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Big cities with few pawn shops
72 of the 342 US cities with 100,000+ residents have one pawn shop or none in our directory. Below are the 30 largest. Many are suburbs, and shops just over the city line, or listed under a neighborhood name, are not counted, so the drive may be short.
| # | City | Population | Pawn shops listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irvine, CA | 318,683 | 1 |
| 2 | Jersey City, NJ | 302,824 | 1 |
| 3 | Madison, WI | 285,300 | 1 |
| 4 | Frisco, TX | 235,208 | 1 |
| 5 | Santa Clarita, CA | 229,159 | None |
| 6 | Fremont, CA | 228,192 | None |
| 7 | Yonkers, NY | 211,040 | 1 |
| 8 | Huntington Beach, CA | 193,151 | 1 |
| 9 | Elk Grove, CA | 182,797 | None |
| 10 | Cary, NC | 182,659 | None |
| 11 | Pembroke Pines, FL | 179,326 | None |
| 12 | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 176,675 | None |
| 13 | Garden Grove, CA | 172,361 | 1 |
| 14 | Surprise, AZ | 167,564 | 1 |
| 15 | Corona, CA | 161,540 | 1 |
| 16 | Hayward, CA | 158,440 | 1 |
| 17 | Sunnyvale, CA | 156,792 | None |
| 18 | Bellevue, WA | 154,377 | None |
| 19 | Thornton, CO | 146,689 | 1 |
| 20 | Miramar, FL | 143,242 | 1 |
| 21 | Victorville, CA | 140,721 | 1 |
| 22 | Elizabeth, NJ | 140,413 | None |
| 23 | Fullerton, CA | 140,054 | 1 |
| 24 | Stamford, CT | 139,134 | None |
| 25 | Orange, CA | 137,941 | None |
| 26 | Sterling Heights, MI | 134,342 | None |
| 27 | Clovis, CA | 127,993 | 1 |
| 28 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 124,229 | None |
| 29 | Concord, CA | 124,016 | None |
| 30 | Rochester, MN | 123,624 | 1 |
14 of these 30 cities have no listed shop. Download: underserved-cities.csv
How we count
We take every incorporated US city with at least 100,000 residents in the US Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 population estimates (July 1, 2024), then count the pawn shops in this directory whose mailing address is in that city. We list a shop only when Google files it as a pawn shop and its name, reviews or website confirm it makes pawn loans, so a city here may still have gold buyers, jewelry stores or resale shops. If you know a pawn shop we missed, email hello@pawnstores.net. Last updated 2026-11-08.