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Name: Bars density by ZIP code in Dallas County, TX
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How many bars 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. 134 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Bars & taverns · Pubs & brewpubs (drinking-focused) · Cocktail & wine bars · Taprooms. Counted together because official statistics use one 722410 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.59× the U.S. rate (between 0.59× and 0.91× 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. 106 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 57 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 Dallas County bars — 59–91% of the U.S. rate

217 bars are counted in Dallas County — 0.6 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 59% of the U.S. rate of 1.0.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has stayed roughly flat between 2015 and 2023 (183 → 188).

Measured supply density is highest in 75226 (Dallas), 75220 (Dallas), 75219 (Dallas) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 75043 (Garland), 75006 (Carrollton), 75228 (Dallas).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 240 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Dallas County sits at 59% of the U.S. rate for bars. 57 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 59% and 91% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 75226 and 75220; the lowest measured density is in 75043 and 75006.

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

Bars

217–429

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (106 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.6

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

1.0

per 10,000 present

County index

0.59×

vs. U.S.

Latest year (CBP)

240

2023 — $137M annual payroll

Residents

2,736,443

84 ZIPs with data

Workers

1,654,497

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

2,656,028

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+1.7%

+45,287 people

Net migration 2024

+396

international +47,564, domestic −47,168

Jobs located here

1,844,442

LODES 2022, +5.7% since 2019

Dallas County had an estimated 2,656,028 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.7% more than in 2020 (+45,287). In the latest year it gained 19,774 people: births minus deaths +19,625, international migration +47,564, domestic migration −47,168. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

1,844,442 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+5.7% since 2019), and 1,215,598 employed residents lived there (+1.8% 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

75054 Grand Prairie

+54.2%

75182 Sunnyvale

+31.8%

75146 Lancaster

+27.4%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

75223 Dallas

−19.7%

75234 Dallas

−11.3%

75081 Richardson

−9.2%

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

406

no paid employees (2024)

Receipts

$38.3M

published gross receipts

Receipts per business

$94K

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 bars 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 3% since 2015

Number of bars in Dallas 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.

183

2015

179

2018

184

2020

172

2021

185

2022

188

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

75226 Dallas

2055%

75220 Dallas

529%

75219 Dallas

423%

75206 Dallas

408%

75204 Dallas

302%

75215 Dallas

279%

75214 Dallas

233%

75208 Dallas

231%

75209 Dallas

210%

75235 Dallas

162%

75205 Dallas

120%

75229 Dallas

100%

75248 Dallas

85%

75081 Richardson

74%

75243 Dallas

70%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

75043 Garland

44%

75006 Carrollton

52%

75228 Dallas

54%

75080 Richardson

56%

75231 Dallas

57%

75211 Dallas

59%

75051 Grand Prairie

60%

75041 Garland

70%

75243 Dallas

70%

75081 Richardson

74%

75248 Dallas

85%

75229 Dallas

100%

75205 Dallas

120%

75235 Dallas

162%

75209 Dallas

210%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few bars 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	Bars	Index
75202	Dallas	Employment hub	2,892	20,173	4	306%
75247	Dallas	Destination	627	53,514	6	217%
75001	Addison	Employment hub	16,872	41,981	8	209%
75201	Dallas	Employment hub	18,345	92,848	11	168%
75039	Irving	Employment hub	24,164	61,246	0–2	—
75207	Dallas	Employment hub	8,287	20,963	0–2	—
75244	Dallas	Employment hub	13,389	34,088	0–2	—
75246	Dallas	Employment hub	2,286	15,760	0–2	—
75251	Dallas	Employment hub	3,525	16,647	0–2	—

