What businesses are most in demand in Jefferies?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Jefferies are Mexican Restaurants, Indonesian Restaurants, and Italian Restaurants.

Is Jefferies a good place to start a business?

Jefferies is ranked number 7 across neighborhoods in and around Detroit to start a business, with an average Survivability Score of ~77%. At the strongest addresses in Jefferies, the most viable business types score ~2% higher than the average survivability rate across all locations.

What are the best businesses to open in Jefferies?

The top businesses to open in Jefferies include Mexican Restaurant with a ~83% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~84%, followed by Indonesian Restaurant and Italian Restaurant.

How much money could a business in Jefferies make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Jefferies could lead to making ~2% more than selecting an average location, and ~5% more than one of the worst locations.

Business Survivability in Jefferies, Detroit

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Jefferies is a Mexican Restaurant with a ~83% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•17 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Mexican Restaurant in Jefferies (~83% average survival rate, ~84% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #7 across all neighborhoods in and around Detroit

Neighborhood average: ~77% two-year survival across all business types

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Last reviewed by Bobby Koons, Founder & CEO, StreetSpring — May 11, 2026

In this article:

Summary
Is Jefferies 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 Jefferies is a Mexican Restaurant with a ~83% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~84% chance; next is an Indonesian Restaurant with a ~82% chance, followed by an Italian Restaurant with a ~82% chance.

Is Jefferies the right neighborhood for a new business?

**How Jefferies compares:** Jefferies's profile most resembles **Butler (Dallas)** and **Midtown Phillips (Minneapolis)** based on the demographic and density signatures we use to model location quality — all three share low high-earner share, lower employment, and newer housing stock. Patterns from those neighborhoods are directly relevant for businesses evaluating Jefferies.

**Failure pattern in Jefferies.** Across the 93 business subtypes we track here, the strongest is **Mexican Restaurant** at 83% average survivability — but the best and worst sites for this subtype within Jefferies span **80% to 87%**, a 7-point gap. **The dominant failure mode in Jefferies isn't subtype choice — it's site selection within the neighborhood.** Saturation context: Kosher Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype in the area, with 17 competitors within a 0.5-mile radius.

Among all neighborhoods in and around Detroit, Jefferies ranks #7 for business survivability, with an average score of ~77%.

At the strongest addresses in Jefferies, the most viable business types score ~2% higher than the average survivability rate across all locations.
That said, the same business types at the worst-fit addresses in Jefferies can drop substantially below average. The survivability gap between the best and worst addresses in a single neighborhood can be 20 points or more.
Commercial vacancy in Jefferies sits at 12.8%, a figure that factors into survivability scores for every business type in this neighborhood.

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

How to choose a specific location in Jefferies

StreetSpring can pinpoint which exact blocks in Jefferies maximize a business's chances of success. Below is the best location for a Mexican Restaurant in Jefferies:

Walking the neighborhood: what to look for

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Per the 2026 StreetSpring analysis, this circle outlines the optimal area for a Mexican Restaurant in Jefferies. Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point — the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, mobility patterns, and many more.

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Which business types have the highest survivability in Jefferies?

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Jefferies

Mexican Restaurant — ~80%–~84% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Jefferies.
Opening an Indonesian Restaurant in Jefferies shows ~82% average survivability. Top locations reach ~84%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
Italian Restaurant (Ranked #3): ~82% average in Jefferies. Best-case storefronts: ~83%. Challenging locations: ~80%.
Tattoo & Piercing Shop is ranked #4 for top businesses to open in Jefferies: ~82% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~79%.
Russian Restaurant — ~80%–~83% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Jefferies.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Jefferies

Opening a Filipino Restaurant in Jefferies shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~79%.
Deli (Ranked #7): ~81% average in Jefferies. Best-case storefronts: ~82%. Challenging locations: ~79%.
Acupuncture Clinic is ranked #8 for top businesses to open in Jefferies: ~81% chance on average, best at ~84%, challenging at ~79%.
Scandinavian Restaurant — ~79%–~82% survivability range, with an average of ~81% across Jefferies.
Opening a Chicken Shop in Jefferies shows ~81% average survivability. Top locations reach ~83%; lower-end sites show ~80%.

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What you could earn opening a business in Jefferies

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, prioritizing survivability score in your site-selection process in Jefferies could lead to you making ~2% more than if you selected an average location, and ~5% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Different business models thrive in different micro-locations.
Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
Every percentage point of Survivability Score represents a real difference in expected revenue — choosing the highest-scoring address is the most reliable financial decision you can make at the outset.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

Which business types are most underserved in Jefferies?

