3.5 mi vs. ~7.9 supportable
Complementary businessesCalc10 / 10
18 automotive services, 16 professional & financial services, 6 general retail
Residential densityCalc10 / 10
~32,877 households in radius
Population growthSource7 / 10
+14.8% 5-year growth in Northwest Reading
Household spending powerCalc6 / 6
~13,671 households in radius above poverty with $75k+ income profile (47% county share, 25% college-educated)
Traffic exposureSource4 / 10
~24,553 vehicles/day at nearest count
Daytime / employment densitySource4 / 4
12,948 daytime population in Northwest Reading
Nearby institutionsSource2 / 2
23 institutions within 1.5 mi (0 daily visitors)
Migration into the countySource2 / 3
20,614 people moved into the county in a year (48 per 1,000 residents); largest outside source New York (2,303 people)
Industry momentumSource2 / 4
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers: +7.0% county employment since 2019 — 79 establishments, 2,076 employees, average pay $35,317; establishments +0% since 2019.
Development pipelineSource1 / 4
178 housing units, 0 sq ft in pipeline
Household incomeSource1 / 8
$41,715 median household income
Visitor demandCalc0 / 2
1 hotels nearby
Complementary businessesCalc
- Automotive services18
- Professional & financial services16
- General retail6
Growth indicatorsSource
- Fifth and Penn mixed-use redevelopmentapproved (2029)
- 400 block Penn Street building saleapproved (2028)
- Former Santander building apartmentsplanned, 178 units (2028)
RisksAI
- !2 existing home & hardware already operate within 3.5 mi
- !Median household income in Northwest Reading ($41,715) is below the city average
- !OpenStreetMap under-counts some competitors; verify with a field survey before committing
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