What public records measure around the center of ZIP 98247 in Whatcom 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 98247, Whatcom County, Washington
Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 98247 covers 67 square miles, so its edges are about 4.5 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 21, 2026.
ZIP 98247
3,092 households
Median household income
$88,724
Residents
9,115
Restaurants with employees, 2023
4
What stands out
Few jobs within a short walk
3Jobs
0Households
3 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 3 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.
Less nearby competition than most
0Sit-down and casual restaurants
Overture's places data lists 0 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (0 chain, 0 local multi-location and 0 independent) and 0 within a mile.
Sr 9 carries about 2,103 vehicles a day
2,103Vehicles a day
The nearest counted road is Sr 9, 2,103 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 1,650 feet away.
Measured around the center of ZIP 98247
Computed from public records at this location
Competition
Competitors within half a mile0
4th percentile for nearby competition among 519 similar businesses in the Bellingham metro area
Under the metro median of 16
Within a quarter mile0
Within 1 mile0
Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.
Jobs within walking distance
10-minute walk3
Jobs at workplaces within half a mile
5-minute walk3
Within 1 mile24
Largest employers within a 10-minute walk
Agriculture3
Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.
Traffic on nearby roads
Vehicles a day on Sr 92,103
Nearest counted road, 2024 count
State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.
Not measured in this ZIP
Yearly sales nearby spending supportsThe sales range needs household spending and business listings for this area, which are not loaded yet.
What an address adds
The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 98247: 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); 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 67 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.
Questions about ZIP 98247.
4 restaurants with paid employees in 2023 (Census ZIP Code Business Patterns).
9,115 residents in 3,092 households, with a median household income of $88,724 (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates).
24 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.
