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Oklahoma County, OK — Fast food Saturation

How many fast food 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. 74 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Fast food · Quick-service restaurants · Takeout & delivery counters · Pizza delivery · Sandwich & burger chains. Counted together because official statistics use one 722513 code.

Measured density: Above average — 1.10× the U.S. rate (between 1.10× and 1.14× 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, 14 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

In line with the U.S. rate   Oklahoma County fast food — 110–114% of the U.S. rate

787 fast food are counted in Oklahoma County — 7.4 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 110% of the U.S. rate of 6.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 12% between 2015 and 2023 (699 → 781). 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 73134 (Oklahoma City), 73103 (Oklahoma City), 73110 (Oklahoma City) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 73012 (Edmond), 73008 (Bethany), 73135 (Oklahoma City).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 771 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Oklahoma County sits at 110% of the U.S. rate for fast food. 14 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 110% and 114% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 73134 and 73103; the lowest measured density is in 73012 and 73008.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing fast food 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.

Fast food
787–855
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (34 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
7.4
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
6.7
per 10,000 present
County index
1.10×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
771
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
859,845
54 ZIPs with data
Workers
417,131
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
816,490
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+2.3%
+18,207 people
Net migration 2024
+2,286
international +3,972, domestic −1,686
Jobs located here
466,391
LODES 2022, +1.3% since 2019

Oklahoma County had an estimated 816,490 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.3% more than in 2020 (+18,207). In the latest year it gained 5,394 people: births minus deaths +3,111, international migration +3,972, domestic migration −1,686. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

466,391 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+1.3% since 2019), and 326,437 employed residents lived there (−1.7% 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
73104 Oklahoma City
+51.0%
73179 Oklahoma City
+49.2%
73173 Oklahoma City
+45.2%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

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
172
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$10.3M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$60K
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 fast food 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 12% since 2015

Number of fast food in Oklahoma 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.

699
2015
786
2018
782
2020
772
2021
787
2022
781
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
73134 Oklahoma City
409%
73103 Oklahoma City
261%
73110 Oklahoma City
199%
73139 Oklahoma City
187%
73122 Oklahoma City
185%
73115 Oklahoma City
183%
73116 Oklahoma City
177%
73142 Oklahoma City
155%
73003 Edmond
148%
73045 Harrah
147%
73130 Oklahoma City
144%
73132 Oklahoma City
140%
73118 Oklahoma City
132%
73034 Edmond
131%
73105 Oklahoma City
122%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
73012 Edmond
34%
73008 Bethany
63%
73135 Oklahoma City
66%
73108 Oklahoma City
70%
73129 Oklahoma City
72%
73114 Oklahoma City
73%
73119 Oklahoma City
73%
73020 Choctaw
78%
73127 Oklahoma City
90%
73162 Oklahoma City
91%
73013 Edmond
96%
73109 Oklahoma City
98%
73106 Oklahoma City
102%
73107 Oklahoma City
105%
73112 Oklahoma City
106%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few fast food 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 ResidentsWorkersFast foodIndex
73128Oklahoma City Employment hub 6,28113,906 22 249%
73102Oklahoma City Employment hub 3,81221,353 11 114%
73104Oklahoma City Employment hub 3,69217,044 9 110%
73179Oklahoma City Employment hub 8,53217,370 3 26%

