Is 92115 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 92115 in San Diego 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 92115, San Diego County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 92115 covers 6.2 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 92115
22,528 households
Median household income
$79,199
Residents
66,264
Restaurants with employees, 2023
45

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    333Jobs
    12,391Households

    333 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,777 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    49Sit-down and casual restaurants
    610 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 49 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (8 chain, 40 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 140 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $317KMiddle-case sales
    $2,650Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $204,000 to $550,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $317,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 18,939 vehicles a day

    18,939Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 18,939 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 800 feet away and Unnamed major collector, 1,416 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,050 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 92115 can sell each year

Middle case$317K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$204K
High case$550K
Rivals within 2 mi263
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,000 to $4,600 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 mile49

65th percentile for nearby competition among 9,137 similar businesses in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro area

Near the metro median of 35
Within a quarter mile17
Within 1 mile140

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group610 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group920 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group940 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group960 ft
  • Competitor 7Local group1,010 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,777

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk333
Within 1 mile6,911
Office-type, half mile133

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care446
  • Education399
  • Food service and lodging321
  • Retail268
  • Professional services68

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 Principal Arterial18,939

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector1,060 ft1,416

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 92115: 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 6.2 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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