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Lowest measured density of fast food in Florida

Q: What does “lowest measured density” mean for fast food?

A ZIP is listed only when Census published at least 5 fast food with paid employees, the ZIP has at least 10,000 residents, and a one-sided Poisson test finds the count statistically below the U.S. rate (p < 0.05). Index 100% is the national density per person present.

Q: Is a low-density ZIP a place to open this kind of business?

No. A low published count of fast food can mean weak demand, no suitable space, residents shopping near work, or businesses with no paid employees that Census ZBP does not count. Each line is a question to check locally, not a recommendation.

Q: Why is a state missing from this list?

A state page exists only when at least one ZIP in the counties we cover clears the same test as the radius search. We do not publish an empty list. Coverage is those counties, not the whole state.

Florida has 141 ZIP codes where published counts of fast food are statistically below the U.S. rate. Coverage is the Florida counties on this site, not the whole state. Same filters as the radius search. Census ZBP 2023 + ACS 2024.

Includes: Fast food · Quick-service restaurants · Takeout & delivery counters · Pizza delivery · Sandwich & burger chains. Counted together because official statistics use one 722513 code.

Statistically low ZIPs

141

Poisson p < 0.05

Comparable ZIPs

562

published count ≥ 5, ≥ 10,000 residents

U.S. rate

6.7

per 10,000 present

Coverage. Only the Florida counties BizGapMap covers, not the whole state. A missing state page means no ZIP there cleared the test — we do not publish an empty list.

Lowest measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A low published count can mean weak demand, no suitable space, commuters spending elsewhere, or businesses with no paid employees that ZBP does not count. Each line is a question to check locally.

False positives. The test is one-sided at 5% with no correction for looking at many ZIPs. Of 562 comparable ZIPs here, about 28 could clear the bar by chance. Small ZIPs rarely reach significance, so “not on this list” does not mean “no gap”.

