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Bronx County, NY — Restaurants Saturation

How many restaurants 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. 25 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Sit-down restaurants with table service. Counted together because official statistics use one 722511 code.

Measured density: Below average — 0.62× the U.S. rate
Below the U.S. rate   Bronx County restaurants — 62% of the U.S. rate

618 restaurants are counted in Bronx County — 4.0 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 62% of the U.S. rate of 6.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 5% between 2015 and 2023 (587 → 618). 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 10461 (Bronx), 10458 (Bronx), 10471 (Bronx) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 10473 (Bronx), 10456 (Bronx), 10466 (Bronx).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 552 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Bronx County sits at 62% of the U.S. rate for restaurants. The highest measured density is in 10461 and 10458; the lowest measured density is in 10473 and 10456.

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

Restaurants
618
published count (2023)
Per 10,000 present
4.0
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
6.4
per 10,000 present
County index
0.62×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
552
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
1,412,082
25 ZIPs with data
Workers
285,342
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,384,724
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−5.1%
−74,599 people
Net migration 2024
+2,705
international +28,403, domestic −25,698
Jobs located here
337,467
LODES 2022, +2.7% since 2019

Bronx County had an estimated 1,384,724 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.1% fewer than in 2020 (−74,599). In the latest year it gained 9,458 people: births minus deaths +6,743, international migration +28,403, domestic migration −25,698. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

337,467 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+2.7% since 2019), and 557,454 employed residents lived there (−5.9% 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

No ZIP had a statistically significant increase.

ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
10458 Bronx
−12.5%

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
763
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$21.5M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$28K
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 restaurants 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 5% since 2015

Number of restaurants in Bronx 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.

587
2015
647
2018
621
2020
625
2021
626
2022
618
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10461 Bronx
119%
10458 Bronx
112%
10471 Bronx
95%
10463 Bronx
91%
10462 Bronx
86%
10470 Bronx
85%
10454 Bronx
84%
10472 Bronx
80%
10465 Bronx
74%
10474 Bronx
65%
10453 Bronx
61%
10451 Bronx
60%
10467 Bronx
56%
10455 Bronx
55%
10468 Bronx
55%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10473 Bronx
8%
10456 Bronx
27%
10466 Bronx
29%
10460 Bronx
35%
10457 Bronx
36%
10475 Bronx
44%
10459 Bronx
45%
10469 Bronx
47%
10452 Bronx
51%
10468 Bronx
55%
10455 Bronx
55%
10467 Bronx
56%
10451 Bronx
60%
10453 Bronx
61%
10474 Bronx
65%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few restaurants 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 = restaurants per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersRestaurants Per 10kIndexStatus
10464Bronx 3,828994 17 39.3 615% Very high density
10461Bronx 52,01219,955 47 7.6 119% Above average
10458Bronx 74,89818,558 60 7.1 112% Above average
10471Bronx 23,7988,616 17 6.0 95% Below average
10463Bronx 69,47011,667 44 5.8 91% Below average
10462Bronx 76,32021,778 48 5.5 86% Below average
10470Bronx 16,0044,692 10 5.4 85% Below average
10454Bronx 39,57013,549 25 5.4 84% Below average
10472Bronx 64,0115,005 34 5.1 80% Below average
10465Bronx 45,40410,273 24 4.7 74% Below average
10474Bronx 11,27016,119 8 4.1 65% Below average
10453Bronx 76,2826,882 31 3.9 61% Below average
10451Bronx 50,94218,629 23 3.8 60% Below average
10467Bronx 96,42129,007 40 3.6 56% Below average
10455Bronx 44,80118,016 19 3.5 55% Below average
10468Bronx 75,5578,388 28 3.5 55% Below average
10452Bronx 75,6826,970 26 3.3 51% Below average
10469Bronx 68,5218,006 22 3.0 47% Far below average
10459Bronx 48,2706,765 15 2.9 45% Far below average
10475Bronx 42,5787,844 13 2.8 44% Far below average
10457Bronx 79,54313,700 20 2.3 36% Far below average
10460Bronx 59,3966,313 14 2.2 35% Far below average
10466Bronx 71,1166,831 14 1.9 29% Far below average
10456Bronx 87,5339,953 16 1.7 27% Far below average
10473Bronx 58,8556,832 3 0.5 8% Far below average

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Find an actual space in Bronx

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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 722511 — full-service restaurants. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 552 establishments county-wide for this industry. 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 (6.39 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

Read the full methodology →  ·  Data sources & vintages →

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