How many wine bars are in ZIP 78501?

14 wine bars with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 15 mapped within about a mile of the center.

How many people live in ZIP 78501?

58,935 residents in 21,734 households, with a median household income of $48,071 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).

How many jobs are within reach of the center of ZIP 78501?

16,187 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).

Can I open a wine bar at a particular address in 78501?

This page measures the area around the ZIP's center. Whether a specific address allows a wine bar, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.

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Is 78501 a good location for a wine bar?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 78501 in Hidalgo County, Texas for a wine bar: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the wine bars already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 78501, Hidalgo County, Texas

Wine bar. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 78501 covers 16 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 78501: 21,734 households
Median household income: $48,071
Residents: 58,935
Wine bars with employees, 2023: 14

What stands out

Few jobs within a short walk
109Jobs
6,424Households
109 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,174 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
5 venues sell mixed drinks within half a mile
5Venues selling mixed drinks
0.29 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 1 cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 15 within a mile.
Unnamed minor arterial carries about 22,029 vehicles a day
22,029Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are Unnamed minor arterial, 22,029 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 830 feet away and Unnamed principal arterial, 22,187 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,000 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 78501

Computed from public records at this location

Competition

Competitors within half a mile1

54th percentile for nearby competition among 63 similar businesses in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area

Near the metro median of 1

Within a quarter mile0

Within 1 mile15

Nearest venues selling mixed drinks

Venue 1$2,000 a month1,560 ft
Venue 2$0 a month1,700 ft
Venue 3$18,000 a month2,330 ft
Venue 7$29,000 a month2,470 ft
Venue 10$18,000 a month2,490 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,174

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk109

Within 1 mile16,187

Office-type, half mile256

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

Health care215
Retail188
Education147
Food service and lodging137
Real estate99

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$17,718

Median of reporting venues within half a mile

Reporting venues5

Started selling4

Stopped selling4

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

Venue 11,560 ft$1,958
Venue 21,700 ft$385
Venue 32,330 ft$17,718
Venue 72,470 ft$29,270
Venue 102,490 ft$18,108

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 Arterial22,029

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

Unnamed Principal Arterial1,020 ft22,187

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 78501: 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 wine bar 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 16 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.