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Bexar County, TX — 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. 83 ZIP codes analyzed.

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

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.92× the U.S. rate (between 0.92× and 1.51× 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. 64 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 50 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   Bexar County clothing stores — 92–151% of the U.S. rate

155 clothing stores are counted in Bexar County — 0.6 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 92% of the U.S. rate of 0.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has stayed roughly flat between 2015 and 2023 (142 → 141).

Measured supply density is highest in 78256 (San Antonio), 78257 (San Antonio), 78238 (San Antonio) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 78245 (San Antonio), 78251 (San Antonio), 78250 (San Antonio).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 178 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: Bexar County sits at 92% of the U.S. rate for clothing stores. 50 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 92% and 151% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 78256 and 78257; the lowest measured density is in 78245 and 78251.

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
155–283
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (64 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.6
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.7
per 10,000 present
County index
0.92×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
178
2023 — $115M annual payroll
Residents
2,044,549
69 ZIPs with data
Workers
788,736
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
2,127,737
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+5.6%
+112,117 people
Net migration 2024
+18,294
international +15,324, domestic +2,970
Jobs located here
919,469
LODES 2022, +4.2% since 2019

Bexar County had an estimated 2,127,737 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.6% more than in 2020 (+112,117). In the latest year it gained 29,548 people: births minus deaths +11,145, international migration +15,324, domestic migration +2,970. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

919,469 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+4.2% since 2019), and 866,309 employed residents lived there (+2.6% 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
78152 Saint Hedwig
+108.2%
78252 San Antonio
+81.4%
78261 San Antonio
+59.2%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
78214 San Antonio
−19.7%
78227 San Antonio
−14.3%
78201 San Antonio
−13.1%

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 — down 1% since 2015

Number of clothing stores in Bexar 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.

