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Lowest measured density of restaurants in Florida

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

A ZIP is listed only when Census published at least 5 restaurants 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 restaurants 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 We do not publish an empty list.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 145 ZIP codes where published counts of restaurants 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: Sit-down restaurants with table service · Mexican, Chinese, Italian and other cuisines · Steakhouses and seafood restaurants. Census publishes one 6-digit code (722511) and does not split these types. The density index uses that one count.

Statistically low ZIPs

145

Poisson p < 0.05

Comparable ZIPs

543

published count ≥ 5, ≥ 10,000 residents

U.S. rate

6.4

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 A missing state page means no ZIP there cleared the test — we do not publish an empty list.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 543 comparable ZIPs here, about 27 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	Restaurants	Expected	Index	Band	ZIP type	Residents	Test
32738	Deltona	Volusia County	5	32.3	15%	Far below average	Residential	49,368	p < 0.001
34472	Ocala	Marion County	5	24.2	21%	Far below average	Residential	35,851	p < 0.001
33805	Lakeland	Polk County	5	24.1	21%	Far below average	Mixed	28,751	p < 0.001
32825	Orlando	Orange County	10	44.2	23%	Far below average	Residential	63,698	p < 0.001
33150	Miami	Miami-Dade County	5	21.3	23%	Far below average	Residential	30,974	p < 0.001
32824	Orlando	Orange County	11	46.0	24%	Far below average	Residential	58,368	p < 0.001
33579	Riverview	Hillsborough	8	32.5	25%	Far below average	Residential	49,470	p < 0.001
33136	Miami	Miami-Dade County	5	20.3	25%	Far below average	Mixed	16,545	p < 0.001
32909	Palm Bay	Brevard County	7	27.6	25%	Far below average	Residential	41,804	p < 0.001
32967	Vero Beach	Indian River County	5	18.8	27%	Far below average	Residential	27,240	p < 0.001
32539	Crestview	Okaloosa County	6	22.5	27%	Far below average	Residential	33,290	p < 0.001
33884	Winter Haven	Polk County	7	26.0	27%	Far below average	Residential	37,561	p < 0.001
33032	Homestead	Miami-Dade County	12	43.2	28%	Far below average	Residential	65,132	p < 0.001
32725	Deltona	Volusia County	10	34.4	29%	Far below average	Residential	51,987	p < 0.001
33325	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	7	24.0	29%	Far below average	Residential	32,399	p < 0.001
33810	Lakeland	Polk County	11	37.3	29%	Far below average	Residential	55,137	p < 0.001
34771	Saint Cloud	Osceola County	7	23.3	30%	Far below average	Residential	35,257	p < 0.001
34736	Groveland	Lake County	6	19.8	30%	Far below average	Residential	28,001	p < 0.001
34759	Kissimmee	Polk County	9	29.2	31%	Far below average	Residential	44,568	p < 0.001
32211	Jacksonville	Duval County	8	25.4	31%	Far below average	Residential	36,762	p < 0.001
34491	Summerfield	Marion County	7	22.3	31%	Far below average	Residential	33,318	p < 0.001
34219	Parrish	Manatee County	7	22.2	32%	Far below average	Residential	33,296	p < 0.001
33763	Clearwater	Pinellas County	5	15.2	33%	Far below average	Residential	21,146	p < 0.01
33610	Tampa	Hillsborough	15	45.5	33%	Far below average	Mixed	46,587	p < 0.001
34743	Kissimmee	Osceola County	9	26.5	34%	Far below average	Residential	40,030	p < 0.001
34983	Port Saint Lucie	St. Lucie County	11	32.3	34%	Far below average	Residential	49,001	p < 0.001
33147	Miami	Miami-Dade County	12	35.2	34%	Far below average	Residential	50,419	p < 0.001
