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Is 96815 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 96815 in Honolulu County, Hawaii 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 96815, Honolulu County, Hawaii

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 96815 covers 2.3 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 96815
15,121 households
Median household income
$77,096
Residents
27,530
Restaurants with employees, 2023
126

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    4,201Jobs
    12,332Households

    4,201 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 9,323 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    102Sit-down and casual restaurants
    110 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 102 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (16 chain, 16 local multi-location and 70 independent) and 383 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $151KMiddle-case sales
    $1,250Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $70,000 to $293,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $151,000).

  4. Kapahulu Avenue carries about 10,174 vehicles a day

    10,174Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Kapahulu Avenue, 10,174 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 190 feet away; Kalakaua Avenue, 18,618 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 240 feet away; and Monsarrat Avenue, 8,241 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 390 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 96815

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 96815 can sell each year

Middle case$151K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$70K
High case$293K
Rivals within 2 mi728
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$350 to $2,450 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 mile102

61th percentile for nearby competition among 3,104 similar businesses in the Urban Honolulu metro area

Near the metro median of 74
Within a quarter mile41
Within 1 mile383

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group100 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent110 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent160 ft
  • Competitor 5Local group190 ft
  • Competitor 6Chain220 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk9,323

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk4,201
Within 1 mile24,652
Office-type, half mile527

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging6,702
  • Retail1,114
  • Other services416
  • Management166
  • Real estate165

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 Kapahulu Avenue10,174

Nearest counted road, 2022 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Kalakaua Avenue240 ft18,618
  • Monsarrat Avenue390 ft8,241
  • Kuhio Avenue640 ft12,713

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 2.3 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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