Whole Foods Market
545 mapped US locations. Median trade area within 3 miles: 103,323 residents and a $107,904 median household income.
Compared with the typical US retail site, a Whole Foods Market trade area holds more apparel, coffee and bars — and less big box, auto and home improvement.
Who lives around it
| Measure | 25th | Median | 75th | vs typical site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population within 1 mi | 7,961 | 13,706 | 24,640 | |
| Population within 3 mi | 65,829 | 103,323 | 179,670 | |
| Population within 5 mi | 161,729 | 249,618 | 447,677 | |
| Households within 3 mi | 26,841 | 40,901 | 74,939 | |
| Median household income (3 mi) | $85,098 | $107,904 | $128,349 | |
| Median age (3 mi) | 37.2 | 39.7 | 42.2 | |
| Owner-occupied homes (3 mi) | 41.6% | 55.3% | 64.3% | |
| Family households (3 mi) | 46.3% | 57.5% | 65.7% | |
| Residents with a bachelor's degree (3 mi)ACS B15003_022E — bachelor's as the highest degree attained, so it excludes graduate degrees. | 13,856 | 21,388 | 37,296 |
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. | 81 m | 127 m | 175 m | |
| Distance to a primary road | 86 m | 175 m | 898 m | |
| Distance to a motorway | 194 m | 559 m | 1.5 km | |
| Traffic signals within 1 mi | 27 | 50 | 91 |
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. | 327 m | 531 m | 896 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. | 10 | 15 | 25 | |
| 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. | 0.0057 | 0.0085 | 0.0113 |
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 | 32 | 3.5% | |
| Coffee | 26 | 3.6% | |
| Bars | 12 | 1.5% | |
| Beauty | 46 | 5.4% | |
| Fitness | 25 | 2.9% | |
| Restaurants | 114 | 14.7% | |
| Entertainment | 7 | 0.9% | |
| Medical | 38 | 4.0% | |
| Professional services | 17 | 1.9% | |
| Other retail | 188 | 20.8% | |
| Banks | 34 | 4.0% | |
| Lodging | 18 | 2.2% | |
| Pharmacy | 12 | 1.5% | |
| Education | 45 | 5.2% | |
| Fast food | 67 | 7.9% | |
| Grocery | 15 | 1.8% | |
| Convenience | 22 | 2.7% | |
| Home improvement | 6 | 0.7% | |
| Auto | 67 | 7.4% | |
| Big box | 11 | 1.2% |
Where its locations are
Top metro areas
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 50 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 38 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 30 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 28 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 28 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 26 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 21 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 15 |
Top states
| CA | 97 |
| TX | 37 |
| FL | 37 |
| MA | 32 |
| NY | 32 |
| IL | 27 |
| NJ | 25 |
| CO | 23 |
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 Whole Foods Market site is computed with Whole Foods Market itself excluded, so a chain never counts its own stores.