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Is 94538 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 94538 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.

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ZIP 94538, Alameda County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 94538 covers 17 square miles, so its edges are about 2.5 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 94538
23,628 households
Median household income
$147,301
Residents
67,781
Restaurants with employees, 2023
101

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,157Jobs
    1,947Households

    2,157 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,806 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    1Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.25 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 1 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 1 independent) and 69 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $962KMiddle-case sales
    $8,000Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $482,000 to $1.5 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $962,000).

  4. I-880 carries about 174,000 vehicles a day

    174,000Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted road is I-880, 174,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 560 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 94538

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 94538 can sell each year

Middle case$962K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$482K
High case$1.5M
Rivals within 2 mi141
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,400 to $12,200 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 mile1

1th 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 mile1
Within 1 mile69

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,320 ft
  • Competitor 2Local group2,650 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent2,970 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent3,030 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent3,160 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk5,806

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,157
Within 1 mile37,876
Office-type, half mile271

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Manufacturing1,497
  • Education1,287
  • Construction724
  • Administrative support479
  • Other services392

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 I-880174,000

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

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 94538: 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 17 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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