Is 94306 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 94306 in Santa Clara 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 94306, Santa Clara County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 94306 covers 4.1 square miles, so its edges are about 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 94306
10,640 households
Median household income
$210,000
Residents
27,183
Restaurants with employees, 2023
47

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,045Jobs
    8,593Households

    1,045 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,765 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    31Sit-down and casual restaurants
    200 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 31 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (7 chain, 6 local multi-location and 18 independent) and 48 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $744KMiddle-case sales
    $6,200Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $460,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $744,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 40,000 vehicles a day

    40,000Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 40,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 340 feet away and Unnamed major collector, 12,232 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 810 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 94306 can sell each year

Middle case$744K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$460K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi170
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,300 to $10,300 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 mile31

45th percentile for nearby competition among 5,594 similar businesses in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area

Near the metro median of 35
Within a quarter mile16
Within 1 mile48

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Chain200 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent220 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent290 ft
  • Competitor 4Local group310 ft
  • Competitor 7Chain380 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,765

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,045
Within 1 mile18,344
Office-type, half mile559

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Health care528
  • Professional services401
  • Food service and lodging214
  • Education119
  • Retail114

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 Arterial40,000

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector810 ft12,232

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 94306: 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 4.1 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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