Is 79701 a good location for a daycare?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 79701 in Midland County, Texas for a daycare: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the daycares already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 79701, Midland County, Texas

Daycare. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 79701 covers 12 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 79701
10,293 households
Median household income
$57,346
Residents
27,131
Daycares with employees, 2023
18

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    3,924Jobs
    2,120Households

    3,924 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 11,393 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Business I-20E carries about 20,064 vehicles a day

    20,064Vehicles a day
    Up 12%Since 2019

    The nearest counted roads are Business I-20E, 20,064 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), next to the site; Industrial Ave, 981 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2025), about 200 feet away; and S Marienfeld St, 3,073 vehicles a day (TxDOT 2022), about 570 feet away.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk11,393

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk3,924
Within 1 mile19,743
Office-type, half mile1,704

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education3,457
  • Mining3,323
  • Professional services1,038
  • Administrative support615
  • Health care436

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 Business I-20E20,064

Nearest counted road, 2025 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Industrial Ave200 ft981
  • S Marienfeld St570 ft3,073
  • Business Sh 349C930 ft23,967
  • College Ave1,140 ft531

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

Not measured in this ZIP

  • Daycares within half a mileDoorWorthy does not map daycares as a business category yet, so competitors are not counted for this type.
  • Yearly sales nearby spending supportsDoorWorthy does not have a spending category for daycares yet, so no sales range is estimated.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 79701: 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 daycare 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: 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 12 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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