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Bars	Per 10k	Index	Status
75226	Dallas	5,199	7,934	19	20.7	2055%	Very high density
75220	Dallas	40,239	24,378	28	5.3	529%	Very high density
75219	Dallas	23,934	27,048	16	4.3	423%	Very high density
75206	Dallas	38,909	24,358	21	4.1	408%	Very high density
75202	Dallas	2,892	20,173	4	3.1	306%	Very high density
75204	Dallas	34,666	22,553	14	3.0	302%	Very high density
75215	Dallas	18,895	4,860	6	2.8	279%	Very high density
75214	Dallas	34,274	8,104	9	2.3	233%	High density
75208	Dallas	29,367	10,015	8	2.3	231%	High density
75247	Dallas	627	53,514	6	2.2	217%	High density
75209	Dallas	14,211	9,318	4	2.1	210%	High density
75001	Addison	16,872	41,981	8	2.1	209%	High density
75201	Dallas	18,345	92,848	11	1.7	168%	High density
75235	Dallas	19,637	34,065	6	1.6	162%	High density
75205	Dallas	26,572	12,746	4	1.2	120%	Above average
75229	Dallas	33,656	31,720	5	1.0	100%	Above average
75248	Dallas	38,459	16,289	4	0.9	85%	Below average
75081	Richardson	36,544	34,121	4	0.7	74%	Below average
75243	Dallas	63,481	41,969	6	0.7	70%	Below average
75041	Garland	32,943	18,795	3	0.7	70%	Below average
75051	Grand Prairie	40,884	17,721	3	0.6	60%	Below average
75211	Dallas	73,534	21,026	5	0.6	59%	Below average
75231	Dallas	38,370	28,378	3	0.6	57%	Below average
75080	Richardson	52,569	37,229	4	0.6	56%	Below average
75228	Dallas	67,714	10,331	4	0.5	54%	Below average
75006	Carrollton	47,807	56,255	4	0.5	52%	Below average
75043	Garland	63,152	10,125	3	0.4	44%	Far below average
75011	Carrollton	—	178	0–2	—	—	Not published
75014	Irving	—	304	0–2	—	—	Not published
75015	Irving	—	272	0–2	—	—	Not published
75016	Irving	—	348	0–2	—	—	Not published
75017	Irving	—	53	0–2	—	—	Not published
75019	Coppell	44,917	61,807	0–2	—	—	Not published
75030	Rowlett	—	102	0–2	—	—	Not published
75038	Irving	32,755	42,892	0–2	—	—	Not published
75039	Irving	24,164	61,246	0–2	—	—	Not published
75040	Garland	64,606	14,086	0–2	—	—	Not published
75042	Garland	38,112	15,899	0–2	—	—	Not published
75044	Garland	47,529	4,209	0–2	—	—	Not published
75045	Garland	—	6	0–2	—	—	Not published
75046	Garland	—	34	0–2	—	—	Not published
75047	Garland	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75048	Sachse	30,993	3,336	0–2	—	—	Not published
75049	Garland	—	22	0–2	—	—	Not published
75050	Grand Prairie	44,889	41,725	0–2	—	—	Not published
75052	Grand Prairie	97,278	17,298	0–2	—	—	Not published
75053	Grand Prairie	—	1,538	0–2	—	—	Not published
75054	Grand Prairie	18,388	599	0–2	—	—	Not published
75060	Irving	47,591	8,392	0–2	—	—	Not published
75061	Irving	56,013	23,533	0–2	—	—	Not published
75062	Irving	52,116	39,024	0–2	—	—	Not published
75063	Irving	45,849	65,930	0–2	—	—	Not published
75064	Irving	—	36	0–2	—	—	Not published
75082	Richardson	29,618	50,100	0–2	—	—	Not published
75083	Richardson	—	338	0–2	—	—	Not published
75085	Richardson	—	190	0–2	—	—	Not published
75088	Rowlett	28,075	9,532	0–2	—	—	Not published
75089	Rowlett	35,619	2,376	0–2	—	—	Not published
75099	Coppell	—	29	0–2	—	—	Not published
75104	Cedar Hill	49,228	11,419	0–2	—	—	Not published
75106	Cedar Hill	—	307	0–2	—	—	Not published
75115	Desoto	56,211	14,669	0–2	—	—	Not published
75116	Duncanville	19,954	5,989	0–2	—	—	Not published
75123	Desoto	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75134	Lancaster	19,045	7,463	0–2	—	—	Not published
75137	Duncanville	19,729	4,569	0–2	—	—	Not published
75138	Duncanville	—	32	0–2	—	—	Not published
75141	Hutchins	5,703	6,760	0–2	—	—	Not published
