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Hillsborough, FL — Clothing stores Saturation

How many clothing stores 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. 84 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Family clothing stores · General apparel shops. Counted together because official statistics use one 448140 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 1.06× the U.S. rate (between 1.06× and 1.63× 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. 69 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 38 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   Hillsborough clothing stores — 106–163% of the U.S. rate

141 clothing stores are counted in Hillsborough — 0.7 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 106% of the U.S. rate of 0.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 22% between 2015 and 2023 (111 → 135). 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 33559 (Lutz), 33625 (Tampa), 33511 (Brandon) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 33619 (Tampa), 33617 (Tampa), 33604 (Tampa).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 142 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: Hillsborough sits at 106% of the U.S. rate for clothing stores. 38 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 106% and 163% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 33559 and 33625; the lowest measured density is in 33619 and 33617.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing clothing stores 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.

Clothing stores
141–279
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (69 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.7
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.7
per 10,000 present
County index
1.06×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
142
2023 — $89M annual payroll
Residents
1,564,112
53 ZIPs with data
Workers
712,069
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,581,426
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+7.8%
+115,106 people
Net migration 2024
+19,297
international +30,485, domestic −11,188
Jobs located here
789,751
LODES 2022, +7.4% since 2019

Hillsborough had an estimated 1,581,426 residents on July 1, 2024 — 7.8% more than in 2020 (+115,106). In the latest year it gained 24,113 people: births minus deaths +4,846, international migration +30,485, domestic migration −11,188. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

789,751 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+7.4% since 2019), and 679,587 employed residents lived there (+6.3% 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
33598 Wimauma
+63.7%
33556 Odessa
+54.2%
33573 Sun City Center
+52.6%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
33596 Valrico
−10.0%

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

Not shown. Census now groups clothing with clothing accessories (NAICS 45811); a family-clothing-only nonemployer count is not published.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024 (NAICS 2022). We do not approximate this figure.

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 clothing stores 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 — up 22% since 2015

Number of clothing stores in Hillsborough 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.

111
2015
123
2018
122
2020
121
2021
128
2022
135
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
33559 Lutz
1377%
33625 Tampa
565%
33511 Brandon
543%
33609 Tampa
363%
33612 Tampa
201%
33614 Tampa
172%
33606 Tampa
154%
33615 Tampa
141%
33611 Tampa
140%
33563 Plant City
136%
33610 Tampa
122%
33604 Tampa
100%
33617 Tampa
82%
33619 Tampa
65%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
33619 Tampa
65%
33617 Tampa
82%
33604 Tampa
100%
33610 Tampa
122%
33563 Plant City
136%
33611 Tampa
140%
33615 Tampa
141%
33606 Tampa
154%
33614 Tampa
172%
33612 Tampa
201%
33609 Tampa
363%
33511 Brandon
543%
33625 Tampa
565%
33559 Lutz
1377%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few clothing stores 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.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersClothing storesIndex
33607Tampa Employment hub 25,29187,744 23 481%

