Panda Express
2,115 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 74,771 residents and a $83,181 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a Panda Express trade area holds more coffee, apparel and lodging — and less big box, auto and banks.
Panda Express is a franchise. Its investment range, fees and FDD details live on FranchiseLens: Panda Express franchise economics →
Inspections. How Panda Express's Florida stores run against their county baseline, on InspectLens: How Panda Express's Florida stores run →
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 5,423 | 9,545 | 16,468 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 43,085 | 74,771 | 120,866 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 90,898 | 170,371 | 290,961 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 16,108 | 27,388 | 45,099 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $65,810 | $83,181 | $104,609 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 35.3 | 37.9 | 40.3 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 49.3% | 59.5% | 68.5% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 57.3% | 64.9% | 72.1% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 5,550 | 10,942 | 19,056 |
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. | 71 m | 121 m | 194 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 47 m | 217 m | 1.3 km | |
| Distance to a motorway | 217 m | 580 m | 1.7 km | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 17 | 31 | 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 | 108 m | 174 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. | 29 | 48 | 76 | |
| 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. | 0.0045 | 0.0069 | 0.0102 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee | 12 | 2.7% | |
| Apparel | 10 | 2.0% | |
| Lodging | 12 | 2.6% | |
| Fast food | 49 | 10.2% | |
| Beauty | 21 | 4.2% | |
| Medical | 20 | 3.8% | |
| Fitness | 12 | 2.4% | |
| Restaurants | 56 | 11.7% | |
| Entertainment | 3 | 0.7% | |
| Other retail | 96 | 19.8% | |
| Home improvement | 5 | 1.0% | |
| Bars | 5 | 1.0% | |
| Professional services | 8 | 1.7% | |
| Grocery | 10 | 2.1% | |
| Convenience | 17 | 3.4% | |
| Education | 29 | 5.8% | |
| Pharmacy | 8 | 1.5% | |
| Banks | 19 | 3.7% | |
| Auto | 52 | 10.7% | |
| Big box | 10 | 1.8% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 183 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 97 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 81 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 75 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 54 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 50 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 49 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 44 |
Top states
| CA | 512 |
| TX | 270 |
| FL | 121 |
| AZ | 107 |
| IL | 102 |
| WA | 74 |
| GA | 57 |
| CO | 54 |
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 Panda Express site is computed with Panda Express itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.