What public records measure around the center of ZIP 12205 in Albany County, New York for a bar: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bars already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
ZIP 12205, Albany County, New York
Bar. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 12205 covers 15 square miles, so its edges are about 2 miles from the center. Jobs and competitors are counted within a mile of the center and resident spending within 3 miles; the household figures beside are for the whole ZIP. Checked Oct 21, 2026.
ZIP 12205
11,574 households
Median household income
$91,020
Residents
25,838
Bars with employees, 2023
4
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
14Jobs
3,255Households
14 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 536 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
A typical amount of nearby competition
1Similar businesses
0.33 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 1 bars and pubs, cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms within half a mile (1 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 4 within a mile.
Unnamed local road carries about 249 vehicles a day
249Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Unnamed local road, 249 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 210 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 12205
Computed from public records at this location
Competition
Competitors within half a mile1
36th percentile for nearby competition among 401 similar businesses in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area
Under the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile4
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Chain1,720 ft
Competitor 2Chain3,150 ft
Competitor 3Chain3,560 ft
Competitor 4Chain4,130 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk536
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk14
Within 1 mile12,301
Office-type, half mile42
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Food service and lodging192
Other services81
Education76
Retail67
Health care52
Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.
Traffic on nearby roads
Vehicles a day on Unnamed Local Road249
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
What an address adds
The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 12205: who lives and works right there, the competition on that block and the traffic on its road. No account.
The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a bar there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
The bar check reads the same public records at the address itself.
Sources: Overture Maps Foundation: Places (Overture Places release 2026-09-23.1); DoorWorthy demand model: resident, worker and student spending shared among competitors (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); U.S. Census Bureau: ACS (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates); U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer: ZIP Code Tabulation Area center (ZCTA internal point; land area 15 square miles); U.S. Census ACS households by income with BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey spending (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2024); U.S. Census Bureau: LEHD LODES workplace jobs (LODES8 workplace area characteristics, jobs as of 2023); U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (establishments with paid employees). Listings and counts are public records, not visits or sales in this ZIP.
Questions about ZIP 12205.
4 bars with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 4 mapped within about a mile of the center.
25,838 residents in 11,574 households, with a median household income of $91,020 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
12,301 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).
This page measures the area around the ZIP's center. Whether a specific address allows a bar, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
