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Is 94401 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 94401 in San Mateo 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.

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ZIP 94401, San Mateo County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 94401 covers 3.1 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 94401
13,026 households
Median household income
$122,227
Residents
35,295
Restaurants with employees, 2023
90

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    537Jobs
    11,754Households

    537 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 1,205 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    4Sit-down and casual restaurants
    850 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 4 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 1 local multi-location and 3 independent) and 227 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $333KMiddle-case sales
    $2,800Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $217,000 to $533,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $333,000).

  4. US 101 carries about 250,000 vehicles a day

    250,000Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are US 101, 250,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 290 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 44,919 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 330 feet away; and Unnamed minor arterial, 19,192 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 350 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 94401

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 94401 can sell each year

Middle case$333K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$217K
High case$533K
Rivals within 2 mi279
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,100 to $4,450 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 mile4

3th percentile for nearby competition among 15,237 similar businesses in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area

Under the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile3
Within 1 mile227

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent850 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent910 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,630 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent2,740 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent2,750 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk1,205

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk537
Within 1 mile14,088
Office-type, half mile183

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Construction221
  • Health care171
  • Professional services140
  • Administrative support115
  • Education101

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 Us 101250,000

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector330 ft44,919
  • Unnamed Minor Arterial350 ft19,192

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 94401: 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 3.1 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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