33177	Miami	Miami-Dade County	14	39.5	35%	Far below average	Residential	59,056	p < 0.001
33193	Miami	Miami-Dade County	11	31.0	35%	Far below average	Residential	47,494	p < 0.001
32526	Pensacola	Escambia County	12	33.6	36%	Far below average	Residential	44,680	p < 0.001
32907	Palm Bay	Brevard County	12	33.3	36%	Far below average	Residential	49,080	p < 0.001
33470	Loxahatchee	Palm Beach County	9	24.8	36%	Far below average	Residential	35,610	p < 0.001
33637	Tampa	Hillsborough	6	16.4	37%	Far below average	Mixed	17,658	p < 0.01
34482	Ocala	Marion County	6	16.4	37%	Far below average	Residential	22,807	p < 0.01
33179	Miami	Miami-Dade County	13	35.4	37%	Far below average	Residential	51,591	p < 0.001
33461	Lake Worth	Palm Beach County	13	35.4	37%	Far below average	Residential	49,443	p < 0.001
33823	Auburndale	Polk County	11	29.9	37%	Far below average	Residential	41,779	p < 0.001
34142	Immokalee	Collier County	9	24.3	37%	Far below average	Residential	35,149	p < 0.001
33881	Winter Haven	Polk County	11	29.5	37%	Far below average	Residential	40,808	p < 0.001
33547	Lithia	Hillsborough	8	21.3	37%	Far below average	Residential	31,431	p < 0.001
32277	Jacksonville	Duval County	9	23.9	38%	Far below average	Residential	36,338	p < 0.001
33068	Pompano Beach	Broward County	14	36.4	38%	Far below average	Residential	54,439	p < 0.001
33315	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	6	15.5	39%	Far below average	Mixed	13,645	p < 0.01
33028	Pembroke Pines	Broward County	8	20.6	39%	Far below average	Residential	28,397	p < 0.01
32962	Vero Beach	Indian River County	7	17.5	40%	Far below average	Residential	25,522	p < 0.01
33311	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	21	52.4	40%	Far below average	Residential	74,898	p < 0.001
34465	Beverly Hills	Citrus County	5	12.4	40%	Far below average	Residential	18,879	p ≈ 0.016
33033	Homestead	Miami-Dade County	20	48.1	42%	Far below average	Residential	71,458	p < 0.001
34120	Naples	Collier County	12	28.7	42%	Far below average	Residential	42,345	p < 0.001
33056	Miami Gardens	Miami-Dade County	11	26.2	42%	Far below average	Residential	37,890	p < 0.001
33760	Clearwater	Pinellas County	8	18.9	42%	Far below average	Mixed	20,501	p < 0.01
33756	Clearwater	Pinellas County	11	25.9	42%	Far below average	Mixed	32,201	p < 0.001
33716	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	10	23.6	42%	Far below average	Mixed	19,328	p < 0.01
33570	Ruskin	Hillsborough	10	23.5	43%	Far below average	Residential	33,319	p < 0.01
33596	Valrico	Hillsborough	8	18.7	43%	Far below average	Residential	27,757	p < 0.01
32309	Tallahassee	Leon County	10	23.3	43%	Far below average	Residential	33,544	p < 0.01
34638	Land O Lakes	Pasco County	11	25.4	43%	Far below average	Residential	37,644	p < 0.01
33472	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	6	13.8	44%	Far below average	Residential	18,885	p ≈ 0.016
33714	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	6	13.7	44%	Far below average	Residential	19,227	p ≈ 0.017
33313	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	19	42.9	44%	Far below average	Residential	62,807	p < 0.001
33619	Tampa	Hillsborough	19	42.5	45%	Far below average	Mixed	41,396	p < 0.001
33161	Miami	Miami-Dade County	17	38.0	45%	Far below average	Residential	54,814	p < 0.001
33327	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	7	15.6	45%	Far below average	Residential	23,203	p ≈ 0.013
33573	Sun City Center	Hillsborough	11	24.4	45%	Far below average	Residential	35,362	p < 0.01
32208	Jacksonville	Duval County	10	22.0	45%	Far below average	Residential	32,699	p < 0.01
33844	Haines City	Polk County	16	35.2	45%	Far below average	Residential	51,255	p < 0.001
