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Brevard County, FL — Gas stations Saturation

How many gas stations 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. 44 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Gas stations with a convenience store · Fuel + mart locations. Counted together because official statistics use one 447110 code.

Measured density: Above average — 1.15× the U.S. rate (between 1.15× and 1.23× 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. 23 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 7 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

Above the U.S. rate   Brevard County gas stations — 115–123% of the U.S. rate

200 gas stations are counted in Brevard County — 2.7 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 115% of the U.S. rate of 2.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 8% between 2015 and 2023 (217 → 200). 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 32922 (Cocoa), 32951 (Melbourne Beach), 32937 (Satellite Beach) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 32927 (Cocoa), 32907 (Palm Bay), 32909 (Palm Bay).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 205 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: Brevard County sits at 115% of the U.S. rate for gas stations. 7 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 115% and 123% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 32922 and 32951; the lowest measured density is in 32927 and 32907.

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

Gas stations
200–246
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (23 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
2.7
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
2.4
per 10,000 present
County index
1.15×
vs. U.S.
Latest year (CBP)
205
2023 — $42M annual payroll
Residents
633,463
28 ZIPs with data
Workers
195,669
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
658,447
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+8.2%
+49,655 people
Net migration 2024
+14,804
international +3,720, domestic +11,084
Jobs located here
230,479
LODES 2022, +5.2% since 2019

Brevard County had an estimated 658,447 residents on July 1, 2024 — 8.2% more than in 2020 (+49,655). In the latest year it gained 11,742 people: births minus deaths −3,021, international migration +3,720, domestic migration +11,084. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

230,479 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+5.2% since 2019), and 255,373 employed residents lived there (+5.5% 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
32949 Grant
+47.3%
32909 Palm Bay
+33.8%
32940 Melbourne
+22.7%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
32920 Cape Canaveral
−2.7%

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 gasoline stations only as a broader 2022 grouping (NAICS 4571) that also includes other fuel retailers, so a convenience-store-gas-station-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 gas stations 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 8% since 2015

Number of gas stations in Brevard 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.

217
2015
237
2018
224
2020
209
2021
206
2022
200
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32922 Cocoa
273%
32951 Melbourne Beach
178%
32937 Satellite Beach
177%
32926 Cocoa
172%
32754 Mims
169%
32780 Titusville
160%
32904 Melbourne
148%
32796 Titusville
148%
32920 Cape Canaveral
148%
32905 Palm Bay
142%
32955 Rockledge
132%
32953 Merritt Island
131%
32935 Melbourne
120%
32952 Merritt Island
119%
32901 Melbourne
108%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32927 Cocoa
56%
32907 Palm Bay
65%
32909 Palm Bay
68%
32931 Cocoa Beach
73%
32934 Melbourne
92%
32940 Melbourne
105%
32901 Melbourne
108%
32952 Merritt Island
119%
32935 Melbourne
120%
32953 Merritt Island
131%
32955 Rockledge
132%
32905 Palm Bay
142%
32920 Cape Canaveral
148%
32796 Titusville
148%
32904 Melbourne
148%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few gas stations 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.

All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersGas stations Per 10kIndexStatus
32922Cocoa 14,7004,558 11 6.5 273% Very high density
32951Melbourne Beach 11,2991,105 5 4.2 178% High density
32937Satellite Beach 27,8366,361 13 4.2 177% High density
32926Cocoa 23,5056,862 11 4.1 172% High density
32754Mims 12,011946 5 4.0 169% High density
32780Titusville 40,0649,602 17 3.8 160% High density
32904Melbourne 37,24122,135 17 3.5 148% Above average
32796Titusville 20,2225,077 8 3.5 148% Above average
32920Cape Canaveral 10,0058,572 5 3.5 148% Above average
32905Palm Bay 24,7929,869 10 3.4 142% Above average
32955Rockledge 41,00814,066 15 3.1 132% Above average
32953Merritt Island 24,7598,213 9 3.1 131% Above average
32935Melbourne 41,96514,193 14 2.9 120% Above average
32952Merritt Island 21,6136,282 7 2.8 119% Above average
32901Melbourne 28,92328,047 11 2.6 108% Above average
32940Melbourne 51,72717,451 15 2.5 105% Above average
32934Melbourne 18,5648,632 5 2.2 92% Below average
32931Cocoa Beach 14,1746,225 3 1.7 73% Below average
32909Palm Bay 41,8042,720 7 1.6 68% Below average
32907Palm Bay 49,0806,010 8 1.5 65% Below average
32927Cocoa 29,2192,252 4 1.3 56% Below average
32781Titusville —55 0–2 — — Not published
32815Orlando —1,357 0–2 — — Not published
32899Orlando 02,694 0–2 — — Not published
32902Melbourne —89 0–2 — — Not published
32903Indialantic 13,8362,927 0–2 — — Not published
32906Palm Bay —19 0–2 — — Not published
32908Palm Bay 16,535383 0–2 — — Not published
32910Palm Bay —23 0–2 — — Not published
32911Palm Bay —28 0–2 — — Not published
32912Melbourne —5 0–2 — — Not published
32919Melbourne —4,680 0–2 — — Not published
32923Cocoa —117 0–2 — — Not published
32924Cocoa —11 0–2 — — Not published
32925Patrick Afb 1,6441,133 0–2 — — Not published
32932Cocoa Beach —38 0–2 — — Not published
32936Melbourne —170 0–2 — — Not published
32941Melbourne —31 0–2 — — Not published
32949Grant 3,636221 0–2 — — Not published
32950Malabar 4,1321,373 0–2 — — Not published
32954Merritt Island —33 0–2 — — Not published
32956Rockledge —752 0–2 — — Not published
32959Sharpes 134 0–2 — — Not published
32976Sebastian 9,156450 0–2 — — Not published

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns.

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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 447110 — gasoline stations with convenience 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: 205 establishments and $42M 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 (2.37 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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