How many bars are in ZIP 78701?

108 bars with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 312 mapped within about a mile of the center.

How many people live in ZIP 78701?

11,824 residents in 7,949 households, with a median household income of $162,168 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).

How many jobs are within reach of the center of ZIP 78701?

153,463 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).

Can I open a bar at a particular address in 78701?

This page measures the area around the ZIP's center. Whether a specific address allows a 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 78701 a good location for a bar?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 78701 in Travis County, Texas for a bar: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the bars already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 78701, Travis County, Texas

Bar. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 78701 covers 1.5 square miles, so its edges are about half a mile 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 78701: 7,949 households
Median household income: $162,168
Residents: 11,824
Bars with employees, 2023: 108

What stands out

A real daytime workforce within a short walk
45,841Jobs
12,847Households
45,841 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 92,600 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
210 venues sell mixed drinks within half a mile
210Venues selling mixed drinks
290 ftNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 210 bars and pubs, cocktail bars and lounges and wine bars and tasting rooms within half a mile (7 chain, 12 local multi-location and 191 independent) and 312 within a mile.
W 8th St carries about 2,490 vehicles a day
2,490Vehicles a day
Down 53%Since 2010
7,094Busiest road nearby
The nearest counted roads are W 8th St, 2,490 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 160 feet away; W 9th St, 3,722 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 180 feet away; and S Congress Ave, 6,308 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2020), about 270 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 78701

Computed from public records at this location

Competition

Competitors within half a mile210

95th percentile for nearby competition among 1,227 similar businesses in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area

35× the metro median of 6

Within a quarter mile43

Within 1 mile312

Nearest venues selling mixed drinks

Venue 1$0 a month290 ft
Venue 2$28,000 a month290 ft
Venue 3$38,000 a month300 ft
Venue 5$14,000 a month340 ft
Venue 8$50,000 a month500 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk92,600

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk45,841

Within 1 mile153,463

Office-type, half mile58,907

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

Public administration20,841
Professional services20,179
Information9,702
Food service and lodging8,003
Administrative support7,738

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$71,603

Median of reporting venues within half a mile

Reporting venues210

Started selling25

Stopped selling47

Nearest venues and their monthly alcohol sales

Venue 1290 ft$121
Venue 2290 ft$27,777
Venue 3300 ft$37,699
Venue 5340 ft$14,144
Venue 8500 ft$49,648
Venue 9520 ft$32,600

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 W 8Th St2,490

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Busiest nearby, W 7Th St7,094

Other counted roads nearby

W 9Th St (estimate)180 ft3,722
S Congress Ave (pandemic year)270 ft6,308
W 4Th St270 ft3,282
W 7Th St530 ft7,094

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 78701: 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 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 1.5 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.