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersFast food Per 10kIndexStatus
73134Oklahoma City 7,52214,978 41 27.3 409% Very high density
73141Oklahoma City 3,5621,291 9 21.4 321% Very high density
73103Oklahoma City 5,4866,262 15 17.4 261% Very high density
73128Oklahoma City 6,28113,906 22 16.6 249% High density
73110Oklahoma City 32,34810,596 50 13.3 199% High density
73139Oklahoma City 17,9209,001 28 12.5 187% High density
73122Oklahoma City 12,6352,325 17 12.3 185% High density
73115Oklahoma City 20,2253,708 27 12.2 183% High density
73116Oklahoma City 10,21111,690 19 11.8 177% High density
73142Oklahoma City 17,5485,538 21 10.3 155% High density
73003Edmond 23,2366,201 26 9.9 148% Above average
73045Harrah 11,5171,521 12 9.8 147% Above average
73130Oklahoma City 21,4762,948 22 9.6 144% Above average
73132Oklahoma City 27,83410,523 31 9.4 140% Above average
73118Oklahoma City 14,26221,514 22 8.8 132% Above average
73034Edmond 48,83116,804 50 8.7 131% Above average
73105Oklahoma City 5,9007,843 8 8.1 122% Above average
73149Oklahoma City 6,0315,557 7 7.9 119% Above average
73120Oklahoma City 35,55925,834 38 7.8 117% Above average
73102Oklahoma City 3,81221,353 11 7.6 114% Above average
73104Oklahoma City 3,69217,044 9 7.4 110% Above average
73159Oklahoma City 31,44713,495 28 7.3 110% Above average
73111Oklahoma City 10,7273,228 9 7.3 109% Above average
73112Oklahoma City 30,37224,001 30 7.1 106% Above average
73107Oklahoma City 25,79111,265 22 7.0 105% Above average
73106Oklahoma City 12,14010,966 12 6.8 102% Above average
73109Oklahoma City 21,3786,201 16 6.5 98% Below average
73013Edmond 58,02321,259 44 6.4 96% Below average
73162Oklahoma City 28,7285,035 19 6.1 91% Below average
73127Oklahoma City 25,86514,972 20 6.0 90% Below average
73131Oklahoma City 3,8453,655 3 5.3 79% Below average
73020Choctaw 25,6452,593 14 5.2 78% Below average
73119Oklahoma City 30,3984,580 16 4.9 73% Below average
73114Oklahoma City 17,65614,247 12 4.8 73% Below average
73129Oklahoma City 20,01410,089 12 4.8 72% Below average
73108Oklahoma City 14,91912,904 10 4.7 70% Below average
73135Oklahoma City 22,0226,237 11 4.4 66% Below average
73008Bethany 21,4724,771 10 4.2 63% Below average
73012Edmond 46,9933,127 11 2.3 34% Far below average
73179Oklahoma City 8,53217,370 3 1.7 26% Far below average
73007Arcadia 3,170328 0–2 — — Not published
73025Edmond 16,9141,358 0–2 — — Not published
73049Jones 7,407783 0–2 — — Not published
73054Luther 4,702369 0–2 — — Not published
73066Nicoma Park 249377 0–2 — — Not published
73083Edmond —273 0–2 — — Not published
73084Spencer 6,641468 0–2 — — Not published
73097Wheatland 17829 0–2 — — Not published
73101Oklahoma City —3,193 0–2 — — Not published
73113Oklahoma City —256 0–2 — — Not published
73117Oklahoma City 6,2252,162 0–2 — — Not published
73121Oklahoma City 3,0751,272 0–2 — — Not published
73123Oklahoma City —165 0–2 — — Not published
73125Oklahoma City —687 0–2 — — Not published
73126Oklahoma City —210 0–2 — — Not published
73136Oklahoma City —61 0–2 — — Not published
73137Oklahoma City —132 0–2 — — Not published
73140Oklahoma City —391 0–2 — — Not published
73143Oklahoma City —111 0–2 — — Not published
73144Oklahoma City —44 0–2 — — Not published
73145Oklahoma City 3,612994 0–2 — — Not published
73146Oklahoma City —207 0–2 — — Not published
73147Oklahoma City —206 0–2 — — Not published
73148Oklahoma City —190 0–2 — — Not published
73150Oklahoma City 5,688470 0–2 — — Not published
73151Oklahoma City 2,254146 0–2 — — Not published
73152Oklahoma City —14 0–2 — — Not published
73154Oklahoma City —111 0–2 — — Not published
73155Oklahoma City —59 0–2 — — Not published
73156Oklahoma City —156 0–2 — — Not published
73157Oklahoma City —77 0–2 — — Not published
73169Oklahoma City 3,095750 0–2 — — Not published
73172Oklahoma City —148 0–2 — — Not published
73173Oklahoma City 4,7801,193 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in Oklahoma City

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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 722513 — limited-service restaurants. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 771 establishments county-wide for this industry. 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 (6.67 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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