ZIP codes

ZIP	City	County	Fast food	Expected	Index	Band	ZIP type	Residents	Test
34983	Port Saint Lucie	St. Lucie County	7	33.8	21%	Far below average	Residential	49,001	p < 0.001
33510	Brandon	Hillsborough	5	21.6	23%	Far below average	Residential	30,578	p < 0.001
33054	Opa Locka	Miami-Dade County	6	25.5	24%	Far below average	Residential	31,055	p < 0.001
33811	Lakeland	Polk County	7	28.9	24%	Far below average	Mixed	29,472	p < 0.001
32909	Palm Bay	Brevard County	7	28.8	24%	Far below average	Residential	41,804	p < 0.001
33967	Fort Myers	Lee County	5	20.2	25%	Far below average	Residential	28,341	p < 0.001
33487	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County	6	23.3	26%	Far below average	Mixed	20,717	p < 0.001
33579	Riverview	Hillsborough	9	33.9	27%	Far below average	Residential	49,470	p < 0.001
33598	Wimauma	Hillsborough	6	22.5	27%	Far below average	Residential	32,820	p < 0.001
33028	Pembroke Pines	Broward County	6	21.6	28%	Far below average	Residential	28,397	p < 0.001
32824	Orlando	Orange County	14	48.0	29%	Far below average	Residential	58,368	p < 0.001
33637	Tampa	Hillsborough	5	17.1	29%	Far below average	Mixed	17,658	p < 0.001
33782	Pinellas Park	Pinellas County	5	16.7	30%	Far below average	Residential	22,461	p < 0.001
33624	Tampa	Hillsborough	9	30.0	30%	Far below average	Residential	41,346	p < 0.001
33760	Clearwater	Pinellas County	6	19.8	30%	Far below average	Mixed	20,501	p < 0.001
33805	Lakeland	Polk County	8	25.2	32%	Far below average	Mixed	28,751	p < 0.001
34234	Sarasota	Sarasota County	6	18.6	32%	Far below average	Residential	22,986	p < 0.001
32825	Orlando	Orange County	15	46.2	32%	Far below average	Residential	63,698	p < 0.001
32934	Melbourne	Brevard County	5	15.3	33%	Far below average	Residential	18,564	p < 0.01
32962	Vero Beach	Indian River County	6	18.3	33%	Far below average	Residential	25,522	p < 0.001
33603	Tampa	Hillsborough	5	15.0	33%	Far below average	Residential	19,869	p < 0.01
33032	Homestead	Miami-Dade County	15	45.1	33%	Far below average	Residential	65,132	p < 0.001
34953	Port Saint Lucie	St. Lucie County	20	60.0	33%	Far below average	Residential	86,875	p < 0.001
34120	Naples	Collier County	10	29.9	33%	Far below average	Residential	42,345	p < 0.001
34275	Nokomis	Sarasota County	6	17.8	34%	Far below average	Residential	22,436	p < 0.01
33193	Miami	Miami-Dade County	11	32.4	34%	Far below average	Residential	47,494	p < 0.001
34491	Summerfield	Marion County	8	23.3	34%	Far below average	Residential	33,318	p < 0.001
34117	Naples	Collier County	5	14.4	35%	Far below average	Residential	19,923	p < 0.01
34221	Palmetto	Manatee County	15	41.8	36%	Far below average	Residential	56,208	p < 0.001
32129	Port Orange	Volusia County	6	16.7	36%	Far below average	Residential	23,195	p < 0.01
34759	Kissimmee	Polk County	11	30.5	36%	Far below average	Residential	44,568	p < 0.001
33716	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	9	24.6	37%	Far below average	Mixed	19,328	p < 0.001
33572	Apollo Beach	Hillsborough	7	19.0	37%	Far below average	Residential	26,495	p < 0.01
32779	Longwood	Seminole County	8	21.4	37%	Far below average	Residential	28,924	p < 0.001
33917	North Fort Myers	Lee County	9	23.9	38%	Far below average	Residential	33,380	p < 0.001
33418	Palm Beach Gardens	Palm Beach County	13	34.0	38%	Far below average	Residential	43,676	p < 0.001
33983	Punta Gorda	Charlotte County	5	12.9	39%	Far below average	Residential	18,471	p ≈ 0.012
33881	Winter Haven	Polk County	12	30.8	39%	Far below average	Residential	40,808	p < 0.001
33187	Miami	Miami-Dade County	5	12.8	39%	Far below average	Residential	18,174	p ≈ 0.012
33573	Sun City Center	Hillsborough	10	25.5	39%	Far below average	Residential	35,362	p < 0.001
34288	North Port	Sarasota County	5	12.6	40%	Far below average	Residential	18,231	p ≈ 0.014
34743	Kissimmee	Osceola County	11	27.6	40%	Far below average	Residential	40,030	p < 0.001
33167	Miami	Miami-Dade County	7	17.6	40%	Far below average	Residential	23,768	p < 0.01
34691	Holiday	Pasco County	6	15.0	40%	Far below average	Residential	21,232	p < 0.01
34114	Naples	Collier County	7	17.4	40%	Far below average	Residential	23,559	p < 0.01
33547	Lithia	Hillsborough	9	22.3	40%	Far below average	Residential	31,431	p < 0.01
34442	Hernando	Citrus County	5	12.3	41%	Far below average	Residential	17,281	p ≈ 0.017
34772	Saint Cloud	Osceola County	10	24.5	41%	Far below average	Residential	35,390	p < 0.001
32226	Jacksonville	Duval County	7	17.1	41%	Far below average	Residential	21,256	p < 0.01
33810	Lakeland	Polk County	16	39.0	41%	Far below average	Residential	55,137	p < 0.001
34638	Land O Lakes	Pasco County	11	26.5	41%	Far below average	Residential	37,644	p < 0.001
34951	Fort Pierce	St. Lucie County	5	12.0	42%	Far below average	Residential	17,148	p ≈ 0.020
32713	Debary	Volusia County	7	16.6	42%	Far below average	Residential	22,884	p < 0.01
33470	Loxahatchee	Palm Beach County	11	25.9	42%	Far below average	Residential	35,610	p < 0.001
34715	Clermont	Lake County	8	18.7	43%	Far below average	Residential	26,810	p < 0.01
33182	Miami	Miami-Dade County	5	11.7	43%	Far below average	Mixed	12,512	p ≈ 0.025
32653	Gainesville	Alachua County	5	11.7	43%	Far below average	Residential	15,150	p ≈ 0.025
33179	Miami	Miami-Dade County	16	37.0	43%	Far below average	Residential	51,591	p < 0.001
33177	Miami	Miami-Dade County	18	41.3	44%	Far below average	Residential	59,056	p < 0.001
33523	Dade City	Pasco County	6	13.7	44%	Far below average	Residential	19,435	p ≈ 0.017
33763	Clearwater	Pinellas County	7	15.9	44%	Far below average	Residential	21,146	p ≈ 0.011
34237	Sarasota	Sarasota County	6	13.6	44%	Far below average	Residential	17,367	p ≈ 0.019
32968	Vero Beach	Indian River County	5	11.3	44%	Far below average	Residential	15,912	p ≈ 0.032
32141	Edgewater	Volusia County	6	13.4	45%	Far below average	Residential	18,726	p ≈ 0.020
32607	Gainesville	Alachua County	12	26.8	45%	Far below average	Residential	35,720	p < 0.01
33971	Lehigh Acres	Lee County	10	22.2	45%	Far below average	Residential	30,790	p < 0.01
34240	Sarasota	Sarasota County	8	17.7	45%	Far below average	Mixed	18,774	p < 0.01
33196	Miami	Miami-Dade County	18	39.4	46%	Far below average	Residential	54,668	p < 0.001
32967	Vero Beach	Indian River County	9	19.6	46%	Far below average	Residential	27,240	p < 0.01
32778	Tavares	Lake County	9	19.4	46%	Far below average	Residential	25,042	p < 0.01
