What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77042 in Harris County, Texas 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 77042, Harris County, Texas
Bar. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77042 covers 6.2 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 22, 2026.
ZIP 77042
18,122 households
Median household income
$59,097
Residents
38,721
Bars with employees, 2023
3
What stands out
A real daytime workforce within a short walk
6,011Jobs
10,861Households
6,011 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 13,264 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
1 venue sells mixed drinks within half a mile
1Venues selling mixed drinks
0.48 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 0 bars and pubs, cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 9 within a mile.
City W Blvd carries about 3,126 vehicles a day
3,126Vehicles a day
Down 13%Since 2016
21,762Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are City W Blvd, 3,126 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 510 feet away; Loop 8 frontage road, 21,762 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 570 feet away; and Overbrook Ln, 89 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2021), about 1,050 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 77042
Computed from public records at this location
Competition
Competitors within half a mile0
9th percentile for nearby competition among 2,868 similar businesses in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area
Under the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile9
Nearest venues selling mixed drinks
Venue 2$11,000 a month2,520 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk13,264
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk6,011
Within 1 mile29,339
Office-type, half mile6,109
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Professional services3,365
Finance and insurance1,669
Wholesale1,522
Administrative support1,465
Health care1,293
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$15,079
Median of reporting venues within a mile
Reporting venues19
Started selling1
Stopped selling6
Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales
Venue 22,520 ft$10,914
Venue 53,840 ft$607
Venue 63,980 ft$25,838
Venue 73,980 ft$10,559
Venue 83,980 ft$4,174
Venue 93,980 ft$31,781
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 City W Blvd3,126
Nearest counted road, 2022 count
Busiest nearby, Loop 8 Frontage Road21,762
Other counted roads nearby
Loop 8 Frontage Road570 ft21,762
Overbrook Ln (estimate) (pandemic year)1,060 ft89
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Cityplace Dr, Cityway Dr, Rogerdale Rd 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 77042: 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: 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 6.2 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 2025); 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 77042.
3 bars with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 9 mapped within about a mile of the center.
38,721 residents in 18,122 households, with a median household income of $59,097 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
29,339 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.
