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Dutchess County, NY — 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. 36 ZIP codes analyzed.

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

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.71× the U.S. rate (between 0.71× and 3.30× 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. 34 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 31 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   Dutchess County clothing stores — 71–330% of the U.S. rate

17 clothing stores are counted in Dutchess County — 0.5 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 71% of the U.S. rate of 0.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 22% between 2015 and 2023 (18 → 14). 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 12601 (Poughkeepsie), 12508 (Beacon) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 12508 (Beacon), 12601 (Poughkeepsie).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 24 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: Dutchess County sits at 71% of the U.S. rate for clothing stores. 31 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 71% and 330% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 12601 and 12508; the lowest measured density is in 12508 and 12601.

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
17–85
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (34 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.5
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.7
per 10,000 present
County index
0.71×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
24
2023 — $8M annual payroll
Residents
300,448
33 ZIPs with data
Workers
91,489
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
299,963
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+4,050 people
Net migration 2024
+1,741
international +1,707, domestic +34
Jobs located here
109,709
LODES 2022, −4.9% since 2019

Dutchess County had an estimated 299,963 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.4% more than in 2020 (+4,050). In the latest year it gained 1,739 people: births minus deaths −8, international migration +1,707, domestic migration +34. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

109,709 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−4.9% since 2019), and 133,387 employed residents lived there (−2.0% 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 →

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 — down 22% since 2015

Number of clothing stores in Dutchess 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.

18
2015
16
2018
16
2020
17
2021
16
2022
14
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
12601 Poughkeepsie
354%
12508 Beacon
204%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
12508 Beacon
204%
12601 Poughkeepsie
354%
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
12504Annandale On Hudson Employment hub 9613,286 0–2 —

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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
12601Poughkeepsie 44,16426,203 14 2.4 354% Very high density
12508Beacon 19,5663,404 3 1.4 204% High density
12501Amenia 2,476728 0–2 — — Not published
12504Annandale On Hudson 9613,286 0–2 — — Not published
12506Bangall —28 0–2 — — Not published
12507Barrytown 22748 0–2 — — Not published
12510Billings —22 0–2 — — Not published
12514Clinton Corners 3,107171 0–2 — — Not published
12522Dover Plains 4,959796 0–2 — — Not published
12524Fishkill 15,0268,292 0–2 — — Not published
12527Glenham 4022 0–2 — — Not published
12531Holmes 2,337475 0–2 — — Not published
12533Hopewell Junction 27,3255,847 0–2 — — Not published
12538Hyde Park 14,3913,022 0–2 — — Not published
12540Lagrangeville 8,8561,858 0–2 — — Not published
12545Millbrook 4,3381,864 0–2 — — Not published
12546Millerton 2,706992 0–2 — — Not published
12564Pawling 7,7341,610 0–2 — — Not published
12567Pine Plains 2,695357 0–2 — — Not published
12569Pleasant Valley 9,8371,177 0–2 — — Not published
12570Poughquag 6,698433 0–2 — — Not published
12571Red Hook 10,1082,223 0–2 — — Not published
12572Rhinebeck 8,8694,634 0–2 — — Not published
12574Rhinecliff 61984 0–2 — — Not published
12578Salt Point 2,249509 0–2 — — Not published
12580Staatsburg 4,5421,052 0–2 — — Not published
12581Stanfordville 1,914245 0–2 — — Not published
12582Stormville 5,786332 0–2 — — Not published
12583Tivoli 1,994268 0–2 — — Not published
12585Verbank 1,144103 0–2 — — Not published
12590Wappingers Falls 35,7128,213 0–2 — — Not published
12592Wassaic 1,226182 0–2 — — Not published
12594Wingdale 4,222555 0–2 — — Not published
12602Poughkeepsie —67 0–2 — — Not published
12603Poughkeepsie 42,3049,339 0–2 — — Not published
12604Poughkeepsie 2,3163,165 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: 24 establishments and $8M 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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