DoorWorthy

Free ZIP check

Is 94501 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 94501 in Alameda 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 check

ZIP 94501, Alameda County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 94501 covers 7.9 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 94501
25,208 households
Median household income
$127,906
Residents
63,808
Restaurants with employees, 2023
90

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    1,023Jobs
    11,306Households

    1,023 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,058 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    49Sit-down and casual restaurants
    300 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 49 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (4 chain, 7 local multi-location and 38 independent) and 89 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $459KMiddle-case sales
    $3,800Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $281,000 to $757,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $459,000).

  4. Unnamed principal arterial carries about 13,568 vehicles a day

    13,568Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed principal arterial, 13,568 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 390 feet away; Unnamed major collector, 3,374 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 490 feet away; and Unnamed minor arterial, 2,976 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,250 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 94501

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 94501 can sell each year

Middle case$459K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$281K
High case$757K
Rivals within 2 mi270
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,400 to $6,300 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 mile49

43th percentile for nearby competition among 15,237 similar businesses in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area

Near the metro median of 59
Within a quarter mile41
Within 1 mile89

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent300 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group310 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent340 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent350 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent420 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk2,058

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk1,023
Within 1 mile8,636
Office-type, half mile507

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging604
  • Health care308
  • Public administration303
  • Retail240
  • Education209

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 Arterial13,568

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Unnamed Major Collector490 ft3,374
  • Unnamed Minor Arterial1,230 ft2,976

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 94501: 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.

Have an address in 94501 in mind?

Check the address free

The restaurant check reads the same public records at the address itself.

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 7.9 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.

Questions about ZIP 94501.

ZIP 94501 for another business