Is 92804 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 92804 in Orange 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 92804, Orange County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 92804 covers 7.1 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 92804
24,621 households
Median household income
$76,141
Residents
83,537
Restaurants with employees, 2023
45

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    117Jobs
    12,481Households

    117 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,324 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    18Sit-down and casual restaurants
    160 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 18 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 16 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 75 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $310KMiddle-case sales
    $2,600Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $185,000 to $548,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $310,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 43,271 vehicles a day

    43,271Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 43,271 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 150 feet away and Unnamed major collector, 5,318 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 980 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 92804 can sell each year

Middle case$310K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$185K
High case$548K
Rivals within 2 mi255
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$950 to $4,550 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 mile18

21th percentile for nearby competition among 39,023 similar businesses in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area

Under the metro median of 39
Within a quarter mile11
Within 1 mile75

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group160 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group180 ft
  • Competitor 3Local group200 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group220 ft
  • Competitor 6Local group520 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,324

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk117
Within 1 mile5,506
Office-type, half mile81

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education391
  • Health care287
  • Food service and lodging277
  • Retail112
  • Other services63

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 Arterial43,271

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector980 ft5,318

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 92804: 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 7.1 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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