What public records measure around the center of ZIP 12205 in Albany County, New York for a restaurant: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the restaurants already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
ZIP 12205, Albany County, New York
Restaurant. 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
Restaurants with employees, 2023
53
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
9Sit-down and casual restaurants
0.37 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 9 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (2 chain, 2 local multi-location and 5 independent) and 74 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$527KMiddle-case sales
$4,400Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $542,000 to $557,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $527,000).
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
What the center of ZIP 12205 can sell each year
Middle case$527K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$542K
High case$557K
Rivals within 2 mi114
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,700 to $4,650 a month
Resident, worker and student spending near the ZIP center, shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.
Competition
Competitors within half a mile9
35th percentile for nearby competition among 2,265 similar businesses in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro area
Under the metro median of 14
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile74
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Local group1,930 ft
Competitor 2Independent2,060 ft
Competitor 4Chain2,090 ft
Competitor 5Local group2,160 ft
Competitor 6Independent2,210 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 restaurant there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.
The restaurant 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.
53 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 74 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 restaurant, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
