How can you find the best location to open a business in Lincoln Heights?

StreetSpring's prediction model analyzes 100 factors across competition, spending on the specific potential business, projected revenue, projected market share, Revenue Capture Score, and mobility patterns to pinpoint which blocks in Lincoln Heights maximize success.

What are the best businesses to open in Lincoln Heights?

The top businesses to open in Lincoln Heights include Day Care Center with a ~85% chance on average of surviving more than 2 years, best-case locations reaching ~87%, followed by Italian Restaurant and Japanese / Sushi Restaurant.

How much money could a business in Lincoln Heights make?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, selecting one of the best locations in Lincoln Heights could lead to making ~3% more than selecting an average location, and ~7% more than one of the worst locations.

What businesses are most in demand in Lincoln Heights?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 survivability analysis, the most in-demand business types in Lincoln Heights are Day Care Centers, Italian Restaurants, and Japanese / Sushi Restaurants.

Business Survivability in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis finds that the best business to open in Lincoln Heights is a Day Care Center with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average.

April 24, 2026•18 min read

Quick Summary

Best business: a Day Care Center in Lincoln Heights (~85% average survival rate, ~87% at best locations)

Neighborhood rank: #40 across all neighborhoods in and around Los Angeles

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

Rankings updated quarterly with latest market data

Detailed methodology

Reviewed: May 3, 2026 by Bobby Koons, StreetSpring founder

In this article:

Summary
Is Lincoln Heights 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 Lincoln Heights is a Day Care Center with a ~85% chance of surviving at least 2 years across the neighborhood on average, with the best locations offering a ~87% chance; next is an Italian Restaurant with a ~84% chance, followed by a Japanese / Sushi Restaurant with a ~84% chance.

Is Lincoln Heights a good place to start a business?

**Where else does Lincoln Heights look like?** The strongest demographic and amenity-density matches are **Meadow Brook (San Francisco)** and **Heart Of Italy (Chicago)**, sharing less college-educated, lower-income, and low high-earner share. If you've worked in either of those neighborhoods, expect Lincoln Heights to behave similarly on the dimensions that drive survival.

**What goes wrong in Lincoln Heights.** Across 93 subtypes we track, **Italian Restaurant averages 84%** — the highest in the neighborhood. Yet a site-level look shows Italian Restaurants range from **78% to 91%** across Lincoln Heights — a 13-point window where the address, not the concept, decides the outcome. For competitive density: Filipino Restaurants are the most-concentrated tracked subtype (30 within 0.5 miles).

StreetSpring's analysis places Lincoln Heights at #40 in Los Angeles for new business survival odds, with a neighborhood-wide average of ~77%.

The top business types in Lincoln Heights, when placed at their ideal addresses, achieve survivability rates ~3% above the neighborhood-wide average.
Still, those same business types at weaker addresses in Lincoln Heights can score well below the neighborhood mean. Even the most viable concept here requires the right address to reach its potential.
Lincoln Heights's 4.1% commercial vacancy rate signals the current availability of storefronts and shapes the competitive environment that survivability scores reflect.

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

Where in Lincoln Heights should you open a business?

StreetSpring scores survivability at the exact address level in Lincoln Heights — so you can compare two storefronts on the same block before committing to a lease. This is the address StreetSpring's 2026 analysis recommends most strongly for a Day Care Center in Lincoln Heights:

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StreetSpring's 2026 model identifies this area as the highest-survivability location for a Day Care Center in Lincoln Heights. These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. The model evaluates 100 factors — from primary and secondary competition to forecasted spend, mobility flows, and local market share potential.

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Top-ranked business types for Lincoln Heights

#1-5: Highest Survivability in Lincoln Heights

Day Care Center (Ranked #1): ~85% average in Lincoln Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~87%. Challenging locations: ~82%.
Italian Restaurant is ranked #2 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Heights: ~84% chance on average, best at ~86%, challenging at ~83%.
Japanese / Sushi Restaurant — ~82%–~86% survivability range, with an average of ~84% across Lincoln Heights.
Opening a Pet Grooming Shop in Lincoln Heights shows ~84% average survivability. Top locations reach ~86%; lower-end sites show ~81%.
Dance Club (Ranked #5): ~83% average in Lincoln Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~85%. Challenging locations: ~81%.

#6-10: Strong Performers in Lincoln Heights

Afghan Restaurant is ranked #6 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Heights: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~82%.
Pet Boarding Facility — ~81%–~85% survivability range, with an average of ~83% across Lincoln Heights.
Opening a Music Store in Lincoln Heights shows ~83% average survivability. Top locations reach ~85%; lower-end sites show ~80%.
American Restaurant (Ranked #9): ~83% average in Lincoln Heights. Best-case storefronts: ~84%. Challenging locations: ~81%.
Singaporean Restaurant is ranked #10 for top businesses to open in Lincoln Heights: ~83% chance on average, best at ~85%, challenging at ~81%.

Top 3 Compared Nationally

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The revenue potential of a Lincoln Heights location

Best location vs. average location

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, picking the highest-scoring storefront in the neighborhood in Lincoln Heights could lead to you making ~3% more than if you selected an average location, and ~7% more than if you selected one of the worst locations.

How StreetSpring calculates location value

Every business type has unique location requirements that must be considered.
The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
Businesses in high-scoring locations consistently outperform those in average or low-scoring sites.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

Which business types are most underserved in Lincoln Heights?

