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Clay County, FL

Pick an industry to see how saturated it is across Clay County's ZIP codes, compared with the U.S. average. All figures use Census ZBP 2023 + ACS 2024.

Nail salons

31–41 in Clay County
147–166%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Beauty salons

53–63 in Clay County
103–110%
of U.S. average Above average

Dentists

74–84 in Clay County
89–94%
of U.S. average Below average

Fast food

142–150 in Clay County
86–87%
of U.S. average Below average

Clothing stores

14–32 in Clay County
81–151%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Pharmacies

20–30 in Clay County
78–94%
of U.S. average Below average

Day care

39–51 in Clay County
77–89%
of U.S. average Below average

Pet care

12–26 in Clay County
76–127%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Restaurants

117–125 in Clay County
74–75%
of U.S. average Below average

Coffee shops

38–48 in Clay County
73–80%
of U.S. average Below average

Gyms

18–30 in Clay County
71–94%
of U.S. average Below average

Car washes

8–26 in Clay County
66–164%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Grocery stores

23–33 in Clay County
60–70%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Auto repair

11–27 in Clay County
51–98%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Convenience stores

9–25 in Clay County
40–84%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Bars

7–25 in Clay County
28–76%
of U.S. average Range spans bands

Population, migration, and jobs

Population
236,760
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+8.1%
+17,804 people
Net migration 2024
+3,988
international +529, domestic +3,459
Jobs located here
57,380
LODES 2022, −0.3% since 2019
Employed residents
97,612
LODES 2022, +6.5% since 2019
Net movers (IRS)
+5,381
tax year 2021–2022: 20,459 in, 15,078 out

Population. Census estimates 236,760 residents on July 1, 2024, 8.1% above 2020 (+17,804).

Latest year (2023→2024): births minus deaths +70, international migration +529, domestic migration +3,459. These are model-based estimates built from births, deaths, and migration, revised annually — not a census count, and they can differ from the ACS 5-year figure used elsewhere on the site. Components may not sum exactly because of rounding.

Jobs. LODES counts 57,380 jobs located in the county in 2022 (−0.3% since 2019) and 97,612 employed residents (+6.5% since 2019). A job and a worker are not the same thing: the first is measured at the workplace, the second at the home address, and one person can hold two jobs. Self-employed, military, and informal work are excluded.

Where movers come from and go. IRS matched individual tax returns between 2021 and 2022. 20,459 people (exemptions) moved into Clay County, reporting $746.4M in adjusted gross income; 15,078 moved out, reporting $508.6M. Net: +5,381 people.

Largest sources: Duval, FL (6,655) · St. Johns, FL (844) · Putnam, FL (358). Largest destinations: Duval, FL (5,062) · St. Johns, FL (735) · Putnam, FL (366).

People are exemptions on matched returns — not a population estimate. Non-filers, dependents claimed elsewhere, and people whose address did not change are treated differently than in Census estimates. Tax data lag about two years.

Each source is reported at its own geography and year. None of them measures demand for a specific business type; they describe whether the local customer base and job base are expanding or shrinking. Definitions and limits →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
32043 Green Cove Springs
+29.2%
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.

ZIP change

Only ZIPs where the 2015–19→2020–24 population change is larger than the ACS margin of error and both windows have at least 2,000 residents. Sorted by population change. Jobs are LODES workplace jobs in the ZIP (2019→latest available year; 2019→2021 for Michigan, none for Alaska); a ZIP can contain more jobs than residents.

ZIPNeighborhood Residents 2015–19Residents 2020–24Pop change JobsJobs change
32043Green Cove Springs 26,74334,562 +29.2% 14,186+6.7%

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How to read these numbers

Each percentage is the county's density of that business type per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers), divided by the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

Density is a supply-side signal. It does not measure foot traffic, income, tourism, or whether locals actually want more of a given business.

BizGapMap — free, no-login small-business saturation reports for major U.S. counties. Built entirely from public U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS data (ZBP 2023, ACS 2024 5-year, PEP 2024, LODES, QCEW, IRS SOI). No forecasts, no revenue guesses — withheld cells are marked, and the few derived counts are labelled as estimates.