Is 77079 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77079 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 77079, Harris County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77079 covers 7.7 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 77079
15,423 households
Median household income
$101,995
Residents
37,276
Restaurants with employees, 2023
44

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    138Jobs
    9,048Households

    138 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,795 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    32Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.21 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 32 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (8 chain, 4 local multi-location and 20 independent) and 95 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $510KMiddle-case sales
    $4,250Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $347,000 to $850,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $510,000).

  4. Tully Rd carries about 6,596 vehicles a day

    6,596Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Tully Rd, 6,596 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 250 feet away; Fern Dr, 1,925 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 820 feet away; and Dairy Ashford, 43,539 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 1,050 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 77079 can sell each year

Middle case$510K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$347K
High case$850K
Rivals within 2 mi136
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,750 to $7,100 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 mile32

66th percentile for nearby competition among 19,622 similar businesses in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area

Near the metro median of 22
Within a quarter mile7
Within 1 mile95

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group1,130 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,140 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,170 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent1,210 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain1,210 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,795

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk138
Within 1 mile24,251
Office-type, half mile1,081

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services804
  • Retail802
  • Health care655
  • Food service and lodging577
  • Mining569

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$13,686

Median of reporting venues within half a mile

Reporting venues7
Started selling0
Stopped selling0

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

  • Venue 11,060 ft$13,686
  • Venue 22,260 ft$14,054
  • Venue 32,330 ft$2,963
  • Venue 42,330 ft$7,723
  • Venue 52,340 ft$21,691
  • Venue 62,450 ft$33,849

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 Tully Rd6,596

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Fern Dr820 ft1,925
  • Dairy Ashford1,040 ft43,539
  • Country Pl1,260 ft4,579

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 77079: 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 7.7 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.

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