The top businesses to open next in Lincoln Heights:

Day Care Centers — ~85% average survival rate, up to ~87% at best locations
Italian Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate
Japanese / Sushi Restaurants — ~84% average survival rate

These rankings are based on the latest available data; check StreetSpring for real-time updates. We apply advanced machine learning to one of the largest commercial real estate outcome datasets in the country. Lincoln Heights's employment rate (91.2%) and vacancy rate (4.1%) together define the economic context that StreetSpring's model uses to score survivability for each business type at each address. These rankings are a snapshot; StreetSpring recalculates survivability for every location in Lincoln Heights weekly, incorporating the latest competitive openings, closures, and spending data — check current locations now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

What type of business should you rent your Lincoln Heights storefront to?

Our 2026 survivability data for Lincoln Heights shows that Day Care Centers, Italian Restaurants, and Japanese / Sushi Restaurants rank as the top tenant categories for minimizing vacancy risk.

The address you choose determines your competitive exposure, customer flow, and spending potential simultaneously.
Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront. Rather than guessing which tenant type will last, landlords can verify survivability for each category at their exact address using StreetSpring.

Should you rent your Lincoln Heights storefront to a Day Care Center?

Yes — our 2026 model places a Day Care Center at the top of the survivability rankings for Lincoln Heights storefronts, with a best-case score of ~87% and a floor of ~82% at the most challenging addresses.

Our address-level scoring shows the exact survivability odds for over 700 business types at any given storefront.

What should I consider when opening a business in Lincoln Heights?

Before committing to any location in Lincoln Heights, the highest-priority metric to check is the Survivability Score — it encodes every relevant location factor into a single, actionable number.

High Revenue Capture Score is the clearest signal that a location can sustain a business over the long term.
No third-party scoring system produces these results — every prediction is generated by StreetSpring's own analytical models.
You can check the Survivability Score for any storefront in Lincoln Heights at no cost using StreetSpring's live tool.

See the best place for your business at StreetSpring.

StreetSpring's AI platform has studied businesses serving more than 180 million+ Americans, giving its predictions a scale of validation unmatched in site-selection tools. Aggregated survivability rankings for Los Angeles are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

Lease structure questions to ask first

Consideration	Common pitfall	What to verify before signing
Lease term	Locking into 7-10 years without break clauses, then needing to relocate after year 2.	Negotiate a relocation or termination clause. Confirm assignment + sublease rights are in writing.
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.
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 Los Angeles: /resources/data/los-angeles-survivability-scores-2026.csv — includes all business subtypes, all neighborhoods, survivability scores, and tier assignments. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Visual Data

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

Treemap of Los Angeles business mix by survivability score — Treemap of business mix in Los Angeles — cell size = number of locations, color = average survivability score.

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

**A bit of history.** Lincoln Heights is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was originally called "East Los Angeles" from 1873 to 1917. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Heights%2C_Los_Angeles))

**Daytime worker density (Lincoln Heights):** LEHD LODES Workplace Area Characteristics show a **0.3:1 daytime-to-resident ratio** for Lincoln Heights — a primarily-residential neighborhood with minimal daytime worker traffic. Median workplace jobs within a 1-mile radius across Lincoln Heights: **13,928**, of which roughly **562** are retail-sector. Higher daytime ratios favor weekday-lunch / commuter-traffic businesses; balanced ratios favor residential + weekend demand patterns.

Landmark anchor: Lincoln Heights centers on Heritage Square — a public-space anchor that influences walking and dwell-time patterns nearby.

**Local economic context (Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles):** Lincoln Heights's ACS unemployment rate is **8.8%** (above the 24-metro neighborhood median). County-level data adds two more anchors: BLS QCEW reports Los Angeles-area average weekly wage of **$1,127** (below our 24-metro median), and the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey logged **22,446** new residential units in Los Angeles County in 2025 — a rough proxy for the local growth environment a new business is opening into.

**Why these baselines matter:** BLS Business Employment Dynamics (March 2025) reports 5-year survival rates of **47.8-61.8%** across the industries StreetSpring covers. Restaurants survive at **50.0%** nationally — not 20%. The location decision is what separates the 30% above the baseline from the 30% below.

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Local Context FAQ

Additional questions with answers drawn directly from local data sources.

Is Lincoln Heights mostly renters or owners?

Home ownership in Lincoln Heights is approximately 32%, versus the Los Angeles metro median of 43%. A higher renter share often means more population turnover; quick-service food, fitness, and convenience tend to do well in such environments.

What survival rates does the federal government track for small businesses?

BLS publishes 5-year cohort survival rates by industry. For sectors StreetSpring covers, the range is 47.8-61.8% — Active Life low, Health & Medical high, Restaurants and Retail in the middle around 47.9-50%. Location-specific factors drive most of the variance around these baselines.

How does economic hardship in Lincoln Heights compare to the metro?

ACS data shows 18% of Lincoln Heights residents below the federal poverty line, versus 11% metro-wide. Elevated poverty constrains discretionary retail; survivability is highest for essential services and value-oriented operators.

Does Lincoln Heights's income profile support new business openings?

ACS data shows median household income in Lincoln Heights at roughly $86K, compared to $113K across the Los Angeles metro. Lower median income tends to favor value-oriented retail, fast-casual food, and necessity-driven services.