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Suffolk County, NY — Grocery stores Saturation

Name: Grocery stores density by ZIP code in Suffolk County, NY
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How many grocery 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. 110 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Supermarkets · Grocery stores · Neighborhood food markets. Counted together because official statistics use one 445110 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 1.20× the U.S. rate (between 1.20× and 1.62× 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. 59 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 56 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 Suffolk County grocery stores — 120–162% of the U.S. rate

348 grocery stores are counted in Suffolk County — 1.9 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 120% of the U.S. rate of 1.6.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 22% between 2015 and 2023 (403 → 313). 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 11726 (Copiague), 11901 (Riverhead), 11971 (Southold) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 11727 (Coram), 11741 (Holbrook), 11757 (Lindenhurst).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 355 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Suffolk County sits at 120% of the U.S. rate for grocery stores. 56 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 120% and 162% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 11726 and 11901; the lowest measured density is in 11727 and 11741.

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

Grocery stores

348–466

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (59 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

1.9

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

1.6

per 10,000 present

County index

1.20×

vs. U.S.

Latest quarter (QCEW)

355

2026 Q1 — county total

Residents

1,444,016

105 ZIPs with data

Workers

549,149

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

1,535,909

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+0.9%

+13,734 people

Net migration 2024

+3,412

international +9,881, domestic −6,469

Jobs located here

639,110

LODES 2022, −3.7% since 2019

Suffolk County had an estimated 1,535,909 residents on July 1, 2024 — 0.9% more than in 2020 (+13,734). In the latest year it gained 6,880 people: births minus deaths +3,394, international migration +9,881, domestic migration −6,469. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

639,110 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−3.7% since 2019), and 768,254 employed residents lived there (+0.1% 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

11978 Westhampton Beach

+52.5%

11968 Southampton

+45.6%

11937 East Hampton

+35.6%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

11955 Moriches

−34.4%

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 publishes grocery stores only combined with convenience stores in this dataset, so a grocery-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 grocery 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 grocery stores in Suffolk 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.

403

2015

367

2018

339

2020

324

2021

317

2022

313

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

11726 Copiague

465%

11901 Riverhead

302%

11971 Southold

275%

11963 Sag Harbor

270%

11792 Wading River

259%

11946 Hampton Bays

253%

11769 Oakdale

227%

11755 Lake Grove

219%

11703 North Babylon

209%

11706 Bay Shore

205%

11730 East Islip

203%

11968 Southampton

200%

11738 Farmingville

187%

11778 Rocky Point

186%

11768 Northport

180%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

11727 Coram

64%

11741 Holbrook

64%

11757 Lindenhurst

66%

11787 Smithtown

74%

11763 Medford

75%

11704 West Babylon

82%

11779 Ronkonkoma

105%

11743 Huntington

110%

11784 Selden

116%

11767 Nesconset

117%

11782 Sayville

118%

11725 Commack

119%

11702 Babylon

120%

11722 Central Islip

123%

11967 Shirley

125%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few grocery 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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Grocery stores	Index
11770	Ocean Beach	Employment hub	77	181	5	19198%
11747	Melville	Employment hub	20,513	51,326	4	56%
11749	Islandia	Employment hub	3,600	8,492	0–2	—
11788	Hauppauge	Employment hub	17,374	38,054	0–2	—
11794	Stony Brook	Destination	831	11,090	0–2	—
11931	Aquebogue	Destination	27	525	0–2	—
11932	Bridgehampton	Employment hub	725	2,345	0–2	—
11972	Speonk	Employment hub	334	680	0–2	—
11973	Upton	Destination	48	2,693	0–2	—
06390	Fishers Island	Employment hub	72	273	0–2	—

