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Harris County, TX — Clothing stores Saturation

How many clothing 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. 213 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Family clothing stores · General apparel shops. Counted together because official statistics use one 448140 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.78× the U.S. rate (between 0.78× and 1.24× 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. 174 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 94 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   Harris County clothing stores — 78–124% of the U.S. rate

321 clothing stores are counted in Harris County — 0.5 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 78% of the U.S. rate of 0.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 4% between 2015 and 2023 (275 → 285). 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 77338 (Humble), 77024 (Houston), 77070 (Houston) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 77449 (Katy), 77084 (Houston), 77373 (Spring).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 439 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: Harris County sits at 78% of the U.S. rate for clothing stores. 94 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 78% and 124% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 77338 and 77024; the lowest measured density is in 77449 and 77084.

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

Clothing stores
321–669
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (174 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.5
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.7
per 10,000 present
County index
0.78×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
439
2023 — $274M annual payroll
Residents
4,866,005
133 ZIPs with data
Workers
2,159,333
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
5,009,302
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+5.8%
+273,919 people
Net migration 2024
+69,961
international +101,126, domestic −31,165
Jobs located here
2,441,590
LODES 2022, +0.2% since 2019

Harris County had an estimated 5,009,302 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.8% more than in 2020 (+273,919). In the latest year it gained 105,852 people: births minus deaths +35,833, international migration +101,126, domestic migration −31,165. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

2,441,590 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+0.2% since 2019), and 2,002,504 employed residents lived there (−0.3% 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
77493 Katy
+96.7%
77447 Hockley
+55.3%
77484 Waller
+31.9%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
77023 Houston
−16.7%
77067 Houston
−13.4%
77401 Bellaire
−11.1%

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 now groups clothing with clothing accessories (NAICS 45811); a family-clothing-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 clothing 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 — up 4% since 2015

Number of clothing stores in Harris 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.

