Best Buy
974 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 65,750 residents and a $81,644 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a Best Buy trade area holds more apparel, big box and lodging — and less education, bars and convenience.
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 4,277 | 7,382 | 12,024 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 41,633 | 65,750 | 103,911 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 91,471 | 151,988 | 248,382 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 16,455 | 25,458 | 39,937 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $67,663 | $81,644 | $103,918 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 36.3 | 38.7 | 41.2 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 51.4% | 60.0% | 67.8% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 56.3% | 62.6% | 69.0% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 5,669 | 10,276 | 17,777 |
How you get there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to a traffic signalSignalised intersections are the cheapest available proxy for an arterial with turning access. | 143 m | 210 m | 299 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 170 m | 432 m | 1.5 km | |
| Distance to a motorway | 144 m | 281 m | 790 m | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 20 | 34 | 53 |
What else is there
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance to the nearest business of the same kindAny business in the chain's own category - an independent counts the same as a national brand. Reads 50 km when there is nothing of the kind within 50 km. | 75 m | 123 m | 197 m | |
| Businesses of the same kind within 3 miA grocer's competitors are other grocers, a gym's are other gyms. The chain's own stores are excluded. | 56 | 102 | 173 | |
| Mapped POIs per resident (3 mi)A coverage flag, not a market signal: a low value can mean an empty trade area or a thinly mapped one. | 0.0052 | 0.0075 | 0.011 |
The retail mix around its sites
Median count of each category within 3 miles, and that category's share of all mapped retail in the ring. The share is what makes this a fingerprint rather than a density reading — it is what separates a Walmart trade area from a Starbucks one.
| Category | Median within 3 mi | Share of mix | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apparel | 15 | 2.8% | |
| Big box | 12 | 2.3% | |
| Lodging | 14 | 2.8% | |
| Beauty | 21 | 4.4% | |
| Home improvement | 5 | 1.1% | |
| Medical | 19 | 3.9% | |
| Other retail | 103 | 20.5% | |
| Restaurants | 58 | 11.9% | |
| Fast food | 49 | 9.7% | |
| Coffee | 11 | 2.2% | |
| Fitness | 11 | 2.3% | |
| Banks | 20 | 3.9% | |
| Professional services | 9 | 1.7% | |
| Entertainment | 3 | 0.7% | |
| Pharmacy | 8 | 1.5% | |
| Grocery | 10 | 2.0% | |
| Auto | 52 | 10.7% | |
| Convenience | 16 | 3.2% | |
| Bars | 5 | 0.9% | |
| Education | 27 | 5.3% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 51 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 40 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 31 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 31 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 29 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 22 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 22 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 20 |
Top states
| CA | 115 |
| TX | 109 |
| FL | 68 |
| NY | 49 |
| IL | 37 |
| PA | 35 |
| OH | 35 |
| NC | 31 |
What the “vs typical site” column means. It is this chain's median divided by the median across all 173,178 tracked retail sites. 1.00× is exactly typical. It describes where the chain is today; it is not a prediction and not a judgement about any individual location.
Every count around a Best Buy site is computed with Best Buy itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.