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Is 98107 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 98107 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 98107, King County, Washington

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 98107 covers 2.2 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 98107
15,835 households
Median household income
$142,662
Residents
28,776
Restaurants with employees, 2023
86

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,960Jobs
    17,499Households

    2,960 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 9,623 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    120Sit-down and casual restaurants
    260 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 120 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (11 chain, 25 local multi-location and 84 independent) and 191 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $790KMiddle-case sales
    $6,600Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $572,000 to $1.2 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $790,000).

  4. 15th Ave NW carries about 29,752 vehicles a day

    29,752Vehicles a day

    The nearest counted roads are 15th Ave NW, 29,752 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2020), about 330 feet away; NW Market St, 18,413 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2020), about 530 feet away; and N Northgate Way, 49,530 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 860 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 98107

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 98107 can sell each year

Middle case$790K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$572K
High case$1.2M
Rivals within 2 mi379
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$2,850 to $10,050 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 mile120

83th percentile for nearby competition among 10,232 similar businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area

3.8× the metro median of 32
Within a quarter mile37
Within 1 mile191

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent260 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent380 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent400 ft
  • Competitor 8Local group530 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk9,623

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,960
Within 1 mile18,305
Office-type, half mile2,804

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Food service and lodging1,462
  • Retail1,266
  • Professional services1,238
  • Construction898
  • Manufacturing803

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 15Th Ave Nw29,752

Nearest counted road, 2020 count

Other counted roads nearby

  • Nw Market St (pandemic year)530 ft18,413
  • N Northgate Way860 ft49,530
  • 14Th Ave Nw1,040 ft6,874
  • 4Th Ave N (pandemic year)1,080 ft4,029

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 98107: 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 2.2 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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