how do you find the population in a 5 mile radius?

how do you find the population in a 5 mile radius?

Real Estate Professional · Marked Tree, AR · Member since 2011 · 5 posts · 0 votes

I have a commercial listing and i was wondering how do you find the population in a 1 , 3 , 5, mile radius?

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  • Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
    14y

    In Marked Tree, you may need to count them....see if the assessor has the number of tax payors in an area and then you'll need to do some math. You might also try to search for the MSA data for the area. Are you trying to get a traffic count? Try the city street maintenance folks or the highway dept, they will know. Good luck

  • Real Estate Professional · Marked Tree, AR · Member since 2011 · 5 posts · 0 votes
    14y

    it is for the Jonesboro, Area, I am making a flyer for the property.

  • Real Estate Professional · Marked Tree, AR · Member since 2011 · 5 posts · 0 votes
    14y

    I have found the traffic count. Also thanks for the help, Thanks Bill

  • Investor · Hampton Bays, NY · Member since 2009 · 907 posts · 258 votes
    14y

    Brandon Gillis you can google the zip code and get demographic information for the zip , you would have to figure out how much ground the zip covers.

  • Investor · Fort Worth, TX · Member since 2011 · 1k+ posts · 450 votes
    14y

    You could just pick a few random yet somewhat representative locations and count the lots in those locations. You can do this using google. Actually, i think Zillow is better for this because it delineates lot lines on the aerial/satellite view. Then extrapolate out over the entire calculated area. Not an exact science, but its good enough and easy to do.

    You if you're mailing stuff, you are more interested in address count, not people count. I would not rely on traffic count. That will not reflect population except in a general relative sense. And very loosely at that.

  • Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
    14y

    Brandon, I can think of several reasons whu such info could be helpful, but wondering why, is it a buyer request, what type of commercial are you doing?

  • Real Estate Professional · Marked Tree, AR · Member since 2011 · 5 posts · 0 votes
    14y

    When trying to woo most restaurants too come to town they have site request. Such as,

    http://smashburger.com/franchising/real-estate-inquiries/

    notice how it states the requirements for population in a few miles radius. This is what I am looking for and how to find the population in that area.

  • Investor, Entrepreneur, Educator · Springfield, MO · Member since 2009 · 21k+ posts · 12k+ votes
    14y

    That's what I thought, just estimate it and state that the population is estimated to be XX,XXX. like 18,632....I think an exact number as an estimate would look better, but they may ask where you got it, so be able to explain it to some degree.

  • Rental Property Investor · Cincinnati, OH · Member since 2018 · 41 posts · 19 votes
    7y

    Has anyone found a good source for this info?  I've used https://www.freemaptools.com/f... but I would be interested in comparing it to others.

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