34482	Ocala	Marion County	8	17.1	47%	Far below average	Residential	22,807	p ≈ 0.012
33916	Fort Myers	Lee County	11	23.4	47%	Far below average	Mixed	27,943	p < 0.01
34472	Ocala	Marion County	12	25.3	47%	Far below average	Residential	35,851	p < 0.01
34219	Parrish	Manatee County	11	23.2	48%	Far below average	Residential	33,296	p < 0.01
32533	Cantonment	Escambia County	11	22.9	48%	Far below average	Residential	31,860	p < 0.01
34736	Groveland	Lake County	10	20.7	48%	Far below average	Residential	28,001	p < 0.01
33125	Miami	Miami-Dade County	20	41.4	48%	Far below average	Residential	56,897	p < 0.001
34473	Ocala	Marion County	9	18.5	49%	Far below average	Residential	26,813	p ≈ 0.012
33461	Lake Worth	Palm Beach County	18	36.9	49%	Far below average	Residential	49,443	p < 0.001
33327	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	8	16.3	49%	Far below average	Residential	23,203	p ≈ 0.019
33018	Hialeah	Miami-Dade County	21	42.6	49%	Far below average	Residential	57,921	p < 0.001
33428	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County	17	34.4	49%	Far below average	Residential	47,588	p < 0.001
33773	Largo	Pinellas County	8	16.0	50%	Far below average	Mixed	16,741	p ≈ 0.022
32725	Deltona	Volusia County	18	36.0	50%	Below average	Residential	51,987	p < 0.001
32128	Port Orange	Volusia County	8	15.9	50%	Below average	Residential	22,244	p ≈ 0.023
32724	Deland	Volusia County	17	33.1	51%	Below average	Residential	45,140	p < 0.01
33417	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	14	27.1	52%	Below average	Residential	38,079	p < 0.01
32907	Palm Bay	Brevard County	18	34.7	52%	Below average	Residential	49,080	p < 0.01
33319	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	20	38.6	52%	Below average	Residential	54,450	p < 0.001
33013	Hialeah	Miami-Dade County	12	23.1	52%	Below average	Residential	30,695	p < 0.01
33534	Gibsonton	Hillsborough	7	13.2	53%	Below average	Residential	17,740	p ≈ 0.049
32835	Orlando	Orange County	19	35.7	53%	Below average	Residential	49,205	p < 0.01
32738	Deltona	Volusia County	18	33.8	53%	Below average	Residential	49,368	p < 0.01
33594	Valrico	Hillsborough	14	26.0	54%	Below average	Residential	37,361	p < 0.01
33025	Hollywood	Broward County	32	59.1	54%	Below average	Residential	76,967	p < 0.001
33952	Port Charlotte	Charlotte County	14	25.7	55%	Below average	Residential	35,231	p < 0.01
33435	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	15	27.5	55%	Below average	Residential	37,833	p < 0.01
33936	Lehigh Acres	Lee County	11	19.8	55%	Below average	Residential	27,967	p ≈ 0.023
32926	Cocoa	Brevard County	10	18.0	56%	Below average	Residential	23,505	p ≈ 0.031
33029	Hollywood	Broward County	18	32.0	56%	Below average	Residential	44,070	p < 0.01
33437	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	15	26.4	57%	Below average	Residential	37,229	p ≈ 0.012
34982	Fort Pierce	St. Lucie County	13	22.9	57%	Below average	Residential	31,143	p ≈ 0.019
34205	Bradenton	Manatee County	14	24.4	57%	Below average	Residential	31,946	p ≈ 0.016
33647	Tampa	Hillsborough	33	57.6	57%	Below average	Residential	74,844	p < 0.001
34771	Saint Cloud	Osceola County	14	24.4	57%	Below average	Residential	35,257	p ≈ 0.017
33033	Homestead	Miami-Dade County	29	50.2	58%	Below average	Residential	71,458	p < 0.001
33030	Homestead	Miami-Dade County	16	27.7	58%	Below average	Residential	37,678	p ≈ 0.012
34113	Naples	Collier County	11	19.0	58%	Below average	Residential	26,056	p ≈ 0.035
33321	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	22	37.9	58%	Below average	Residential	51,216	p < 0.01
33076	Pompano Beach	Broward County	19	32.5	58%	Below average	Residential	44,922	p < 0.01
33914	Cape Coral	Lee County	19	32.4	59%	Below average	Residential	45,540	p < 0.01
34293	Venice	Sarasota County	21	35.8	59%	Below average	Residential	50,278	p < 0.01
32526	Pensacola	Escambia County	21	35.1	60%	Below average	Residential	44,680	p < 0.01
33147	Miami	Miami-Dade County	22	36.7	60%	Below average	Residential	50,419	p < 0.01
33404	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	16	26.4	61%	Below average	Mixed	30,912	p ≈ 0.021
33610	Tampa	Hillsborough	29	47.5	61%	Below average	Mixed	46,587	p < 0.01
33142	Miami	Miami-Dade County	28	45.8	61%	Below average	Residential	58,908	p < 0.01
33919	Fort Myers	Lee County	14	22.9	61%	Below average	Residential	30,412	p ≈ 0.033
33990	Cape Coral	Lee County	16	26.1	61%	Below average	Residential	34,713	p ≈ 0.023
34668	Port Richey	Pasco County	22	35.7	62%	Below average	Residential	49,442	p < 0.01
32309	Tallahassee	Leon County	15	24.3	62%	Below average	Residential	33,544	p ≈ 0.030
32712	Apopka	Orange County	22	35.4	62%	Below average	Residential	50,583	p ≈ 0.011
33884	Winter Haven	Polk County	17	27.1	63%	Below average	Residential	37,561	p ≈ 0.026
34142	Immokalee	Collier County	16	25.4	63%	Below average	Residential	35,149	p ≈ 0.033
33023	Hollywood	Broward County	33	51.4	64%	Below average	Residential	72,344	p < 0.01
33837	Davenport	Polk County	22	34.1	64%	Below average	Residential	47,389	p ≈ 0.018
34135	Bonita Springs	Lee County	24	37.1	65%	Below average	Residential	48,252	p ≈ 0.015
32506	Pensacola	Escambia County	16	24.6	65%	Below average	Residential	34,549	p ≈ 0.044
33570	Ruskin	Hillsborough	16	24.5	65%	Below average	Residential	33,319	p ≈ 0.046
32811	Orlando	Orange County	22	32.3	68%	Below average	Residential	41,475	p ≈ 0.036
32818	Orlando	Orange County	28	41.0	68%	Below average	Residential	59,114	p ≈ 0.021
34203	Bradenton	Manatee County	21	30.7	68%	Below average	Residential	40,618	p ≈ 0.042
33578	Riverview	Hillsborough	32	46.6	69%	Below average	Residential	60,651	p ≈ 0.016
33436	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	24	34.6	69%	Below average	Residential	48,743	p ≈ 0.038
32244	Jacksonville	Duval County	32	45.7	70%	Below average	Residential	63,592	p ≈ 0.021
33463	Lake Worth	Palm Beach County	33	46.5	71%	Below average	Residential	65,478	p ≈ 0.023
33064	Pompano Beach	Broward County	35	49.0	71%	Below average	Residential	64,563	p ≈ 0.022
34748	Leesburg	Lake County	27	37.6	72%	Below average	Residential	48,095	p ≈ 0.044
33415	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	28	38.6	73%	Below average	Residential	54,581	p ≈ 0.047
33015	Hialeah	Miami-Dade County	36	48.6	74%	Below average	Residential	68,891	p ≈ 0.037
33311	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	41	54.8	75%	Below average	Residential	74,898	p ≈ 0.032