32810	Orlando	Orange County	14	30.7	46%	Far below average	Mixed	36,927	p < 0.001
32818	Orlando	Orange County	18	39.3	46%	Far below average	Residential	59,114	p < 0.001
33615	Tampa	Hillsborough	15	32.7	46%	Far below average	Residential	47,245	p < 0.001
33837	Davenport	Polk County	15	32.7	46%	Far below average	Residential	47,389	p < 0.001
33319	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	17	37.0	46%	Far below average	Residential	54,450	p < 0.001
32927	Cocoa	Brevard County	9	19.4	46%	Far below average	Residential	29,219	p < 0.01
32141	Edgewater	Volusia County	6	12.9	47%	Far below average	Residential	18,726	p ≈ 0.028
32607	Gainesville	Alachua County	12	25.7	47%	Far below average	Residential	35,720	p < 0.01
33023	Hollywood	Broward County	23	49.2	47%	Far below average	Residential	72,344	p < 0.001
33566	Plant City	Hillsborough	9	19.1	47%	Far below average	Residential	24,521	p < 0.01
33534	Gibsonton	Hillsborough	6	12.6	47%	Far below average	Residential	17,740	p ≈ 0.032
32505	Pensacola	Escambia County	10	20.8	48%	Far below average	Residential	27,877	p < 0.01
34953	Port Saint Lucie	St. Lucie County	28	57.4	49%	Far below average	Residential	86,875	p < 0.001
32254	Jacksonville	Duval County	7	14.3	49%	Far below average	Mixed	13,927	p ≈ 0.026
33029	Hollywood	Broward County	15	30.6	49%	Far below average	Residential	44,070	p < 0.01
33018	Hialeah	Miami-Dade County	20	40.8	49%	Far below average	Residential	57,921	p < 0.001
33321	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	18	36.3	50%	Far below average	Residential	51,216	p < 0.001
33782	Pinellas Park	Pinellas County	8	16.0	50%	Far below average	Residential	22,461	p ≈ 0.022
33486	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County	9	18.0	50%	Below average	Residential	23,232	p ≈ 0.016
33417	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	13	25.9	50%	Below average	Residential	38,079	p < 0.01
32244	Jacksonville	Duval County	22	43.7	50%	Below average	Residential	63,592	p < 0.001
32724	Deland	Volusia County	16	31.7	50%	Below average	Residential	45,140	p < 0.01
33125	Miami	Miami-Dade County	20	39.6	51%	Below average	Residential	56,897	p < 0.001
33634	Tampa	Hillsborough	14	27.7	51%	Below average	Mixed	21,862	p < 0.01
33569	Riverview	Hillsborough	10	19.7	51%	Below average	Residential	27,867	p ≈ 0.013
34473	Ocala	Marion County	9	17.7	51%	Below average	Residential	26,813	p ≈ 0.018
33436	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	17	33.1	51%	Below average	Residential	48,743	p < 0.01
33971	Lehigh Acres	Lee County	11	21.3	52%	Below average	Residential	30,790	p ≈ 0.011
32404	Panama City	Bay County	15	28.9	52%	Below average	Residential	42,514	p < 0.01
33594	Valrico	Hillsborough	13	24.9	52%	Below average	Residential	37,361	p < 0.01
32926	Cocoa	Brevard County	9	17.2	52%	Below average	Residential	23,505	p ≈ 0.023
33413	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	7	13.4	52%	Below average	Residential	18,668	p ≈ 0.045
34221	Palmetto	Manatee County	21	40.0	52%	Below average	Residential	56,208	p < 0.001
34653	New Port Richey	Pasco County	13	24.7	53%	Below average	Residential	35,945	p < 0.01
33025	Hollywood	Broward County	30	56.6	53%	Below average	Residential	76,967	p < 0.001
32712	Apopka	Orange County	18	33.9	53%	Below average	Residential	50,583	p < 0.01
33054	Opa Locka	Miami-Dade County	13	24.4	53%	Below average	Residential	31,055	p < 0.01
33712	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	10	18.7	54%	Below average	Residential	27,142	p ≈ 0.022
33705	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	11	20.5	54%	Below average	Residential	27,939	p ≈ 0.017
33556	Odessa	Hillsborough	14	25.8	54%	Below average	Residential	35,755	p < 0.01
