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Name: Bars density by ZIP code in Suffolk County, NY
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How many bars exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 110 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Bars & taverns · Pubs & brewpubs (drinking-focused) · Cocktail & wine bars · Taprooms. Counted together because official statistics use one 722410 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.65× the U.S. rate (between 0.65× and 1.60× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 87 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 82 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate Suffolk County bars — 65–160% of the U.S. rate

113 bars are counted in Suffolk County — 0.7 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 65% of the U.S. rate of 1.0.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 3% between 2015 and 2023 (88 → 85). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 11716 (Bohemia), 11946 (Hampton Bays), 11702 (Babylon) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 11787 (Smithtown), 11725 (Commack), 11746 (Huntington Station).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 171 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Suffolk County sits at 65% of the U.S. rate for bars. 82 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 65% and 160% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 11716 and 11946; the lowest measured density is in 11787 and 11725.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing bars and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Bars

113–287

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (87 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.7

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

1.0

per 10,000 present

County index

0.65×

vs. U.S.

Latest year (CBP)

171

2023 — $40M annual payroll

Residents

1,444,016

105 ZIPs with data

Workers

549,149

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

1,535,909

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+0.9%

+13,734 people

Net migration 2024

+3,412

international +9,881, domestic −6,469

Jobs located here

639,110

LODES 2022, −3.7% since 2019

Suffolk County had an estimated 1,535,909 residents on July 1, 2024 — 0.9% more than in 2020 (+13,734). In the latest year it gained 6,880 people: births minus deaths +3,394, international migration +9,881, domestic migration −6,469. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

639,110 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−3.7% since 2019), and 768,254 employed residents lived there (+0.1% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits → · Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

11978 Westhampton Beach

+52.5%

11968 Southampton

+45.6%

11937 East Hampton

+35.6%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

11955 Moriches

−34.4%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses

no paid employees (2024)

Receipts

$5.7M

published gross receipts

Receipts per business

$58K

gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:

Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more bars in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — down 3% since 2015

Number of bars in Suffolk County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

2015

2018

2020

2021

2022

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

11716 Bohemia

335%

11946 Hampton Bays

335%

11702 Babylon

308%

11740 Greenlawn

263%

11730 East Islip

250%

11782 Sayville

242%

11961 Ridge

234%

11777 Port Jefferson

228%

11743 Huntington

208%

11772 Patchogue

206%

11754 Kings Park

205%

11951 Mastic Beach

183%

11779 Ronkonkoma

183%

11968 Southampton

154%

11790 Stony Brook

125%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

11787 Smithtown

68%

11725 Commack

79%

11746 Huntington Station

81%

11757 Lindenhurst

82%

11706 Bay Shore

85%

11701 Amityville

109%

11729 Deer Park

116%

11790 Stony Brook

125%

11968 Southampton

154%

11779 Ronkonkoma

183%

11951 Mastic Beach

183%

11754 Kings Park

205%

11772 Patchogue

206%

11743 Huntington

208%

11777 Port Jefferson

228%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few bars may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Bars	Index
11747	Melville	Employment hub	20,513	51,326	0–2	—
11749	Islandia	Employment hub	3,600	8,492	0–2	—
11770	Ocean Beach	Employment hub	77	181	0–2	—
11788	Hauppauge	Employment hub	17,374	38,054	0–2	—
11794	Stony Brook	Destination	831	11,090	0–2	—
11931	Aquebogue	Destination	27	525	0–2	—
11932	Bridgehampton	Employment hub	725	2,345	0–2	—
11972	Speonk	Employment hub	334	680	0–2	—
11973	Upton	Destination	48	2,693	0–2	—
06390	Fishers Island	Employment hub	72	273	0–2	—