75146	Lancaster	25,097	4,573	0–2	—	—	Not published
75149	Mesquite	58,262	18,847	0–2	—	—	Not published
75150	Mesquite	62,738	22,571	0–2	—	—	Not published
75159	Seagoville	23,456	3,286	0–2	—	—	Not published
75172	Wilmer	5,806	5,900	0–2	—	—	Not published
75180	Balch Springs	26,455	6,518	0–2	—	—	Not published
75181	Mesquite	29,788	1,704	0–2	—	—	Not published
75182	Sunnyvale	8,336	5,598	0–2	—	—	Not published
75185	Mesquite	—	64	0–2	—	—	Not published
75187	Mesquite	—	15	0–2	—	—	Not published
75203	Dallas	15,775	6,609	0–2	—	—	Not published
75207	Dallas	8,287	20,963	0–2	—	—	Not published
75210	Dallas	7,722	960	0–2	—	—	Not published
75212	Dallas	28,259	11,763	0–2	—	—	Not published
75216	Dallas	55,894	9,782	0–2	—	—	Not published
75217	Dallas	85,028	6,139	0–2	—	—	Not published
75218	Dallas	22,544	6,986	0–2	—	—	Not published
75221	Dallas	—	390	0–2	—	—	Not published
75222	Dallas	—	124	0–2	—	—	Not published
75223	Dallas	11,994	2,867	0–2	—	—	Not published
75224	Dallas	35,105	3,931	0–2	—	—	Not published
75225	Dallas	22,237	22,330	0–2	—	—	Not published
75227	Dallas	58,319	10,225	0–2	—	—	Not published
75230	Dallas	27,763	18,160	0–2	—	—	Not published
75232	Dallas	32,972	3,880	0–2	—	—	Not published
75233	Dallas	14,867	2,151	0–2	—	—	Not published
75234	Dallas	32,961	45,370	0–2	—	—	Not published
75236	Dallas	18,963	15,492	0–2	—	—	Not published
75237	Dallas	18,260	11,684	0–2	—	—	Not published
75238	Dallas	33,199	13,916	0–2	—	—	Not published
75240	Dallas	25,290	30,748	0–2	—	—	Not published
75241	Dallas	33,840	6,668	0–2	—	—	Not published
75242	Dallas	—	69	0–2	—	—	Not published
75244	Dallas	13,389	34,088	0–2	—	—	Not published
75246	Dallas	2,286	15,760	0–2	—	—	Not published
75249	Dallas	16,447	836	0–2	—	—	Not published
75250	Dallas	—	15	0–2	—	—	Not published
75251	Dallas	3,525	16,647	0–2	—	—	Not published
75253	Dallas	24,395	1,242	0–2	—	—	Not published
75254	Dallas	25,050	35,596	0–2	—	—	Not published
75260	Dallas	—	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
75261	Dallas	0	63,249	5	—	—	Not published
75265	Dallas	—	100	0–2	—	—	Not published
75266	Dallas	—	605	0–2	—	—	Not published
75270	Dallas	0	1,259	0–2	—	—	Not published
75275	Dallas	—	5,461	0–2	—	—	Not published
75313	Dallas	—	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
75315	Dallas	—	17	0–2	—	—	Not published
75320	Dallas	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
75336	Dallas	—	545	0–2	—	—	Not published
75342	Dallas	—	37	0–2	—	—	Not published
75354	Dallas	—	137	0–2	—	—	Not published
75355	Dallas	—	27	0–2	—	—	Not published
75356	Dallas	—	53	0–2	—	—	Not published
75357	Dallas	—	7	0–2	—	—	Not published
75360	Dallas	—	174	0–2	—	—	Not published
75367	Dallas	—	45	0–2	—	—	Not published
75370	Dallas	—	39	0–2	—	—	Not published
75374	Dallas	—	102	0–2	—	—	Not published
75376	Dallas	—	20	0–2	—	—	Not published
75378	Dallas	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75379	Dallas	—	96	0–2	—	—	Not published
75380	Dallas	—	57	0–2	—	—	Not published
75381	Dallas	—	89	0–2	—	—	Not published
75382	Dallas	—	54	0–2	—	—	Not published
75390	Dallas	0	6,070	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 722410 — drinking places (alcoholic beverages). Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 240 establishments and $137M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. 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 (1.01 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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