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersClothing stores Per 10kIndexStatus
33559Lutz 18,8316,456 21 9.5 1377% Very high density
33625Tampa 29,96711,693 14 3.9 565% Very high density
33511Brandon 62,13824,857 28 3.8 543% Very high density
33607Tampa 25,29187,744 23 3.3 481% Very high density
33609Tampa 18,53526,742 8 2.5 363% Very high density
33612Tampa 49,00531,340 9 1.4 201% High density
33614Tampa 47,29823,112 7 1.2 172% High density
33606Tampa 24,57026,085 4 1.1 154% High density
33615Tampa 47,2457,839 5 1.0 141% Above average
33611Tampa 36,8109,175 4 1.0 140% Above average
33563Plant City 25,89611,833 3 0.9 136% Above average
33610Tampa 46,58749,194 6 0.8 122% Above average
33604Tampa 40,0557,063 3 0.7 100% Below average
33617Tampa 47,85110,575 3 0.6 82% Below average
33619Tampa 41,39650,283 3 0.5 65% Below average
33503Balm 89120 0–2 — — Not published
33508Brandon —44 0–2 — — Not published
33509Brandon —100 0–2 — — Not published
33510Brandon 30,5783,705 0–2 — — Not published
33527Dover 17,3644,039 0–2 — — Not published
33534Gibsonton 17,7404,093 0–2 — — Not published
33547Lithia 31,4313,935 0–2 — — Not published
33548Lutz 8,9673,113 0–2 — — Not published
33549Lutz 18,1787,023 0–2 — — Not published
33550Mango 022 0–2 — — Not published
33556Odessa 35,7559,241 0–2 — — Not published
33558Lutz 33,1656,461 0–2 — — Not published
33564Plant City —360 0–2 — — Not published
33565Plant City 18,1081,927 0–2 — — Not published
33566Plant City 24,52110,851 0–2 — — Not published
33567Plant City 12,5621,696 0–2 — — Not published
33568Riverview —290 0–2 — — Not published
33569Riverview 27,8676,025 0–2 — — Not published
33570Ruskin 33,3196,838 0–2 — — Not published
33571Sun City Center —15 0–2 — — Not published
33572Apollo Beach 26,4953,977 0–2 — — Not published
33573Sun City Center 35,3625,659 0–2 — — Not published
33575Ruskin —5 0–2 — — Not published
33578Riverview 60,65118,280 0–2 — — Not published
33579Riverview 49,4702,769 0–2 — — Not published
33583Seffner —140 0–2 — — Not published
33584Seffner 28,5797,837 0–2 — — Not published
33586Sun City —36 0–2 — — Not published
33592Thonotosassa 12,3333,094 0–2 — — Not published
33594Valrico 37,3613,345 0–2 — — Not published
33595Valrico —8 0–2 — — Not published
33596Valrico 27,7573,165 0–2 — — Not published
33598Wimauma 32,8201,883 0–2 — — Not published
33601Tampa —447 0–2 — — Not published
33602Tampa 21,45241,650 0–2 — — Not published
33603Tampa 19,8695,368 0–2 — — Not published
33605Tampa 16,03019,797 0–2 — — Not published
33608Tampa —437 0–2 — — Not published
33613Tampa 37,59112,875 0–2 — — Not published
33616Tampa 15,8301,384 0–2 — — Not published
33618Tampa 27,77115,488 0–2 — — Not published
33620Tampa 7,298164 0–2 — — Not published
33621Tampa 2,3931,579 0–2 — — Not published
33622Tampa —141 0–2 — — Not published
33624Tampa 41,3467,390 0–2 — — Not published
33626Tampa 30,5759,335 0–2 — — Not published
33629Tampa 27,7108,664 0–2 — — Not published
33630Tampa —30 0–2 — — Not published
33634Tampa 21,86242,884 0–2 — — Not published
33635Tampa 19,1343,504 0–2 — — Not published
33637Tampa 17,65816,072 0–2 — — Not published
33646Tampa —63 0–2 — — Not published
33647Tampa 74,84422,948 0–2 — — Not published
33672Tampa —29 0–2 — — Not published
33673Tampa —109 0–2 — — Not published
33674Tampa —153 0–2 — — Not published
33675Tampa —217 0–2 — — Not published
33677Tampa —26 0–2 — — Not published
33679Tampa —46 0–2 — — Not published
33680Tampa —34 0–2 — — Not published
33681Tampa —18 0–2 — — Not published
33682Tampa —40 0–2 — — Not published
33684Tampa —135 0–2 — — Not published
33685Tampa —168 0–2 — — Not published
33686Tampa —12 0–2 — — Not published
33687Tampa —104 0–2 — — Not published
33688Tampa —48 0–2 — — Not published
33689Tampa —94 0–2 — — Not published
33694Tampa —27 0–2 — — Not published

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 448140 — family clothing stores. 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: 142 establishments and $89M 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 (0.69 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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