33157	Miami	Miami-Dade County	28	51.4	55%	Below average	Residential	70,596	p < 0.001
33428	Boca Raton	Palm Beach County	18	32.9	55%	Below average	Residential	47,588	p < 0.01
34982	Fort Pierce	St. Lucie County	12	21.9	55%	Below average	Residential	31,143	p ≈ 0.016
33713	Saint Petersburg	Pinellas County	13	23.6	55%	Below average	Residential	31,729	p ≈ 0.013
32805	Orlando	Orange County	9	16.3	55%	Below average	Mixed	19,294	p ≈ 0.038
33437	Boynton Beach	Palm Beach County	14	25.3	55%	Below average	Residential	37,229	p ≈ 0.011
33624	Tampa	Hillsborough	16	28.8	56%	Below average	Residential	41,346	p < 0.01
34480	Ocala	Marion County	9	16.1	56%	Below average	Residential	23,517	p ≈ 0.041
33558	Lutz	Hillsborough	13	23.3	56%	Below average	Residential	33,165	p ≈ 0.015
33830	Bartow	Polk County	14	24.7	57%	Below average	Residential	33,740	p ≈ 0.014
34119	Naples	Collier County	15	26.5	57%	Below average	Residential	36,807	p ≈ 0.011
33909	Cape Coral	Lee County	16	28.1	57%	Below average	Residential	40,231	p < 0.01
34639	Land O Lakes	Pasco County	12	21.0	57%	Below average	Residential	30,831	p ≈ 0.024
33541	Zephyrhills	Pasco County	10	17.4	57%	Below average	Residential	24,654	p ≈ 0.040
32514	Pensacola	Escambia County	18	31.2	58%	Below average	Residential	42,447	p < 0.01
33169	Miami	Miami-Dade County	20	34.5	58%	Below average	Residential	43,702	p < 0.01
32258	Jacksonville	Duval County	18	30.8	58%	Below average	Residential	40,408	p < 0.01
32779	Longwood	Seminole County	12	20.5	59%	Below average	Residential	28,924	p ≈ 0.031
33772	Seminole	Pinellas County	10	17.0	59%	Below average	Residential	23,733	p ≈ 0.050
32506	Pensacola	Escambia County	14	23.6	59%	Below average	Residential	34,549	p ≈ 0.024
33897	Davenport	Polk County	13	21.8	60%	Below average	Residential	30,159	p ≈ 0.031
33015	Hialeah	Miami-Dade County	28	46.5	60%	Below average	Residential	68,891	p < 0.01
32221	Jacksonville	Duval County	14	23.0	61%	Below average	Residential	32,833	p ≈ 0.030
33625	Tampa	Hillsborough	14	22.9	61%	Below average	Residential	29,967	p ≈ 0.033
33406	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	13	20.8	63%	Below average	Residential	26,945	p ≈ 0.048
33463	Lake Worth	Palm Beach County	28	44.6	63%	Below average	Residential	65,478	p < 0.01
33404	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	16	25.2	63%	Below average	Mixed	30,912	p ≈ 0.034
33069	Pompano Beach	Broward County	18	28.0	64%	Below average	Mixed	29,145	p ≈ 0.030
32808	Orlando	Orange County	28	43.4	64%	Below average	Residential	60,203	p < 0.01
33905	Fort Myers	Lee County	20	30.8	65%	Below average	Residential	41,381	p ≈ 0.025
33415	West Palm Beach	Palm Beach County	24	37.0	65%	Below average	Residential	54,581	p ≈ 0.015
32703	Apopka	Orange County	30	44.3	68%	Below average	Residential	59,269	p ≈ 0.015
33317	Fort Lauderdale	Broward County	19	28.0	68%	Below average	Residential	37,950	p ≈ 0.047
32708	Winter Springs	Seminole County	23	33.9	68%	Below average	Residential	48,965	p ≈ 0.032
33196	Miami	Miami-Dade County	26	37.7	69%	Below average	Residential	54,668	p ≈ 0.029
32304	Tallahassee	Leon County	25	36.1	69%	Below average	Residential	51,673	p ≈ 0.033
32216	Jacksonville	Duval County	28	40.1	70%	Below average	Mixed	42,298	p ≈ 0.028
32210	Jacksonville	Duval County	34	46.4	73%	Below average	Residential	65,729	p ≈ 0.036
33126	Miami	Miami-Dade County	36	48.1	75%	Below average	Mixed	47,307	p ≈ 0.042

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 restaurants? A ZIP is listed only when Census published at least 5 restaurants 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 restaurants 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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