Is 95128 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 95128 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 95128, Santa Clara County, California

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 95128 covers 3.9 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 95128
13,805 households
Median household income
$131,152
Residents
33,165
Restaurants with employees, 2023
43

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    387Jobs
    10,890Households

    387 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,764 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. Less nearby competition than most

    11Sit-down and casual restaurants
    0.24 miNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 11 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (1 chain, 3 local multi-location and 7 independent) and 159 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $350KMiddle-case sales
    $2,900Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $208,000 to $641,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $350,000).

  4. Unnamed minor arterial carries about 12,686 vehicles a day

    12,686Vehicles a day
    180,000Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Unnamed minor arterial, 12,686 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), next to the site; I-280, 180,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 580 feet away; and State Route 17, 157,000 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,100 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 95128 can sell each year

Middle case$350K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$208K
High case$641K
Rivals within 2 mi309
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$1,050 to $5,350 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 mile11

13th percentile for nearby competition among 5,594 similar businesses in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area

Under the metro median of 35
Within a quarter mile1
Within 1 mile159

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent1,240 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,900 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent1,920 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent2,500 ft
  • Competitor 7Local group2,540 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk2,764

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk387
Within 1 mile27,755
Office-type, half mile1,056

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education545
  • Professional services496
  • Administrative support379
  • Management228
  • Food service and lodging213

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 Arterial12,686

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, I-280180,000

Other counted roads nearby

  • I-280580 ft180,000
  • State Route 171,110 ft157,000
  • I-8801,200 ft150,000

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 3.9 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.

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