How much money could a business in Kennedy Park make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Kennedy Park could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~3% more than one of the worst locations.

Is Kennedy Park a good place to start a business?

Kennedy Park is ranked number 1 across neighborhoods in and around Chicago to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~86%. The most promising business types in the best locations score a ~2% higher chance of surviving 2 years than the average.

What businesses are most in demand in Kennedy Park?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Kennedy Park are Italian Restaurants, Kosher Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants.

What are the best businesses to open in Kennedy Park?

The top businesses to open in Kennedy Park include Italian Restaurant with a ~94% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~95%, followed by Kosher Restaurant and Ukrainian Restaurant.

Business Survivability in Kennedy Park, Chicago

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Kennedy Park is an Italian Restaurant with a ~94% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: an Italian Restaurant in Kennedy Park (~94% average survival rate, ~95% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #1 across all neighborhoods in and around Chicago

Neighborhood average: ~86% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed: April 26, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder

In this article:

Summary
Is Kennedy Park a good place to start a business?
How to find the best location
Best businesses to open
How much money could a business make?
What businesses should open next?
Frequently Asked Questions

Summary

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Kennedy Park is an Italian Restaurant with a ~94% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~95% chance; next is a Kosher Restaurant with a ~93% chance, followed by an Ukrainian Restaurant with a ~93% chance.

How business-friendly is Kennedy Park right now?

**Peer neighborhoods:** Looking at demographic mix and amenity density across the 24 metros StreetSpring covers, Kennedy Park clusters most tightly with **Chicago Midway Airport (Chicago)** and **Rosemont East (Baltimore)**. Common thread: blue-collar job mix, low destination density, and low vacancy. Survival outcomes for those neighborhoods provide a useful comparison set for Kennedy Park.

**Where Kennedy Park businesses actually fail.** Among the 93 tracked subtypes, **Italian Restaurants** post the highest average survivability (94%). But across Kennedy Park's sites, the spread for this subtype runs **87% to 97%** — a 10-point gap that says *the address matters more than the subtype*. For saturation context, Kosher Restaurants are the most densely-clustered tracked subtype in the neighborhood (0 competitors within 0.5 miles).

Across all neighborhoods in and around Chicago, StreetSpring's data places Kennedy Park at #1 with a ~86% average Survivability Score.

The most promising business types in the best locations score a ~2% higher chance of surviving 2 years than the average.
Even so, the weakest addresses in Kennedy Park for those same business types can underperform considerably. StreetSpring's address-level scoring exists precisely to identify which specific storefronts make the difference.
A 85.7% employment rate in Kennedy Park means a large share of local consumers have steady income — a strong underlying condition for discretionary spending businesses.

Employment and vacancy figures sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey.

How can you find the best location to open a business in Kennedy Park?

With StreetSpring, location selection in Kennedy Park moves from guesswork to a precise, address-level survivability score for any business type you're considering. StreetSpring's 2026 model ranks this area #1 in Kennedy Park for an Italian Restaurant:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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The highlighted area represents the address in Kennedy Park that StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks highest for an Italian Restaurant survivability. StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. StreetSpring's scoring incorporates 100 inputs, including competitive quality and density, projected consumer spending, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility data.

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What kinds of businesses thrive in Kennedy Park?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Kennedy Park

Italian Restaurant (Ranked #1): ~94% average in Kennedy Park. Best-case storefronts: ~95%. Challenging locations: ~92%.
Kosher Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Kennedy Park: ~93% chance on average, best at ~95%, challenging at ~91%.
Ukrainian Restaurant — ~91%–~95% survivability range, with an average of ~93% across Kennedy Park.
Opening a Filipino Restaurant in Kennedy Park shows ~93% average survivability. Top locations reach ~95%; lower-end sites show ~91%.
American Restaurant (Ranked #5): ~93% average in Kennedy Park. Best-case storefronts: ~95%. Challenging locations: ~91%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Kennedy Park

Portuguese Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Kennedy Park: ~93% chance on average, best at ~95%, challenging at ~91%.
Ethiopian Restaurant — ~92%–~95% survivability range, with an average of ~93% across Kennedy Park.
Opening an Indian Restaurant in Kennedy Park shows ~93% average survivability. Top locations reach ~95%; lower-end sites show ~91%.
Syrian Restaurant (Ranked #9): ~93% average in Kennedy Park. Best-case storefronts: ~95%. Challenging locations: ~91%.
Armenian Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Kennedy Park: ~93% chance on average, best at ~95%, challenging at ~91%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

The revenue potential of a Kennedy Park location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, choosing an address that maximizes your Revenue Capture Score in Kennedy Park could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~3% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Location fit is business-type-specific: a spot that's ideal for a coffee shop may underperform for a nail salon at the same address.
Every site-selection decision starts and ends with location — it outweighs concept, brand, and execution combined.
Maximizing your Survivability Score is the most reliable path to profitability.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

The biggest opportunity gaps in Kennedy Park

The top businesses to open next in Kennedy Park:

Italian Restaurants — ~94% average survival rate, up to ~95% at best locations
Kosher Restaurants — ~93% average survival rate
Ukrainian Restaurants — ~93% average survival rate

StreetSpring's survivability scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. StreetSpring has analyzed hundreds of thousands of business outcomes across major U.S. metros. StreetSpring's model accounts for Kennedy Park's 85.7% employment rate when projecting survivability — businesses reliant on discretionary spend benefit disproportionately in well-employed neighborhoods. Survivability scores are live, not static — StreetSpring updates them weekly. Visit the tool to see what's currently available in Kennedy Park and how each address is scoring right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here are the most common questions about opening a business in Kennedy Park.

