What public records measure around the center of ZIP 98144 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.
ZIP 98144, King County, Washington
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 98144 covers 3.4 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 98144
16,019 households
Median household income
$96,969
Residents
33,787
Restaurants with employees, 2023
47
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
87Jobs
8,715Households
87 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 2,107 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
6Sit-down and casual restaurants
0.27 miNearest rival
Overture's places data lists 6 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 6 independent) and 34 within a mile.
What spending nearby can support
$1.8MMiddle-case sales
$14,950Rent the middle case supports
Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $1.9 million to $1.4 million a year in sales for this business (middle case $1.8 million).
31st Ave S carries about 3,867 vehicles a day
3,867Vehicles a day
The nearest counted roads are 31st Ave S, 3,867 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2008), about 260 feet away; Lake Washington Blvd S, 5,156 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 1993), about 1,050 feet away; and Lakeside Ave S, 4,296 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 1993), about 1,100 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 98144
Computed from public records at this location
What the center of ZIP 98144 can sell each year
Middle case$1.8M
Sales a year, planning range
Low case$1.9M
High case$1.4M
Rivals within 2 mi312
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$9,450 to $12,050 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 mile6
9th percentile for nearby competition among 10,232 similar businesses in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue metro area
Under the metro median of 32
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile34
Nearest competitors
Competitor 1Independent1,440 ft
Competitor 4Independent1,500 ft
Competitor 5Independent1,750 ft
Competitor 6Independent2,360 ft
Competitor 7Local group2,650 ft
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk2,107
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk87
Within 1 mile6,209
Office-type, half mile246
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Manufacturing560
Health care391
Food service and lodging211
Retail192
Transportation142
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 31St Ave S3,867
Nearest counted road, 2008 count
Other counted roads nearby
Lake Washington Blvd S1,050 ft5,156
Lakeside Ave S1,100 ft4,296
35Th Ave S1,220 ft1,719
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 98144: 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.
The restaurant check reads the same public records at the address itself.
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 3.4 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 2008); 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.
Questions about ZIP 98144.
47 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns), and 34 mapped within about a mile of the center.
33,787 residents in 16,019 households, with a median household income of $96,969 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
6,209 jobs within a mile of the center in 2023 (Census LODES workplace records).
This page measures the area around the ZIP's center. Whether a specific address allows a restaurant, what it rents for and who is next door is what the free address check and the full report look at.