Scroll the table sideways to see all columns. Sorted by measured density, lowest first.

How this is built

Who can be listed. ZIPs in the covered counties whose county has at least 15 ZIPs in our data, with at least 10,000 residents, and at least 5 published businesses in this industry. Census hides counts of 0–2; derived remainders are excluded.

Statistically low. P(X ≤ n | expected) < 0.05, where expected is the U.S. establishments-per-person-present rate times this ZIP’s demand (residents + 0.5 × jobs located here). Same definition as the index, so the percentage and the test cannot disagree. Full test →

ZIP type is jobs per resident, not zoning. A residential ZIP can look low because residents shop near work.

Questions

What does “lowest measured density” mean for fast food? A ZIP is listed only when Census published at least 5 fast food with paid employees, the ZIP has at least 10,000 residents, and a one-sided Poisson test finds the count statistically below the U.S. rate (p < 0.05). Index 100% is the national density per person present.

Is a low-density ZIP a place to open this kind of business? No. A low published count of fast food can mean weak demand, no suitable space, residents shopping near work, or businesses with no paid employees that Census ZBP does not count. Each line is a question to check locally, not a recommendation.

Why is a state missing from this list? A state page exists only when at least one ZIP in the counties we cover clears the same test as the radius search. We do not publish an empty list. Coverage is those counties, not the whole state.

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