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Is 77550 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 77550 in Galveston 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 77550, Galveston County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 77550 covers 7.6 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 77550
11,860 households
Median household income
$45,047
Residents
23,489
Restaurants with employees, 2023
65

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    188Jobs
    3,917Households

    188 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 17,516 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    20Sit-down and casual restaurants
    480 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 20 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (4 chain, 4 local multi-location and 12 independent) and 36 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $404KMiddle-case sales
    $3,350Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $228,000 to $814,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $404,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 5,594 vehicles a day

    5,594Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 5,594 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 150 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 1,508 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 260 feet away; and Unnamed minor arterial, 4,531 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 810 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 77550

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 77550 can sell each year

Middle case$404K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$228K
High case$814K
Rivals within 2 mi105
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,150 to $6,800 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 mile20

46th 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 mile6
Within 1 mile36

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group480 ft
  • Competitor 3Chain830 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent970 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain1,100 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain1,450 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk17,516

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk188
Within 1 mile18,649
Office-type, half mile75

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education15,324
  • Food service and lodging938
  • Administrative support523
  • Health care493
  • Retail105

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$21,144

Median of reporting venues within a mile

Reporting venues11
Started selling3
Stopped selling2

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

  • Venue 2620 ft$53,444
  • Venue 31,750 ft$36,065
  • Venue 42,080 ft$3,042
  • Venue 72,760 ft$3,979
  • Venue 82,990 ft$41,192
  • Venue 93,000 ft$21,144

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 Principal Arterial5,594

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector260 ft1,508
  • Unnamed Minor Arterial810 ft4,531

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 77550: 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 7.6 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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