Manteca is getting its sixth free-standing Starbucks.

The coffee giant that had 12,258 locations in the United States as of Oct. 8 is locating a store in the Marketplace at Main retail complex on the southwest corner of Atherton Drive and South Main Street.

The shopping  complex that has yet to break ground has also lined up what will be the city’s fifth McDonald’s, it’s first Chipotle Digital Kitchen, and a car wash.

If you count Starbucks inside other stores such as Target and Safeway, Manteca currently has seven locations

That gives Manteca a Starbucks for every 13,000 residents.

Tracy with six locations has a Starbucks for every 16,000 residents.

Stockton with a population of 320,000 people has 16 Starbucks or one for every 20,000 residents.

While Manteca is growing slightly faster than Tracy, has only one freeway that passes through the urbanized part of the city — Interstate 205.

It also does not have significant residential development on both sides of I-205 like Manteca does.

Manteca also has two heavily traveled freeways passing through it, the 120 Bypass and Highway 99.

The city’s restaurants — especially quick serve affairs, have benefited greatly from recreational traffic heading to and from the Sierra that gets onto East Highway 99 at the Yosemite Avenue exit from the freeway system.

That is why there are more than 30 dining options and coffee/smoothie locations within three blocks of the interchange.

In addition to Starbucks, Manteca has a Dutch Bros Coffee with plans submitted for two more including at Airport Way and the 120 Bypass.

Dutch Bros as of Oct. 10 has 873 locations in the United States.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com