What type of business should you rent your Kennedy Park storefront to?

If you own commercial space in Kennedy Park, StreetSpring's 2026 data points to Italian Restaurants, Kosher Restaurants, and Ukrainian Restaurants as the tenant types with the strongest projected longevity at this location.

Every site-selection decision starts and ends with location — it outweighs concept, brand, and execution combined.
No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does. Run your specific address through StreetSpring to see which tenant categories give you the best odds of stable, long-term occupancy.

Should you rent your Kennedy Park storefront to an Italian Restaurant?

StreetSpring's data confirms an Italian Restaurant as the highest-survivability tenant type for Kennedy Park. The best addresses show a ~95% chance of lasting more than 2 years; less optimal addresses score around ~92%.

No other tool calculates survivability at the storefront level across 700+ business types the way StreetSpring does.

What should I consider when opening a business in Kennedy Park?

Location decisions in Kennedy Park should be grounded in Survivability Score data, not intuition. The score directly measures the competitive and spending conditions at your exact address.

Of all the variables StreetSpring analyzes, Revenue Capture Score has the strongest predictive power.
The underlying models are StreetSpring's own — built, trained, and maintained using data external platforms cannot access.
The most current survivability data for Kennedy Park is free to access on StreetSpring — no account required to check your specific address.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

Using predictive analytics, StreetSpring helps entrepreneurs and landlords make smarter location decisions. Aggregated survivability rankings for Chicago are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Build-out budget rules-of-thumb for this neighborhood

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Permits & licensing	Assuming a 30-day permit timeline, hitting 90+ days, paying rent on a non-operating storefront.	Call the local zoning office before signing. Confirm your use is already permitted; if not, factor a 2-3 month variance timeline.
CAM + hidden costs	Stated rent looks great, then CAM fees, signage charges, and after-hours utilities add 15-30%.	Get the full operating expense breakdown for the past 2 years. Ask which costs are landlord-capped vs. uncapped.
Foot traffic seasonality	Looking at a peak-summer Tuesday and assuming year-round volume.	Walk the block at 3 different times across 2 different weeks. Ask neighboring tenants for their slow-season % drop.

Full dataset for Chicago: /resources/data/chicago-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Visual Data

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Chicago by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Chicago plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in Chicago — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type in Chicago — the gap shows how much location choice matters for each subtype.

How we measure this: Most retail competition operates within a 500-meter radius — outside that, behavioral economics show customers don't routinely switch.

**Daytime population context (Kennedy Park):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Kennedy Park is **3,856** — about **0.8× the resident population**, which qualifies as a balanced mixed-use pattern. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **609**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Kennedy Park centers on Kennedy (Dennis) Park — a public-space anchor that influences walking and dwell-time patterns nearby.

**Economic indicators for Kennedy Park:** Three local signals — neighborhood unemployment **14.3%** (ACS; above the median we track), Chicago-area average weekly wage **$1,198** (BLS QCEW; below our metro median), and **5,308** new residential units permitted in Cook County in 2025 (Census BPS). Use these to ground demand and labor-cost assumptions for your specific business plan.

**Authoritative baseline:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release publishes 5-year survival rates by industry. For sectors StreetSpring covers, the range runs from **47.8%** (Active Life) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical), with restaurants at **50.0%** and retail at **47.9%**. Location-specific factors drive the actual variance around these baselines.

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Beyond the Numbers: Local Context

Local-context questions, answered with neighborhood-specific numbers.

How does Kennedy Park's commute profile affect retail demand?

Kennedy Park's median commute (~33 min) is below the Chicago metro median (35 min). Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.

What does the employment picture in Kennedy Park look like for new businesses?

Roughly 86% of Kennedy Park's working-age population is employed, against a Chicago metro median of 94%. Below-average employment can constrain discretionary spending — value-oriented and essential services tend to fare better.

What's the vacancy picture in Kennedy Park?

Kennedy Park's housing vacancy rate is roughly 4%, compared to 8% across the Chicago metro. Low vacancy signals strong demand for space, which usually translates to competitive lease pricing and lower negotiation leverage.

What's the local customer base size in Kennedy Park?

Approximately 5K people live in Kennedy Park, which puts it in the smaller-population tier among Chicago neighborhoods. A smaller resident base means destination-pull or commuter capture matters more than walk-in traffic alone.

What's the typical household size in Kennedy Park, and what does it tell us?

Average household size in Kennedy Park is 2.3, versus 2.3 across the Chicago metro. Household composition is close to the metro average.