142
2015
148
2018
148
2020
139
2021
136
2022
141
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
78256 San Antonio
1869%
78257 San Antonio
737%
78238 San Antonio
698%
78224 San Antonio
592%
78216 San Antonio
559%
78209 San Antonio
303%
78247 San Antonio
120%
78253 San Antonio
118%
78258 San Antonio
109%
78230 San Antonio
107%
78201 San Antonio
90%
78223 San Antonio
90%
78232 San Antonio
85%
78218 San Antonio
82%
78221 San Antonio
77%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
78245 San Antonio
43%
78251 San Antonio
58%
78250 San Antonio
70%
78221 San Antonio
77%
78218 San Antonio
82%
78232 San Antonio
85%
78223 San Antonio
90%
78201 San Antonio
90%
78230 San Antonio
107%
78258 San Antonio
109%
78253 San Antonio
118%
78247 San Antonio
120%
78209 San Antonio
303%
78216 San Antonio
559%
78224 San Antonio
592%
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
78205San Antonio Destination 1,53827,450 10 948%
78215San Antonio Employment hub 3,50612,688 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
78256San Antonio 13,4538,698 23 12.9 1869% Very high density
78205San Antonio 1,53827,450 10 6.6 948% Very high density
78257San Antonio 10,99213,340 9 5.1 737% Very high density
78238San Antonio 26,03222,529 18 4.8 698% Very high density
78224San Antonio 22,2329,271 11 4.1 592% Very high density
78216San Antonio 41,18057,443 27 3.9 559% Very high density
78209San Antonio 43,40027,895 12 2.1 303% Very high density
78247San Antonio 51,93316,760 5 0.8 120% Above average
78253San Antonio 69,2828,600 6 0.8 118% Above average
78258San Antonio 52,44828,091 5 0.8 109% Above average
78230San Antonio 41,38725,818 4 0.7 107% Above average
78201San Antonio 41,98112,885 3 0.6 90% Below average
78223San Antonio 58,98311,227 4 0.6 90% Below average
78232San Antonio 36,63628,263 3 0.6 85% Below average
78218San Antonio 39,42827,125 3 0.6 82% Below average
78221San Antonio 42,17827,803 3 0.5 77% Below average
78250San Antonio 57,3238,556 3 0.5 70% Below average
78251San Antonio 59,43530,862 3 0.4 58% Below average
78245San Antonio 96,01511,642 3 0.3 43% Far below average
78002Atascosa 7,035354 0–2 — — Not published
78023Helotes 28,4626,287 0–2 — — Not published
78054Macdona —15 0–2 — — Not published
78069Somerset 7,038293 0–2 — — Not published
78073Von Ormy 10,0881,698 0–2 — — Not published
78101Adkins 7,2671,203 0–2 — — Not published
78109Converse 63,0676,733 0–2 — — Not published
78112Elmendorf 9,7691,122 0–2 — — Not published
78148Universal City 22,1875,565 0–2 — — Not published
78150Jbsa Randolph 0341 0–2 — — Not published
78152Saint Hedwig 4,521266 0–2 — — Not published
78202San Antonio 10,2242,080 0–2 — — Not published
78203San Antonio 5,200805 0–2 — — Not published
78204San Antonio 11,9838,463 0–2 — — Not published
78206San Antonio —46 0–2 — — Not published
78207San Antonio 55,47414,917 0–2 — — Not published
78208San Antonio 3,861861 0–2 — — Not published
78210San Antonio 34,9403,882 0–2 — — Not published
78211San Antonio 30,8575,629 0–2 — — Not published
78212San Antonio 27,43717,744 0–2 — — Not published
78213San Antonio 40,52611,441 0–2 — — Not published
78214San Antonio 22,1185,361 0–2 — — Not published
78215San Antonio 3,50612,688 0–2 — — Not published
78217San Antonio 34,05529,218 0–2 — — Not published
78219San Antonio 17,92420,054 0–2 — — Not published
78220San Antonio 19,4235,655 0–2 — — Not published
78222San Antonio 26,4767,861 0–2 — — Not published
78225San Antonio 13,1041,757 0–2 — — Not published
78226San Antonio 6,5546,178 0–2 — — Not published
78227San Antonio 44,0359,904 0–2 — — Not published
78228San Antonio 56,16513,311 0–2 — — Not published
78229San Antonio 35,66444,600 0–2 — — Not published
78231San Antonio 9,7444,196 0–2 — — Not published
78233San Antonio 48,91116,432 0–2 — — Not published
78234Jbsa Ft Sam Houston 7,1493,700 0–2 — — Not published
78235San Antonio 2,3042,491 0–2 — — Not published
78236Jbsa Lackland 7,6351,916 0–2 — — Not published
78237San Antonio 37,3795,378 0–2 — — Not published
78239San Antonio 28,6093,152 0–2 — — Not published
78240San Antonio 57,92112,883 0–2 — — Not published
78242San Antonio 36,1681,572 0–2 — — Not published
78243San Antonio 23285 0–2 — — Not published
78244San Antonio 38,0926,002 0–2 — — Not published
78246San Antonio —270 0–2 — — Not published
78248San Antonio 14,4885,706 0–2 — — Not published
78249San Antonio 63,43938,532 0–2 — — Not published
78252San Antonio 21,790576 0–2 — — Not published
78254San Antonio 77,8935,612 0–2 — — Not published
78255San Antonio 17,3792,055 0–2 — — Not published
78259San Antonio 29,8269,381 0–2 — — Not published
78260San Antonio 38,0232,931 0–2 — — Not published
78261San Antonio 26,6572,548 0–2 — — Not published
78263San Antonio 4,2532,247 0–2 — — Not published
78264San Antonio 11,84111,153 0–2 — — Not published
78265San Antonio —115 0–2 — — Not published
78268San Antonio —96 0–2 — — Not published
78269San Antonio —176 0–2 — — Not published
78270San Antonio —29 0–2 — — Not published
78278San Antonio —62 0–2 — — Not published
78279San Antonio —675 0–2 — — Not published
78280San Antonio —30 0–2 — — Not published
78283San Antonio —34 0–2 — — Not published
78284San Antonio —91 0–2 — — Not published
78288San Antonio —22,342 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: 178 establishments and $115M 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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