Is 94117 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 94117 in San Francisco 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 94117, San Francisco County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 94117 covers 1.3 square miles, so its edges are about half a mile 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 94117
17,567 households
Median household income
$167,066
Residents
36,198
Restaurants with employees, 2023
58

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,592Jobs
    40,309Households

    1,592 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,424 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    95Sit-down and casual restaurants
    240 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 95 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (2 chain, 24 local multi-location and 69 independent) and 352 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $418KMiddle-case sales
    $3,500Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $283,000 to $649,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $418,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 12,996 vehicles a day

    12,996Vehicles a day
    18,887Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed minor arterial, 12,996 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 300 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 3,648 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 370 feet away; and Unnamed principal arterial, 18,887 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 800 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 94117 can sell each year

Middle case$418K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$283K
High case$649K
Rivals within 2 mi1,519
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,400 to $5,400 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 mile95

65th percentile for nearby competition among 15,237 similar businesses in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area

1.6× the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile16
Within 1 mile352

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent240 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent440 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent440 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent500 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group560 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk5,424

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,592
Within 1 mile63,333
Office-type, half mile1,094

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care1,047
  • Food service and lodging917
  • Retail761
  • Education539
  • Professional services478

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 Minor Arterial12,996

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, Unnamed Principal Arterial18,887

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector370 ft3,648
  • Unnamed Principal Arterial800 ft18,887

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

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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 1.3 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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