What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77005 in Harris 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 77005, Harris County, Texas
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77005 covers 3.8 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 77005
10,022 households
Median household income
$229,267
Residents
28,874
Restaurants with employees, 2023
47
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
209Jobs
8,859Households
209 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,564 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
More nearby competition than most
55Sit-down and casual restaurants
0.29 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 55 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (13 chain, 10 local multi-location and 32 independent) and 179 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$466KMiddle-case sales
$3,900Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $417,000 to $632,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $466,000).
Wakeforrest carries about 2,818 vehicles a day
2,818Vehicles a day
Down 18%Since 2016
The nearest counted roads are Wakeforrest, 2,818 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2021), about 360 feet away; Rice Blvd, 1,616 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2021), about 400 feet away; and University Blvd, 5,481 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2021), about 1,250 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 77005
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 77005 can sell each year
Middle case$466K
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$417K
High case$632K
Rivals within 2 mi448
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,100 to $5,250 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 mile55
83th percentile for nearby competition among 19,622 similar businesses in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area
2.5× the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile179
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Chain1,530 ft
Competitor 2Local group1,720 ft
Competitor 3Chain1,730 ft
Competitor 4Independent1,840 ft
Competitor 5Independent1,880 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk4,564
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk209
Within 1 mile27,502
Office-type, half mile685
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Food service and lodging1,288
Retail680
Wholesale612
Health care453
Other services358
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$15,394
Median of reporting venues within half a mile
Reporting venues13
Started selling1
Stopped selling0
Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales
Venue 11,890 ft$26,878
Venue 22,070 ft$7,331
Venue 32,070 ft$241
Venue 52,070 ft$1,189
Venue 62,090 ft$87
Venue 72,090 ft$22,721
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 Wakeforrest2,818
Nearest counted road, 2021 count
Other counted roads nearby
Rice Blvd (pandemic year)400 ft1,616
University Blvd (pandemic year)1,240 ft5,481
Buffalo Speedway (estimate)1,310 ft20,821
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Georgetown St, Lafayette St are closer but not counted. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
What an address adds
The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 77005: 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: 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 3.8 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 2022); 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 77005.
47 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 179 mapped within about a mile of the center.
28,874 residents in 10,022 households, with a median household income of $229,267 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
27,502 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.
