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Is 98003 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 98003 in King County, Washington 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 98003, King County, Washington

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 98003 covers 12 square miles, so its edges are about 2 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 98003
18,786 households
Median household income
$75,319
Residents
51,619
Restaurants with employees, 2023
95

What stands out

  1. Few jobs within a short walk

    294Jobs
    5,482Households

    294 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 5,391 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    36Sit-down and casual restaurants
    340 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 36 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (2 chain, 6 local multi-location and 28 independent) and 124 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $203KMiddle-case sales
    $1,700Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $104,000 to $393,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $203,000).

  4. Sr 99 carries about 32,827 vehicles a day

    32,827Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are Sr 99, 32,827 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 210 feet away and 9th Ave S, 4,296 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2010), about 770 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 98003

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 98003 can sell each year

Middle case$203K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$104K
High case$393K
Rivals within 2 mi161
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$500 to $3,300 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 mile36

54th percentile for nearby competition among 10,232 similar businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area

Near the metro median of 32
Within a quarter mile19
Within 1 mile124

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Local group340 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent350 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent430 ft
  • Competitor 7Independent480 ft
  • Competitor 8Independent900 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk5,391

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk294
Within 1 mile17,578
Office-type, half mile473

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education3,651
  • Health care409
  • Finance and insurance332
  • Retail223
  • Food service and lodging123

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 Sr 9932,827

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • 9Th Ave S770 ft4,296

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 98003: 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 12 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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