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Is 78209 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 78209 in Bexar 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 78209, Bexar County, Texas

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 78209 covers 10 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 78209
20,328 households
Median household income
$86,514
Residents
43,400
Restaurants with employees, 2023
69

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    721Jobs
    6,085Households

    721 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,230 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    11Sit-down and casual restaurants
    760 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 11 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (3 chain, 4 local multi-location and 4 independent) and 48 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $492KMiddle-case sales
    $4,100Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $291,000 to $796,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $492,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 6,068 vehicles a day

    6,068Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is Unnamed minor arterial, 6,068 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 970 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 78209

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 78209 can sell each year

Middle case$492K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$291K
High case$796K
Rivals within 2 mi180
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,450 to $6,650 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

32th percentile for nearby competition among 6,860 similar businesses in the San Antonio-New Braunfels metro area

Under the metro median of 18
Within a quarter mile5
Within 1 mile48

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group760 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group830 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group890 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent980 ft
  • Competitor 5Chain1,100 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,230

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk721
Within 1 mile6,688
Office-type, half mile275

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services187
  • Arts and recreation169
  • Food service and lodging166
  • Retail152
  • Health care125

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$27,120

Median of reporting venues within a mile

Reporting venues14
Started selling1
Stopped selling2

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

  • Venue 1970 ft$11,247
  • Venue 21,050 ft$73,691
  • Venue 31,820 ft$12,880
  • Venue 42,290 ft$43,664
  • Venue 53,010 ft$29,106
  • Venue 63,770 ft$34,904

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 Arterial6,068

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 78209: 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 10 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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