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Is 77070 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77070 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 77070, Harris County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77070 covers 13 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 77070
22,107 households
Median household income
$77,397
Residents
58,229
Restaurants with employees, 2023
78

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    116Jobs
    4,951Households

    116 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3,115 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    11Sit-down and casual restaurants
    840 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 11 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (3 chain, 2 local multi-location and 6 independent) and 28 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $393KMiddle-case sales
    $3,250Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $294,000 to $591,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $393,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 20,938 vehicles a day

    20,938Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is Unnamed minor arterial, 20,938 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 600 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 77070 can sell each year

Middle case$393K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$294K
High case$591K
Rivals within 2 mi141
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,450 to $4,950 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 mile11

26th percentile for nearby competition among 19,622 similar businesses in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

Under the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile28

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent840 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,620 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,790 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain1,850 ft
  • Competitor 6Chain2,220 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk3,115

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk116
Within 1 mile11,803
Office-type, half mile795

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Administrative support1,113
  • Wholesale819
  • Finance and insurance430
  • Professional services179
  • Other services123

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$4,892

Median of reporting venues within a mile

Reporting venues3
Started selling0
Stopped selling0

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

  • Venue 13,820 ft$4,892
  • Venue 24,750 ft$1,116
  • Venue 34,750 ft$23,425

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 Unnamed Minor Arterial20,938

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 77070: 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 13 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.

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