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Is 98109 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 98109 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 98109, King County, Washington

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 98109 covers 1.9 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 17, 2026.

ZIP 98109
21,883 households
Median household income
$133,663
Residents
34,328
Restaurants with employees, 2023
98

What stands out

  1. A real daytime workforce within a short walk

    2,567Jobs
    33,585Households

    2,567 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 17,050 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. A typical amount of nearby competition

    52Sit-down and casual restaurants
    800 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 52 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (12 chain, 9 local multi-location and 31 independent) and 313 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $651KMiddle-case sales
    $5,400Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $664,000 to $796,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $651,000).

  4. Taylor Ave N carries about 4,296 vehicles a day

    4,296Vehicles a day
    65,012Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Taylor Ave N, 4,296 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 1993), about 160 feet away; Sr 99, 65,012 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 520 feet away; and Dexter Ave N, 14,608 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 1993), about 810 feet away.

Measured around the center of ZIP 98109

Computed from public records at this location

What the center of ZIP 98109 can sell each year

Middle case$651K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$664K
High case$796K
Rivals within 2 mi1,065
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$3,300 to $6,650 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 mile52

65th percentile for nearby competition among 10,232 similar businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area

1.6× the metro median of 32
Within a quarter mile13
Within 1 mile313

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent800 ft
  • Competitor 3Independent930 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,050 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,250 ft
  • Competitor 6Independent1,260 ft

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

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk17,050

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk2,567
Within 1 mile125,569
Office-type, half mile4,413

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Education7,836
  • Professional services2,388
  • Food service and lodging1,264
  • Health care896
  • Information782

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 Taylor Ave N4,296

Nearest counted road, 1993 count

Busiest nearby, Sr 9965,012

Other counted roads nearby

  • Sr 99520 ft65,012
  • Dexter Ave N810 ft14,608
  • Westlake Ave N1,130 ft17,540

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 98109: 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 1.9 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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