How many restaurants are in ZIP 77007?

102 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 176 mapped within about a mile of the center.

How many people live in ZIP 77007?

47,808 residents in 25,429 households, with a median household income of $144,911 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).

How many jobs are within reach of the center of ZIP 77007?

16,012 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).

Can I open a restaurant at a particular address in 77007?

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.

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Is 77007 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77007 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.

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ZIP 77007, Harris County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77007 covers 7.5 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 77007: 25,429 households
Median household income: $144,911
Residents: 47,808
Restaurants with employees, 2023: 102

What stands out

A real daytime workforce within a short walk
2,146Jobs
15,581Households
2,146 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,198 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
More nearby competition than most
88Sit-down and casual restaurants
120 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 88 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (15 chain, 21 local multi-location and 52 independent) and 176 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$273KMiddle-case sales
$2,250Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $127,000 to $574,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $273,000).
S Shepherd Ave carries about 17,151 vehicles a day
17,151Vehicles a day
Down 9%Since 2016
19,731Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are S Shepherd Ave, 17,151 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 170 feet away; Parker St, 397 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 170 feet away; and Washington Ave, 19,731 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 440 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 77007

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 77007 can sell each year

Middle case$273K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$127K

High case$574K

Rivals within 2 mi390

Healthy share for this business: 6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports: $650 to $4,800 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 mile88

92th percentile for nearby competition among 19,622 similar businesses in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

4× the metro median of 22

Within a quarter mile50

Within 1 mile176

Nearest competitors

Competitor 1Independent120 ft
Competitor 2Chain250 ft
Competitor 3Independent270 ft
Competitor 5Independent310 ft
Competitor 6Chain330 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,198

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,146

Within 1 mile16,012

Office-type, half mile753

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

Food service and lodging1,547
Professional services514
Health care408
Construction384
Retail222

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$24,699

Median of reporting venues within half a mile

Reporting venues41

Started selling7

Stopped selling14

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

Venue 1180 ft$83,030
Venue 3400 ft$4,731
Venue 4460 ft$41,353
Venue 5490 ft$9,280
Venue 6660 ft$10,616
Venue 9660 ft$12,544

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 S Shepherd Ave17,151

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Busiest nearby, Washington Ave19,731

Other counted roads nearby

Parker St170 ft397
Washington Ave440 ft19,731
Durham520 ft16,939
Roy St1,140 ft2,612

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Nett St is 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 77007: 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 7.5 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.