The top businesses to open next in Jefferies:

Mexican Restaurants — ~83% average survival rate, up to ~84% at best locations
Indonesian Restaurants — ~82% average survival rate
Italian Restaurants — ~82% average survival rate

Neighborhood-level averages are a starting point — the exact address will determine your actual survivability score. Our platform incorporates data from thousands of neighborhoods nationwide. The 12.8% commercial vacancy rate in Jefferies means there is available space for new entrants — but it also signals that survivability depends heavily on choosing the right address within the neighborhood, not just the neighborhood itself. StreetSpring updates survivability scores for available locations weekly — check the live tool now to see which storefronts in Jefferies are currently available and how they score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What type of business should you rent your Jefferies storefront to?

Our 2026 survivability data for Jefferies shows that Mexican Restaurants, Indonesian Restaurants, and Italian Restaurants rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.

Location is the single strongest predictor of whether a business thrives or fails.
StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types. 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 Jefferies storefront to a Mexican Restaurant?

Yes — our 2026 model places a Mexican Restaurant at the top of the survivability rankings for Jefferies storefronts, with a best-case score of ~84% and a floor of ~80% at the most challenging addresses.

StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

What should I consider when opening a business in Jefferies?

Among all the criteria to weigh when opening a business in Jefferies, Survivability Score carries the most predictive weight — choose the address with the highest score your budget allows.

Revenue Capture Score is what separates locations that look similar on the surface but produce dramatically different business outcomes.
StreetSpring's in-house models are continuously updated with new business outcome data to keep predictions accurate.
Access StreetSpring's current survivability data for any address in Jefferies for free at any time.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring uses AI to predict business survivability across U.S. neighborhoods — trusted by real estate professionals and entrepreneurs nationwide. Aggregated survivability rankings for Detroit are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Lease structure questions to ask first

Factor	Where new owners get tripped up	Questions to ask before you sign
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.
Competitor density	Counting only direct competitors and missing adjacent-category overlap (e.g. coffee shop near a bakery).	Map all businesses serving overlapping customer needs within a 5-min walk. Use StreetSpring's competitor view as a starting point.
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.

Full dataset for Detroit: /resources/data/detroit-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 Detroit by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Detroit plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth.

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

How we measure this: Annual rent / estimated annual revenue = rent burden ratio. Industry rule of thumb: above 12% is uncomfortable, above 18% is fatal.

**Daytime population context (Jefferies):** Per US Census LEHD LODES, the median 1-mile workplace-jobs population within Jefferies is **19,860** — about **4.4× the resident population**, which qualifies as a worker-heavy mixed-use signal. Retail-sector jobs in that radius: **502**. This shapes which business models have a natural demand floor here.

Landmark anchor: Jefferies's historical anchor is Woodbridge Apar — the kind of named landmark that shapes the neighborhood's foot-traffic identity beyond pure demographics.

**Economic context that bounds the demand environment in Jefferies:** Per ACS, neighborhood unemployment is **10.7%** (above the 24-metro neighborhood median). BLS QCEW shows the Detroit metro's average weekly wage at **$1,472** (in line with our 24-metro median). And Wayne County permitted **3,912** new residential units in 2025 per Census BPS — a population-and-demand growth signal.

**BLS sector context:** Across the 11 industries StreetSpring tracks, 5-year survival rates from BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release range from **47.8%** (Active Life — gyms, studios) to **61.8%** (Health & Medical). Restaurants — the largest single category in our corpus — average **50.0%** nationally, and retail averages **47.9%**.

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

Beyond the general FAQ — data-anchored answers for this specific location.

What is the median age in Jefferies, and what does that mean for businesses?

The median age in Jefferies is 40, older by the Detroit metro median (40) by 0 year. The demographic profile is close to the metro average, so business-type fit is driven by other factors like income and competition.

How big is the Jefferies market in terms of resident population?

ACS data estimates the Jefferies resident population at roughly 4.6K. The resident base is smaller than typical; survivability is highest for businesses that draw beyond the immediate neighborhood.

Does Jefferies's income profile support new business openings?

Median household income in Jefferies is approximately $51K, versus the Detroit metro median of $75K — below the metro by $24K. Lower median income tends to favor value-oriented retail, fast-casual food, and necessity-driven services.

What's the typical commute pattern in Jefferies?

Median commute time in Jefferies is about 22 minutes, versus 26 minutes across the Detroit metro. Commute patterns are typical for the metro, so foot traffic timing should not be a primary differentiator.