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Grocery stores	Per 10k	Index	Status
11770	Ocean Beach	77	181	5	298.5	19198%	Very high density
11954	Montauk	4,223	1,424	6	12.2	782%	Very high density
11726	Copiague	21,455	4,146	17	7.2	465%	Very high density
11901	Riverhead	33,091	14,663	19	4.7	302%	Very high density
11971	Southold	6,361	1,306	3	4.3	275%	Very high density
11963	Sag Harbor	8,390	2,245	4	4.2	270%	Very high density
11792	Wading River	8,904	2,020	4	4.0	259%	Very high density
11946	Hampton Bays	15,819	3,886	7	3.9	253%	Very high density
11769	Oakdale	8,935	4,747	4	3.5	227%	High density
11755	Lake Grove	12,144	5,132	5	3.4	219%	High density
11703	North Babylon	17,187	2,515	6	3.3	209%	High density
11706	Bay Shore	68,976	24,961	26	3.2	205%	High density
11730	East Islip	14,247	3,261	5	3.1	203%	High density
11968	Southampton	15,312	8,019	6	3.1	200%	High density
11738	Farmingville	18,877	3,566	6	2.9	187%	High density
11778	Rocky Point	12,390	2,895	4	2.9	186%	High density
11768	Northport	22,030	6,010	7	2.8	180%	High density
11934	Center Moriches	9,418	2,746	3	2.8	179%	High density
11780	Saint James	15,018	6,761	5	2.7	175%	High density
11731	East Northport	29,999	6,541	9	2.7	174%	High density
11713	Bellport	9,218	3,760	3	2.7	174%	High density
11776	Port Jefferson Station	22,808	6,568	7	2.7	173%	High density
11740	Greenlawn	10,127	2,406	3	2.6	170%	High density
11729	Deer Park	27,231	13,958	9	2.6	169%	High density
11751	Islip	13,726	3,416	4	2.6	167%	High density
11772	Patchogue	45,023	15,885	13	2.5	158%	High density
11746	Huntington Station	65,747	15,647	18	2.4	157%	High density
11937	East Hampton	21,882	5,485	6	2.4	157%	High density
11777	Port Jefferson	9,396	7,308	3	2.3	148%	Above average
11950	Mastic	17,599	1,037	4	2.2	142%	Above average
11701	Amityville	29,509	13,816	8	2.2	141%	Above average
11754	Kings Park	17,565	3,544	4	2.1	133%	Above average
11795	West Islip	25,379	8,141	6	2.0	131%	Above average
11967	Shirley	27,975	5,900	6	1.9	125%	Above average
11722	Central Islip	39,033	5,933	8	1.9	123%	Above average
11702	Babylon	13,909	4,377	3	1.9	120%	Above average
11725	Commack	29,073	17,597	7	1.8	119%	Above average
11782	Sayville	14,405	3,998	3	1.8	118%	Above average
11767	Nesconset	14,964	2,970	3	1.8	117%	Above average
11784	Selden	26,244	2,999	5	1.8	116%	Above average
11743	Huntington	43,490	18,099	9	1.7	110%	Above average
11779	Ronkonkoma	38,206	21,220	8	1.6	105%	Above average
11704	West Babylon	40,706	12,470	6	1.3	82%	Below average
11763	Medford	29,973	8,428	4	1.2	75%	Below average
11787	Smithtown	34,499	18,002	5	1.1	74%	Below average
11757	Lindenhurst	44,413	8,479	5	1.0	66%	Below average
11741	Holbrook	26,667	7,137	3	1.0	64%	Below average
11727	Coram	28,495	3,558	3	1.0	64%	Below average
11747	Melville	20,513	51,326	4	0.9	56%	Below average
11705	Bayport	8,284	2,047	0–2	—	—	Not published
11707	West Babylon	—	41	0–2	—	—	Not published
11715	Blue Point	3,936	931	0–2	—	—	Not published
11716	Bohemia	9,659	16,191	0–2	—	—	Not published
11717	Brentwood	—	12,065	20	—	—	Not published
11718	Brightwaters	3,179	647	0–2	—	—	Not published
