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Bexar County, TX — Grocery stores Saturation

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. 83 ZIP codes analyzed.

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

Measured density: Well below average — 0.37× the U.S. rate (between 0.37× and 0.60× 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. 57 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 43 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

Well below the U.S. rate   Bexar County grocery stores — 37–60% of the U.S. rate

140 grocery stores are counted in Bexar County — 0.6 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 37% 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 6% between 2015 and 2023 (119 → 112). 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 78231 (San Antonio), 78204 (San Antonio), 78225 (San Antonio) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 78250 (San Antonio), 78216 (San Antonio), 78258 (San Antonio).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 153 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Bexar County sits at 37% of the U.S. rate for grocery stores. 43 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 37% and 60% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 78231 and 78204; the lowest measured density is in 78250 and 78216.

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
140–254
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (57 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.6
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
1.6
per 10,000 present
County index
0.37×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
153
2026 Q1 — county total
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 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 6% since 2015

Number of grocery 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.

119
2015
114
2018
108
2020
107
2021
112
2022
112
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
78231 San Antonio
163%
78204 San Antonio
159%
78225 San Antonio
138%
78218 San Antonio
134%
78237 San Antonio
128%
78238 San Antonio
103%
78207 San Antonio
102%
78224 San Antonio
96%
78201 San Antonio
93%
78217 San Antonio
79%
78214 San Antonio
78%
78251 San Antonio
77%
78230 San Antonio
71%
78212 San Antonio
71%
78223 San Antonio
70%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
78250 San Antonio
31%
78216 San Antonio
37%
78258 San Antonio
39%
78213 San Antonio
42%
78247 San Antonio
43%
78240 San Antonio
50%
78228 San Antonio
51%
78221 San Antonio
57%
78232 San Antonio
63%
78227 San Antonio
66%
78209 San Antonio
67%
78223 San Antonio
70%
78212 San Antonio
71%
78230 San Antonio
71%
78251 San Antonio
77%
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.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersGrocery storesIndex
78205San Antonio Destination 1,53827,450 0–2 —
78215San Antonio Employment hub 3,50612,688 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.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersGrocery stores Per 10kIndexStatus
78231San Antonio 9,7444,196 3 2.5 163% High density
78204San Antonio 11,9838,463 4 2.5 159% High density
78225San Antonio 13,1041,757 3 2.1 138% Above average
78218San Antonio 39,42827,125 11 2.1 134% Above average
78237San Antonio 37,3795,378 8 2.0 128% Above average
78238San Antonio 26,03222,529 6 1.6 103% Above average
78207San Antonio 55,47414,917 10 1.6 102% Above average
78224San Antonio 22,2329,271 4 1.5 96% Below average
78201San Antonio 41,98112,885 7 1.4 93% Below average
78217San Antonio 34,05529,218 6 1.2 79% Below average
78214San Antonio 22,1185,361 3 1.2 78% Below average
78251San Antonio 59,43530,862 9 1.2 77% Below average
78230San Antonio 41,38725,818 6 1.1 71% Below average
78212San Antonio 27,43717,744 4 1.1 71% Below average
78223San Antonio 58,98311,227 7 1.1 70% Below average
78209San Antonio 43,40027,895 6 1.0 67% Below average
78227San Antonio 44,0359,904 5 1.0 66% Below average
78232San Antonio 36,63628,263 5 1.0 63% Below average
78221San Antonio 42,17827,803 5 0.9 57% Below average
78228San Antonio 56,16513,311 5 0.8 51% Below average
78240San Antonio 57,92112,883 5 0.8 50% Far below average
78247San Antonio 51,93316,760 4 0.7 43% Far below average
78213San Antonio 40,52611,441 3 0.6 42% Far below average
78258San Antonio 52,44828,091 4 0.6 39% Far below average
78216San Antonio 41,18057,443 4 0.6 37% Far below average
78250San Antonio 57,3238,556 3 0.5 31% 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
78205San Antonio 1,53827,450 0–2 — — Not published
78206San Antonio —46 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
78215San Antonio 3,50612,688 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
78226San Antonio 6,5546,178 0–2 — — Not published
78229San Antonio 35,66444,600 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
78239San Antonio 28,6093,152 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
78245San Antonio 96,01511,642 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
78253San Antonio 69,2828,600 0–2 — — Not published
78254San Antonio 77,8935,612 0–2 — — Not published
78255San Antonio 17,3792,055 0–2 — — Not published
78256San Antonio 13,4538,698 0–2 — — Not published
78257San Antonio 10,99213,340 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 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 153 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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