275
2015
277
2018
282
2020
270
2021
266
2022
285
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
77338 Humble
583%
77024 Houston
548%
77070 Houston
489%
77096 Houston
442%
77433 Cypress
337%
77005 Houston
271%
77505 Pasadena
233%
77036 Houston
229%
77037 Houston
227%
77022 Houston
197%
77598 Webster
191%
77075 Houston
187%
77040 Houston
183%
77069 Houston
181%
77019 Houston
173%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
77449 Katy
30%
77084 Houston
47%
77373 Spring
59%
77082 Houston
65%
77007 Houston
73%
77388 Spring
73%
77083 Houston
75%
77077 Houston
80%
77429 Cypress
82%
77092 Houston
85%
77093 Houston
86%
77015 Houston
87%
77375 Tomball
88%
77090 Houston
90%
77044 Houston
92%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few clothing 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 ResidentsWorkersClothing storesIndex
77056Houston Employment hub 22,87756,519 52 1471%
77027Houston Employment hub 20,31741,087 12 425%
77002Houston Employment hub 21,01593,588 0–2 —
77010Houston Destination 71817,148 0–2 —
77030Houston Employment hub 13,380105,516 0–2 —
77032Houston Employment hub 12,40347,839 0–2 —
77046Houston Destination 1,79318,455 0–2 —
77507Pasadena Destination 56711,030 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersClothing stores Per 10kIndexStatus
77056Houston 22,87756,519 52 10.2 1471% Very high density
77338Humble 48,03122,996 24 4.0 583% Very high density
77024Houston 38,28860,736 26 3.8 548% Very high density
77070Houston 58,22931,546 25 3.4 489% Very high density
77096Houston 35,0328,532 12 3.1 442% Very high density
77027Houston 20,31741,087 12 2.9 425% Very high density
77433Cypress 116,55024,617 30 2.3 337% Very high density
77005Houston 28,87417,091 7 1.9 271% Very high density
77505Pasadena 23,17415,733 5 1.6 233% High density
77036Houston 71,77033,554 14 1.6 229% High density
77037Houston 19,00412,953 4 1.6 227% High density
77022Houston 25,8057,259 4 1.4 197% High density
77598Webster 26,11023,542 5 1.3 191% High density
77075Houston 40,62611,440 6 1.3 187% High density
77040Houston 50,97740,112 9 1.3 183% High density
77069Houston 20,6086,701 3 1.3 181% High density
77019Houston 23,70819,660 4 1.2 173% High density
77098Houston 17,21021,612 3 1.1 155% High density
77087Houston 34,3479,468 4 1.0 148% Above average
77076Houston 31,2226,981 3 0.9 125% Above average
77049Houston 40,4188,888 3 0.7 97% Below average
77377Tomball 41,6807,308 3 0.7 96% Below average
77065Houston 38,92615,180 3 0.6 93% Below average
77521Baytown 69,03817,772 5 0.6 93% Below average
77044Houston 58,3478,500 4 0.6 92% Below average
77090Houston 40,11015,891 3 0.6 90% Below average
77375Tomball 72,31120,055 5 0.6 88% Below average
77015Houston 58,41516,742 4 0.6 87% Below average
77093Houston 46,4078,075 3 0.6 86% Below average
77092Houston 36,93828,805 3 0.6 85% Below average
77429Cypress 96,33419,830 6 0.6 82% Below average
77077Houston 60,09824,801 4 0.6 80% Below average
77083Houston 73,2307,885 4 0.5 75% Below average
77388Spring 53,42511,272 3 0.5 73% Below average
77007Houston 47,80823,505 3 0.5 73% Below average
77082Houston 59,41214,405 3 0.5 65% Below average
77373Spring 69,7398,814 3 0.4 59% Below average
77084Houston 110,21725,157 4 0.3 47% Far below average
77449Katy 130,02827,949 3 0.2 30% Far below average
77001Houston —2,821 0–2 — — Not published
77002Houston 21,01593,588 0–2 — — Not published
77003Houston 10,1646,543 0–2 — — Not published
77004Houston 35,9978,467 0–2 — — Not published
77006Houston 24,89215,124 0–2 — — Not published
77008Houston 41,64527,449 0–2 — — Not published
77009Houston 35,7696,348 0–2 — — Not published
77010Houston 71817,148 0–2 — — Not published
77011Houston 14,9405,472 0–2 — — Not published
77012Houston 16,2863,745 0–2 — — Not published
77013Houston 18,2594,287 0–2 — — Not published
77014Houston 36,1193,561 0–2 — — Not published
77016Houston 29,8412,651 0–2 — — Not published
77017Houston 29,64011,240 0–2 — — Not published
77018Houston 31,03113,532 0–2 — — Not published
77020Houston 23,6867,182 0–2 — — Not published
77021Houston 26,1538,079 0–2 — — Not published
77023Houston 24,28111,147 0–2 — — Not published
77025Houston 29,71510,163 0–2 — — Not published
77026Houston 21,9815,868 0–2 — — Not published
77028Houston 19,1095,307 0–2 — — Not published
77029Houston 16,15416,211 0–2 — — Not published
77030Houston 13,380105,516 0–2 — — Not published
77031Houston 15,1794,294 0–2 — — Not published
77032Houston 12,40347,839 0–2 — — Not published
77033Houston 29,1545,899 0–2 — — Not published
77034Houston 36,45616,153 0–2 — — Not published
77035Houston 36,0196,007 0–2 — — Not published
77038Houston 32,63712,347 0–2 — — Not published
77039Houston 27,8628,261 0–2 — — Not published
77041Houston 33,34958,982 0–2 — — Not published
77042Houston 38,72141,072 0–2 — — Not published
77043Houston 29,04827,881 0–2 — — Not published
77045Houston 33,5635,319 0–2 — — Not published
77046Houston 1,79318,455 0–2 — — Not published
77047Houston 34,9878,514 0–2 — — Not published
77048Houston 21,1512,696 0–2 — — Not published
77050Houston 6,5661,115 0–2 — — Not published
77051Houston 19,7953,791 0–2 — — Not published
77052Houston —107 0–2 — — Not published
77054Houston 28,27226,125 0–2 — — Not published
77055Houston 45,43526,059 0–2 — — Not published
77057Houston 46,56931,327 0–2 — — Not published
77058Houston 17,85020,626 0–2 — — Not published
77059Houston 18,7673,734 0–2 — — Not published
77060Houston 45,34023,566 0–2 — — Not published
77061Houston 24,00414,494 0–2 — — Not published
77062Houston 25,5232,879 0–2 — — Not published
77063Houston 42,69017,393 0–2 — — Not published