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = bars per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Bars	Per 10k	Index	Status
11954	Montauk	4,223	1,424	4	8.1	804%	Very high density
11716	Bohemia	9,659	16,191	6	3.4	335%	Very high density
11946	Hampton Bays	15,819	3,886	6	3.4	335%	Very high density
11702	Babylon	13,909	4,377	5	3.1	308%	Very high density
11740	Greenlawn	10,127	2,406	3	2.6	263%	Very high density
11730	East Islip	14,247	3,261	4	2.5	250%	High density
11782	Sayville	14,405	3,998	4	2.4	242%	High density
11961	Ridge	12,315	843	3	2.4	234%	High density
11777	Port Jefferson	9,396	7,308	3	2.3	228%	High density
11743	Huntington	43,490	18,099	11	2.1	208%	High density
11772	Patchogue	45,023	15,885	11	2.1	206%	High density
11754	Kings Park	17,565	3,544	4	2.1	205%	High density
11951	Mastic Beach	15,938	568	3	1.8	183%	High density
11779	Ronkonkoma	38,206	21,220	9	1.8	183%	High density
11968	Southampton	15,312	8,019	3	1.6	154%	High density
11790	Stony Brook	21,074	5,569	3	1.3	125%	Above average
11729	Deer Park	27,231	13,958	4	1.2	116%	Above average
11701	Amityville	29,509	13,816	4	1.1	109%	Above average
11706	Bay Shore	68,976	24,961	7	0.9	85%	Below average
11757	Lindenhurst	44,413	8,479	4	0.8	82%	Below average
11746	Huntington Station	65,747	15,647	6	0.8	81%	Below average
11725	Commack	29,073	17,597	3	0.8	79%	Below average
11787	Smithtown	34,499	18,002	3	0.7	68%	Below average
11703	North Babylon	17,187	2,515	0–2	—	—	Not published
11704	West Babylon	40,706	12,470	0–2	—	—	Not published
11705	Bayport	8,284	2,047	0–2	—	—	Not published
11707	West Babylon	—	41	0–2	—	—	Not published
11713	Bellport	9,218	3,760	0–2	—	—	Not published
11715	Blue Point	3,936	931	0–2	—	—	Not published
11717	Brentwood	—	12,065	0–2	—	—	Not published
11718	Brightwaters	3,179	647	0–2	—	—	Not published
11719	Brookhaven	3,235	1,836	0–2	—	—	Not published
11720	Centereach	29,292	5,738	0–2	—	—	Not published
11721	Centerport	6,426	735	0–2	—	—	Not published
11722	Central Islip	39,033	5,933	0–2	—	—	Not published
11724	Cold Spring Harbor	3,073	1,375	0–2	—	—	Not published
11726	Copiague	21,455	4,146	0–2	—	—	Not published
11727	Coram	28,495	3,558	0–2	—	—	Not published
11731	East Northport	29,999	6,541	0–2	—	—	Not published
11733	East Setauket	17,752	5,672	0–2	—	—	Not published
11738	Farmingville	18,877	3,566	0–2	—	—	Not published
11739	Great River	1,225	1,418	0–2	—	—	Not published
11741	Holbrook	26,667	7,137	0–2	—	—	Not published
11742	Holtsville	13,202	5,410	0–2	—	—	Not published
11747	Melville	20,513	51,326	0–2	—	—	Not published
11749	Islandia	3,600	8,492	0–2	—	—	Not published
11751	Islip	13,726	3,416	0–2	—	—	Not published
11752	Islip Terrace	9,204	1,071	0–2	—	—	Not published
11755	Lake Grove	12,144	5,132	0–2	—	—	Not published
11763	Medford	29,973	8,428	0–2	—	—	Not published
11764	Miller Place	12,551	2,473	0–2	—	—	Not published
11766	Mount Sinai	10,750	1,814	0–2	—	—	Not published
11767	Nesconset	14,964	2,970	0–2	—	—	Not published
11768	Northport	22,030	6,010	0–2	—	—	Not published
11769	Oakdale	8,935	4,747	0–2	—	—	Not published
11770	Ocean Beach	77	181	0–2	—	—	Not published
11776	Port Jefferson Station	22,808	6,568	0–2	—	—	Not published
11778	Rocky Point	12,390	2,895	0–2	—	—	Not published
11780	Saint James	15,018	6,761	0–2	—	—	Not published
11784	Selden	26,244	2,999	0–2	—	—	Not published
11786	Shoreham	6,459	830	0–2	—	—	Not published
11788	Hauppauge	17,374	38,054	0–2	—	—	Not published
11789	Sound Beach	7,369	213	0–2	—	—	Not published
11792	Wading River	8,904	2,020	0–2	—	—	Not published
11794	Stony Brook	831	11,090	0–2	—	—	Not published
11795	West Islip	25,379	8,141	0–2	—	—	Not published
11796	West Sayville	3,560	567	0–2	—	—	Not published
11798	Wyandanch	—	2,060	0–2	—	—	Not published
11901	Riverhead	33,091	14,663	0–2	—	—	Not published
11930	Amagansett	842	938	0–2	—	—	Not published
11931	Aquebogue	27	525	0–2	—	—	Not published
11932	Bridgehampton	725	2,345	0–2	—	—	Not published
11933	Calverton	6,693	3,294	0–2	—	—	Not published
11934	Center Moriches	9,418	2,746	0–2	—	—	Not published
11935	Cutchogue	2,863	796	0–2	—	—	Not published
11937	East Hampton	21,882	5,485	0–2	—	—	Not published
11939	East Marion	1,331	64	0–2	—	—	Not published
11940	East Moriches	5,819	1,860	0–2	—	—	Not published
11941	Eastport	2,814	429	0–2	—	—	Not published
11942	East Quogue	5,406	1,094	0–2	—	—	Not published
11944	Greenport	5,037	1,674	0–2	—	—	Not published
11947	Jamesport	148	230	0–2	—	—	Not published
11948	Laurel	924	177	0–2	—	—	Not published
11949	Manorville	14,563	1,815	0–2	—	—	Not published
11950	Mastic	17,599	1,037	0–2	—	—	Not published
11952	Mattituck	5,040	1,566	0–2	—	—	Not published
11953	Middle Island	12,846	2,563	0–2	—	—	Not published
11955	Moriches	2,458	646	0–2	—	—	Not published
11956	New Suffolk	298	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
11957	Orient	1,121	177	0–2	—	—	Not published
11958	Peconic	884	384	0–2	—	—	Not published
11959	Quogue	734	666	0–2	—	—	Not published
11960	Remsenburg	830	101	0–2	—	—	Not published
11962	Sagaponack	712	290	0–2	—	—	Not published
11963	Sag Harbor	8,390	2,245	0–2	—	—	Not published
11964	Shelter Island	2,906	466	0–2	—	—	Not published
11965	Shelter Island Heights	404	326	0–2	—	—	Not published
11967	Shirley	27,975	5,900	0–2	—	—	Not published
11969	Southampton	—	75	0–2	—	—	Not published
11970	South Jamesport	416	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
11971	Southold	6,361	1,306	0–2	—	—	Not published
11972	Speonk	334	680	0–2	—	—	Not published
11973	Upton	48	2,693	0–2	—	—	Not published
11975	Wainscott	450	639	0–2	—	—	Not published
11976	Water Mill	2,952	1,097	0–2	—	—	Not published
11977	Westhampton	2,843	665	0–2	—	—	Not published
11978	Westhampton Beach	4,705	2,397	0–2	—	—	Not published
11980	Yaphank	5,855	4,113	0–2	—	—	Not published
00501	Holtsville	—	0	0–2	—	—	Not published
06390	Fishers Island	72	273	0–2	—	—	Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 722410 — drinking places (alcoholic beverages). Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 171 establishments and $40M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (1.01 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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