Is 75205 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 75205 in Dallas County, Texas 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 75205, Dallas County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 75205 covers 4.4 square miles, so its edges are about a mile 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 75205
9,655 households
Median household income
$181,631
Residents
26,572
Restaurants with employees, 2023
46

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    57Jobs
    6,003Households

    57 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,273 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    2Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.46 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 2 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 64 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $441KMiddle-case sales
    $3,700Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $353,000 to $633,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $441,000).

  4. Mockingbird carries about 17,169 vehicles a day

    17,169Vehicles a day
    Up 12%Since 2019

    The nearest counted roads are Mockingbird, 17,169 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2024), about 200 feet away and Potomac Ave, 522 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2024), about 210 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 75205 can sell each year

Middle case$441K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$353K
High case$633K
Rivals within 2 mi396
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,750 to $5,300 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 mile2

5th percentile for nearby competition among 20,982 similar businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area

Under the metro median of 23
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile64

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain2,430 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent2,590 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain2,790 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent2,880 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent2,930 ft

Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,273

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk57
Within 1 mile14,325
Office-type, half mile2,396

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Finance and insurance2,283
  • Arts and recreation374
  • Other services346
  • Retail110
  • Management47

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.

What nearby bars and restaurants sell

Typical monthly alcohol sales$101,912

Median of reporting venues within a mile

Reporting venues25
Started selling2
Stopped selling5

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

  • Venue 12,800 ft$428,282
  • Venue 22,820 ft$386,885
  • Venue 32,830 ft$188,739
  • Venue 42,830 ft$303,708
  • Venue 52,910 ft$427,554
  • Venue 62,910 ft$23,187

Texas Comptroller mixed beverage filings, 12 months through Sep 2026. Self-reported alcohol receipts for tax; food sales and beer-and-wine-only permits are excluded.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Mockingbird17,169

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Potomac Ave (estimate)210 ft522

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 75205: 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.

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Sources: Texas Comptroller: Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts (Monthly filings 2024-10 to 2026-09); 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 4.4 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); TxDOT Roadway Inventory traffic counts (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.

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