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What public records measure around the center of ZIP 78550 in Cameron County, Texas for a gift shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the gift shops already mapped there. Few mapped gift shops were found near the center, so the competition figures here are thin. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.
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Gift shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 78550 covers 94 square miles, so its edges are about 5.5 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 18, 2026.
0 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 0 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Overture's places data lists 0 gift and homewares shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 1 within a mile.
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $12,000 to $86,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $33,000).
The nearest counted road is FM 507, 973 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 610 feet away. The FM 507 figure comes from a count station about 2,450 feet from the site, so treat it as an estimate for this block.
Sales a year, planning range
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.
13th percentile for nearby competition among 136 similar businesses in the Brownsville-Harlingen metro area
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.
Nearest counted road, 2025 count
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
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Sources: 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 94 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.
