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Is 78624 a good location for a bakery?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 78624 in Gillespie County, Texas for a bakery: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bakeries already mapped there. Few mapped bakeries 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.

ZIP 78624, Gillespie County, Texas

Bakery. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 78624 covers 742 square miles, so its edges are about 15 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 78624
10,052 households
Median household income
$75,237
Residents
23,741
Bakeries with employees, 2023
0

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    4Jobs
    1,413Households

    4 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 42 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    0Bakeries, donut and bagel shops
    0.73 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 0 bakeries, donut and bagel shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 1 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $240KMiddle-case sales
    $2,000Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $212,000 to $273,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $240,000).

  4. Moderate road traffic; walk-in trade depends on pedestrians

    8,898Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are RM 965, 8,898 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 1,600 feet away; Mulberry, 861 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 1,600 feet away; and W Hackberry St, 426 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 2,100 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 78624

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 78624 can sell each year

Middle case$240K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$212K
High case$273K
Rivals within 1.5 mi7
Healthy share for this business
8% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,400 to $2,300 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 mile0

24th percentile for nearby competition among 5,441 similar businesses in micropolitan areas nationwide

Under the metro median of 1
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile1

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent3,830 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk42

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk4
Within 1 mile1,065
Office-type, half mile2

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Retail10
  • Administrative support9
  • Construction6
  • Health care5
  • Manufacturing3

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.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Rm 9658,898

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Mulberry (estimate)1,610 ft861
  • W Hackberry St (estimate)2,100 ft426
  • W Centre St (estimate)2,390 ft303
  • N Orange St (estimate)2,580 ft623

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Cross Mtn Dr, Bunny Dr, Avenue B are closer but not counted. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 78624: 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 bakery 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: 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 742 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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