Is 79705 a good location for an ice cream shop?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 79705 in Martin County, Texas for an ice cream shop: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the ice cream shops already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 79705, Martin County, Texas

Ice cream shop. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 79705 covers 79 square miles, so its edges are about 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 79705
19,036 households
Median household income
$105,310
Residents
46,653
Ice cream shops with employees, 2023
17

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    0Jobs
    0Households

    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.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    0Similar businesses

    Overture's places data lists 0 coffee shops and cafés and dessert, ice cream and candy shops within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 0 within a mile.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile0

7th percentile for nearby competition among 113 similar businesses in the Midland metro area

Under the metro median of 3
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile0

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk0

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk0
Within 1 mile20

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Not measured in this ZIP

  • Yearly sales nearby spending supportsThe sales range needs household spending and business listings for this area, which are not loaded yet.
  • Traffic on the nearest roadNo state or federal traffic count was found near the center of this ZIP.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 79705: 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 an ice cream shop 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); 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 79 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); 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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