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Is 80501 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 80501 in Boulder County, Colorado for a restaurant: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the restaurants already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

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ZIP 80501, Boulder County, Colorado

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 80501 covers 13 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 80501
18,945 households
Median household income
$80,911
Residents
44,147
Restaurants with employees, 2023
81

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    3,620Jobs
    4,735Households

    3,620 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,978 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    60Sit-down and casual restaurants
    120 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 60 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (3 chain, 10 local multi-location and 47 independent) and 114 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $280KMiddle-case sales
    $2,350Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $132,000 to $687,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $280,000).

  4. U.s. 287 carries about 26,000 vehicles a day

    26,000Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are U.s. 287, 26,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 170 feet away; 3rd Av, 13,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 380 feet away; and Coffman St, 6,400 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2017), about 560 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 80501

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 80501 can sell each year

Middle case$280K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$132K
High case$687K
Rivals within 2 mi161
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$650 to $5,750 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 mile60

72th percentile for nearby competition among 1,070 similar businesses in the Boulder metro area

1.5× the metro median of 40
Within a quarter mile46
Within 1 mile114

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent120 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent190 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent260 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent260 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent290 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,978

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk3,620
Within 1 mile14,381
Office-type, half mile2,609

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Public administration1,760
  • Food service and lodging903
  • Professional services558
  • Health care374
  • Retail299

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 U.S. 28726,000

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • 3Rd Av380 ft13,000
  • Coffman St560 ft6,400
  • Terry St970 ft6,600
  • Collyer St1,060 ft3,200

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 80501: 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 restaurant 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 13 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); FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2024); 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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