77064Houston 49,59131,388 0–2 — — Not published
77066Houston 39,31110,036 0–2 — — Not published
77067Houston 30,49110,501 0–2 — — Not published
77068Houston 13,1894,123 0–2 — — Not published
77071Houston 27,0563,660 0–2 — — Not published
77072Houston 57,10818,771 0–2 — — Not published
77073Houston 46,08419,016 0–2 — — Not published
77074Houston 38,66023,370 0–2 — — Not published
77078Houston 14,2472,572 0–2 — — Not published
77079Houston 37,27647,984 0–2 — — Not published
77080Houston 47,6388,890 0–2 — — Not published
77081Houston 50,12914,468 0–2 — — Not published
77085Houston 16,5133,262 0–2 — — Not published
77086Houston 28,65310,113 0–2 — — Not published
77088Houston 57,0472,475 0–2 — — Not published
77089Houston 57,7417,127 0–2 — — Not published
77091Houston 28,7284,818 0–2 — — Not published
77094Houston 10,39514,374 0–2 — — Not published
77095Houston 69,76717,638 0–2 — — Not published
77099Houston 50,06416,924 0–2 — — Not published
77201Houston —43 0–2 — — Not published
77204Houston 4,579942 0–2 — — Not published
77205Houston —104 0–2 — — Not published
77206Houston —14 0–2 — — Not published
77207Houston —24 0–2 — — Not published
77208Houston —35 0–2 — — Not published
77210Houston —2,546 0–2 — — Not published
77213Houston —3 0–2 — — Not published
77215Houston —5 0–2 — — Not published
77218Houston —65 0–2 — — Not published
77219Houston —77 0–2 — — Not published
77220Houston —125 0–2 — — Not published
77221Houston —88 0–2 — — Not published
77223Houston —19 0–2 — — Not published
77224Houston —77 0–2 — — Not published
77225Houston —19 0–2 — — Not published
77226Houston —12 0–2 — — Not published
77227Houston —502 0–2 — — Not published
77229Houston —24 0–2 — — Not published
77230Houston —7 0–2 — — Not published
77231Houston —4 0–2 — — Not published
77233Houston —8 0–2 — — Not published
77234Houston —18 0–2 — — Not published
77235Houston —51 0–2 — — Not published
77236Houston —130 0–2 — — Not published
77240Houston —44 0–2 — — Not published
77241Houston —65 0–2 — — Not published
77242Houston —115 0–2 — — Not published
77243Houston —5 0–2 — — Not published
77244Houston —85 0–2 — — Not published
77245Houston —63 0–2 — — Not published
77248Houston —41 0–2 — — Not published
77249Houston —62 0–2 — — Not published
77251Houston —958 0–2 — — Not published
77252Houston —923 0–2 — — Not published
77253Houston —725 0–2 — — Not published
77254Houston —50 0–2 — — Not published
77255Houston —220 0–2 — — Not published
77256Houston —76 0–2 — — Not published
77257Houston —67 0–2 — — Not published
77258Houston —11 0–2 — — Not published
77262Houston —65 0–2 — — Not published
77263Houston —14 0–2 — — Not published
77265Houston —346 0–2 — — Not published
77266Houston —26 0–2 — — Not published
77267Houston —85 0–2 — — Not published
77268Houston —26 0–2 — — Not published
77269Houston —107 0–2 — — Not published
77270Houston —26 0–2 — — Not published
77271Houston —26 0–2 — — Not published
77272Houston —19 0–2 — — Not published
77273Houston —32 0–2 — — Not published
77274Houston —24 0–2 — — Not published
77275Houston —88 0–2 — — Not published
77277Houston —45 0–2 — — Not published
77279Houston —12 0–2 — — Not published
77280Houston —48 0–2 — — Not published
77282Houston —13 0–2 — — Not published
77284Houston —28 0–2 — — Not published
77287Houston —61 0–2 — — Not published
77288Houston —14 0–2 — — Not published
77289Houston —247 0–2 — — Not published
77290Houston —36 0–2 — — Not published
77292Houston —24 0–2 — — Not published
77293Houston —47 0–2 — — Not published
77325Kingwood —88 0–2 — — Not published
77336Huffman 14,3421,093 0–2 — — Not published
77339Kingwood 44,53814,810 0–2 — — Not published
77345Kingwood 27,9172,821 0–2 — — Not published
77346Humble 79,5389,026 0–2 — — Not published
77347Humble —197 0–2 — — Not published
77379Spring 85,19018,372 0–2 — — Not published
77383Spring —174 0–2 — — Not published
77389Spring 45,70124,787 0–2 — — Not published
77391Spring —65 0–2 — — Not published
77396Humble 61,73511,110 0–2 — — Not published
77401Bellaire 17,21311,816 0–2 — — Not published
77402Bellaire —78 0–2 — — Not published
77410Cypress —642 0–2 — — Not published
77411Alief —21 0–2 — — Not published
77413Barker —60 0–2 — — Not published
77447Hockley 25,2313,161 0–2 — — Not published
77450Katy 71,90616,474 0–2 — — Not published
77484Waller 14,34810,823 0–2 — — Not published
77491Katy —14 0–2 — — Not published
77492Katy —264 0–2 — — Not published
77493Katy 71,48412,514 0–2 — — Not published
77501Pasadena —671 0–2 — — Not published
77502Pasadena 36,3715,461 0–2 — — Not published
77503Pasadena 23,86613,968 0–2 — — Not published
77504Pasadena 25,7798,019 0–2 — — Not published
77506Pasadena 35,1147,276 0–2 — — Not published
77507Pasadena 56711,030 0–2 — — Not published
77508Pasadena —76 0–2 — — Not published
77520Baytown 36,35513,229 0–2 — — Not published
77522Baytown —2,116 0–2 — — Not published
77530Channelview 31,52711,576 0–2 — — Not published
77532Crosby 33,7804,148 0–2 — — Not published
77536Deer Park 33,17423,424 0–2 — — Not published
77547Galena Park 9,2173,973 0–2 — — Not published
77562Highlands 8,9141,788 0–2 — — Not published
77571La Porte 38,54331,722 0–2 — — Not published
77572La Porte —571 0–2 — — Not published
77586Seabrook 23,8074,640 0–2 — — Not published
77587South Houston 16,0333,391 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 448140 — family clothing stores. 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: 439 establishments and $274M 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 (0.69 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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