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Allegheny County, PA — Coffee shops Saturation

How many coffee shops exist per person present — residents plus daytime workers — by ZIP code, compared with the U.S. average. Establishment data: Census ZBP 2023. Population: ACS 2024 5-year. 114 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Coffee shops · Espresso bars · Boba / bubble tea shops · Juice & smoothie bars · Ice cream & frozen yogurt shops. Counted together because official statistics use one 722515 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.99× the U.S. rate (between 0.99× and 1.33× once withheld ZIP cells are counted)

Why a range: Census does not publish a ZIP-by-industry count when that ZIP has 0–2 businesses. 69 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 55 of them with residents. Each could hold 0, 1, or 2 businesses: counting them all as 0 gives the low end, counting them all as 2 gives the high end — the data cannot say where the truth sits. The density range uses only the populated cells, since ZIPs without residents are excluded from per-person rates. How ranges work

Range spans the U.S. rate   Allegheny County coffee shops — 99–133% of the U.S. rate

330 coffee shops are counted in Allegheny County — 2.1 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 99% of the U.S. rate of 2.1.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 14% between 2015 and 2023 (237 → 271). That set is smaller than today's county total. 2020–2021 were pandemic-distorted, and Census rounds counts, so small moves are within noise.

Measured supply density is highest in 15203 (Pittsburgh), 15201 (Pittsburgh), 15217 (Pittsburgh) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 15227 (Pittsburgh), 15241 (Pittsburgh), 15122 (West Mifflin).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 366 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Allegheny County sits at 99% of the U.S. rate for coffee shops. 55 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 99% and 133% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 15203 and 15201; the lowest measured density is in 15227 and 15241.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing coffee shops and the people present, not foot traffic, income, rent, or whether locals want more. Treat low density as a question to check, not an answer.

Coffee shops
330–468
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (69 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
2.1
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
2.1
per 10,000 present
County index
0.99×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
366
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
1,213,050
98 ZIPs with data
Workers
682,711
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,231,814
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−1.4%
−17,857 people
Net migration 2024
+3,356
international +8,548, domestic −5,192
Jobs located here
712,047
LODES 2022, −2.4% since 2019

Allegheny County had an estimated 1,231,814 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.4% fewer than in 2020 (−17,857). In the latest year it gained 1,676 people: births minus deaths −1,693, international migration +8,548, domestic migration −5,192. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

712,047 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−2.4% since 2019), and 582,425 employed residents lived there (−3.9% since 2019). LODES counts wage and salary jobs covered by unemployment insurance plus federal jobs; it excludes the self-employed and military, and counts jobs rather than unique people. 2019→2022 spans the pandemic, so read it as one change, not a trend.

Population and migration say whether the customer base is growing. They do not say whether people want another business of this type. Definitions and limits →  ·  Full county detail →

ZIP gaining residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
15205 Pittsburgh
+12.0%
15090 Wexford
+11.9%
15236 Pittsburgh
+9.6%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
15233 Pittsburgh
−35.0%
15219 Pittsburgh
−31.2%
15132 Mckeesport
−10.6%

ACS 5-year estimates for 2015–2019 and 2020–2024. Only ZIPs with at least 2,000 residents in both windows and a change larger than the survey margin of error (90%) are listed — small ZIPs move a lot on paper without a real signal.

Nonemployer businesses (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
36
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$1.5M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$43K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

Saturation map

Each ZIP area is shaded by its density of this business type per person present (residents + workers) vs. the U.S. average. Click any ZIP to zoom to its boundary, see its numbers, and switch to aerial imagery. Individual mapped shops appear as dots at street level — Show locations zooms you in to them (scroll or double-click to zoom).

Basemap:
Under 50% 50–100% 100–150% 150–250% 250%+ 0–2 (not published) / no data ZIP total (dot size) Mapped shop (OpenStreetMap, street level)

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

White dots are ZIP totals from the official Census count — the bigger the dot, the more coffee shops in that ZIP. They are aggregated, not individual shops. Turquoise dots are individual locations mapped in OpenStreetMap, shown only at street level; they are crowd-sourced and indicative, may be incomplete, and do not equal the official counts. Only the official ZIP totals feed the saturation index.

Market trend — up 14% since 2015

Number of coffee shops in Allegheny County across 2015–2023, on a consistent set of ZIP codes present in every year — so changes are real, not ZIP-boundary artifacts. 2015/2018 are pre-pandemic baselines; 2020/2021 are COVID-distorted.