11719	Brookhaven	3,235	1,836	0–2	—	—	Not published
11720	Centereach	29,292	5,738	0–2	—	—	Not published
11721	Centerport	6,426	735	0–2	—	—	Not published
11724	Cold Spring Harbor	3,073	1,375	0–2	—	—	Not published
11733	East Setauket	17,752	5,672	0–2	—	—	Not published
11739	Great River	1,225	1,418	0–2	—	—	Not published
11742	Holtsville	13,202	5,410	0–2	—	—	Not published
11749	Islandia	3,600	8,492	0–2	—	—	Not published
11752	Islip Terrace	9,204	1,071	0–2	—	—	Not published
11764	Miller Place	12,551	2,473	0–2	—	—	Not published
11766	Mount Sinai	10,750	1,814	0–2	—	—	Not published
11786	Shoreham	6,459	830	0–2	—	—	Not published
11788	Hauppauge	17,374	38,054	0–2	—	—	Not published
11789	Sound Beach	7,369	213	0–2	—	—	Not published
11790	Stony Brook	21,074	5,569	0–2	—	—	Not published
11794	Stony Brook	831	11,090	0–2	—	—	Not published
11796	West Sayville	3,560	567	0–2	—	—	Not published
11798	Wyandanch	—	2,060	7	—	—	Not published
11930	Amagansett	842	938	0–2	—	—	Not published
11931	Aquebogue	27	525	0–2	—	—	Not published
11932	Bridgehampton	725	2,345	0–2	—	—	Not published
11933	Calverton	6,693	3,294	0–2	—	—	Not published
11935	Cutchogue	2,863	796	0–2	—	—	Not published
11939	East Marion	1,331	64	0–2	—	—	Not published
11940	East Moriches	5,819	1,860	0–2	—	—	Not published
11941	Eastport	2,814	429	0–2	—	—	Not published
11942	East Quogue	5,406	1,094	0–2	—	—	Not published
11944	Greenport	5,037	1,674	0–2	—	—	Not published
11947	Jamesport	148	230	0–2	—	—	Not published
11948	Laurel	924	177	0–2	—	—	Not published
11949	Manorville	14,563	1,815	0–2	—	—	Not published
11951	Mastic Beach	15,938	568	0–2	—	—	Not published
11952	Mattituck	5,040	1,566	0–2	—	—	Not published
11953	Middle Island	12,846	2,563	0–2	—	—	Not published
11955	Moriches	2,458	646	0–2	—	—	Not published
11956	New Suffolk	298	65	0–2	—	—	Not published
11957	Orient	1,121	177	0–2	—	—	Not published
11958	Peconic	884	384	0–2	—	—	Not published
11959	Quogue	734	666	0–2	—	—	Not published
11960	Remsenburg	830	101	0–2	—	—	Not published
11961	Ridge	12,315	843	0–2	—	—	Not published
11962	Sagaponack	712	290	0–2	—	—	Not published
11964	Shelter Island	2,906	466	0–2	—	—	Not published
11965	Shelter Island Heights	404	326	0–2	—	—	Not published
11969	Southampton	—	75	0–2	—	—	Not published
11970	South Jamesport	416	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
11972	Speonk	334	680	0–2	—	—	Not published
11973	Upton	48	2,693	0–2	—	—	Not published
11975	Wainscott	450	639	0–2	—	—	Not published
11976	Water Mill	2,952	1,097	0–2	—	—	Not published
11977	Westhampton	2,843	665	0–2	—	—	Not published
11978	Westhampton Beach	4,705	2,397	0–2	—	—	Not published
11980	Yaphank	5,855	4,113	0–2	—	—	Not published
00501	Holtsville	—	0	0–2	—	—	Not published
06390	Fishers Island	72	273	0–2	—	—	Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 445110 — supermarkets & other grocery stores. 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 355 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 (1.55 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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