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San Joaquin County, CA — Nail salons Saturation

How many nail salons 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. 40 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Nail salons · Manicure & pedicure studios. Counted together because official statistics use one 812113 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 1.44× the U.S. rate (between 1.44× and 1.93× 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. 26 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 19 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   San Joaquin County nail salons — 144–193% of the U.S. rate

112 nail salons are counted in San Joaquin County — 1.2 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 144% of the U.S. rate of 0.9.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 43% between 2015 and 2023 (68 → 97). 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 95207 (Stockton), 95212 (Stockton), 95242 (Lodi) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 95206 (Stockton), 95209 (Stockton), 95337 (Manteca).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 133 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: San Joaquin County sits at 144% of the U.S. rate for nail salons. 19 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 144% and 193% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 95207 and 95212; the lowest measured density is in 95206 and 95209.

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

Nail salons
112–164
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (26 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.2
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.9
per 10,000 present
County index
1.44×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
133
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
796,477
33 ZIPs with data
Workers
232,266
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
816,108
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+4.5%
+35,432 people
Net migration 2024
+7,486
international +7,528, domestic −42
Jobs located here
280,616
LODES 2022, +12.4% since 2019

San Joaquin County had an estimated 816,108 residents on July 1, 2024 — 4.5% more than in 2020 (+35,432). In the latest year it gained 10,199 people: births minus deaths +2,674, international migration +7,528, domestic migration −42. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

280,616 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+12.4% since 2019), and 329,516 employed residents lived there (+9.1% 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
95330 Lathrop
+55.5%
95391 Tracy
+27.0%
95337 Manteca
+24.4%
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
389
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$9.2M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$24K
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 nail salons 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 43% since 2015

Number of nail salons in San Joaquin 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.

68
2015
67
2018
76
2020
84
2021
91
2022
97
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
95207 Stockton
444%
95212 Stockton
349%
95242 Lodi
290%
95210 Stockton
286%
95366 Ripon
273%
95336 Manteca
247%
95240 Lodi
237%
95304 Tracy
220%
95376 Tracy
169%
95204 Stockton
134%
95330 Lathrop
115%
95337 Manteca
87%
95209 Stockton
72%
95206 Stockton
46%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
95206 Stockton
46%
95209 Stockton
72%
95337 Manteca
87%
95330 Lathrop
115%
95204 Stockton
134%
95376 Tracy
169%
95304 Tracy
220%
95240 Lodi
237%
95336 Manteca
247%
95366 Ripon
273%
95210 Stockton
286%
95242 Lodi
290%
95212 Stockton
349%
95207 Stockton
444%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few nail salons 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 ResidentsWorkersNail salonsIndex
95211Stockton Employment hub 7651,885 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersNail salons Per 10kIndexStatus
95207Stockton 52,41416,922 23 3.8 444% Very high density
95212Stockton 28,4373,711 9 3.0 349% Very high density
95242Lodi 28,4277,950 8 2.5 290% Very high density
95210Stockton 41,5497,535 11 2.4 286% Very high density
95366Ripon 18,9545,188 5 2.3 273% Very high density
95336Manteca 50,18513,731 12 2.1 247% High density
95240Lodi 50,51717,954 12 2.0 237% High density
95304Tracy 15,84121,820 5 1.9 220% High density
95376Tracy 54,48816,349 9 1.4 169% High density
95204Stockton 31,0357,912 4 1.1 134% Above average
95330Lathrop 35,39511,344 4 1.0 115% Above average
95337Manteca 48,73110,123 4 0.7 87% Below average
95209Stockton 47,4093,485 3 0.6 72% Below average
95206Stockton 68,55817,888 3 0.4 46% Far below average
95201Stockton —153 0–2 — — Not published
95202Stockton 7,0665,977 0–2 — — Not published
95203Stockton 15,9304,381 0–2 — — Not published
95205Stockton 39,6089,910 0–2 — — Not published
95208Stockton —83 0–2 — — Not published
95211Stockton 7651,885 0–2 — — Not published
95213Stockton —214 0–2 — — Not published
95215Stockton 24,84711,847 0–2 — — Not published
95219Stockton 31,7139,951 0–2 — — Not published
95220Acampo 7,9311,102 0–2 — — Not published
95227Clements 910148 0–2 — — Not published
95230Farmington 403231 0–2 — — Not published
95231French Camp 3,8965,235 0–2 — — Not published
95236Linden 4,490903 0–2 — — Not published
95237Lockeford 3,639704 0–2 — — Not published
95241Lodi —66 0–2 — — Not published
95253Victor 60917 0–2 — — Not published
95258Woodbridge 4,144334 0–2 — — Not published
95267Stockton —16 0–2 — — Not published
95269Stockton —15 0–2 — — Not published
95320Escalon 13,5002,087 0–2 — — Not published
95377Tracy 37,73914,361 0–2 — — Not published
95378Tracy —233 0–2 — — Not published
95385Vernalis 602160 0–2 — — Not published
95391Tracy 25,574875 0–2 — — Not published
95686Thornton 1,171246 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in Tracy

The numbers above tell you how the market looks. To find a specific storefront, these marketplaces list available retail space for lease.

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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 812113 — nail salons. 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 133 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 (0.85 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

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