Is 90640 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 90640 in Los Angeles County, California 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.

ZIP 90640, Los Angeles County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 90640 covers 8.3 square miles, so its edges are about 1.5 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 90640
19,822 households
Median household income
$79,625
Residents
61,382
Restaurants with employees, 2023
46

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,201Jobs
    11,110Households

    1,201 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,286 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    46Sit-down and casual restaurants
    220 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 46 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (6 chain, 39 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 83 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $378KMiddle-case sales
    $3,150Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $215,000 to $687,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $378,000).

  4. Unnamed major collector carries about 3,490 vehicles a day

    3,490Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed major collector, 3,490 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 330 feet away and Unnamed principal arterial, 31,544 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,100 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 90640 can sell each year

Middle case$378K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$215K
High case$687K
Rivals within 2 mi203
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,050 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 mile46

56th percentile for nearby competition among 39,023 similar businesses in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

Near the metro median of 39
Within a quarter mile4
Within 1 mile83

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group220 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group960 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group1,170 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group1,190 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group1,460 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk5,286

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,201
Within 1 mile11,264
Office-type, half mile887

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care1,427
  • Education1,008
  • Retail755
  • Food service and lodging566
  • Public administration545

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 Unnamed Major Collector3,490

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Principal Arterial1,110 ft31,544

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 90640: 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 8.3 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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