237
2015
219
2018
218
2020
222
2021
249
2022
271
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
15203 Pittsburgh
363%
15201 Pittsburgh
320%
15217 Pittsburgh
279%
15228 Pittsburgh
263%
15215 Pittsburgh
228%
15206 Pittsburgh
226%
15017 Bridgeville
220%
15102 Bethel Park
193%
15237 Pittsburgh
170%
15137 North Versailles
166%
15202 Pittsburgh
156%
15224 Pittsburgh
152%
15232 Pittsburgh
149%
15090 Wexford
146%
15238 Pittsburgh
138%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
15227 Pittsburgh
47%
15241 Pittsburgh
54%
15122 West Mifflin
58%
15239 Pittsburgh
60%
15205 Pittsburgh
64%
15212 Pittsburgh
64%
15132 Mckeesport
66%
15108 Coraopolis
66%
15221 Pittsburgh
71%
15220 Pittsburgh
72%
15044 Gibsonia
77%
15236 Pittsburgh
86%
15120 Homestead
88%
15234 Pittsburgh
90%
15116 Glenshaw
91%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few coffee shops may simply lack foot traffic, retail space, or demand. We rank only residential and mixed ZIPs here; employment hubs and visitor destinations are listed separately below. ZIPs where Census did not publish a count (0–2 businesses) are not ranked: they may be the least served of all, but the data cannot tell 0 from 1 or 2. Verify those locally.

Employment hubs & destinations

These ZIPs have far more workers (or visitors) than residents, so their counts are driven by daytime and visitor demand — not a place to read "shortage" from resident numbers alone.

ZIPNeighborhoodType ResidentsWorkersCoffee shopsIndex
15222Pittsburgh Employment hub 5,72554,863 18 258%
15219Pittsburgh Employment hub 11,37635,729 10 163%
15213Pittsburgh Employment hub 30,46661,917 20 155%
15056Leetsdale Employment hub 1,0412,242 0–2 —
15086Warrendale Destination 78810,407 0–2 —
15123West Mifflin Destination 272 0–2 —
15225Pittsburgh Employment hub 1,0852,887 0–2 —
15233Pittsburgh Employment hub 2,5966,678 0–2 —
15275Pittsburgh Destination 8614,032 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

Click a column header to sort. Index = coffee shops per 10,000 people present (residents + 0.5×workers) ÷ the U.S. average. 100% = exactly average.

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersCoffee shops Per 10kIndexStatus
15203Pittsburgh 10,37013,271 13 7.6 363% Very high density
15201Pittsburgh 13,3339,052 12 6.7 320% Very high density
15217Pittsburgh 25,7956,310 17 5.9 279% Very high density
15228Pittsburgh 18,2363,247 11 5.5 263% Very high density
15222Pittsburgh 5,72554,863 18 5.4 258% Very high density
15215Pittsburgh 11,9075,415 7 4.8 228% High density
15206Pittsburgh 29,05613,514 17 4.7 226% High density
15017Bridgeville 17,78212,008 11 4.6 220% High density
15102Bethel Park 30,3448,287 14 4.1 193% High density
15237Pittsburgh 43,58824,830 20 3.6 170% High density
15137North Versailles 10,0432,886 4 3.5 166% High density
15219Pittsburgh 11,37635,729 10 3.4 163% High density
15202Pittsburgh 19,5643,606 7 3.3 156% High density
15213Pittsburgh 30,46661,917 20 3.3 155% High density
15224Pittsburgh 10,6659,923 5 3.2 152% High density
15232Pittsburgh 11,3499,173 5 3.1 149% Above average
15090Wexford 25,76313,495 10 3.1 146% Above average
15238Pittsburgh 12,86822,426 7 2.9 138% Above average
15218Pittsburgh 13,3793,354 4 2.7 126% Above average
15037Elizabeth 10,4171,813 3 2.6 126% Above average
15084Tarentum 9,7433,839 3 2.6 122% Above average
15207Pittsburgh 10,9611,567 3 2.6 121% Above average
15210Pittsburgh 25,2271,776 6 2.3 109% Above average
15146Monroeville 28,33221,714 9 2.3 109% Above average
15209Pittsburgh 12,3281,896 3 2.3 107% Above average
15143Sewickley 21,8519,684 6 2.2 107% Above average
15216Pittsburgh 21,4713,797 5 2.1 102% Above average
15235Pittsburgh 33,9519,999 8 2.1 98% Below average
15116Glenshaw 14,4612,584 3 1.9 91% Below average
15234Pittsburgh 14,0143,532 3 1.9 90% Below average
15120Homestead 18,0297,125 4 1.9 88% Below average
15236Pittsburgh 31,31314,397 7 1.8 86% Below average
15044Gibsonia 27,3707,035 5 1.6 77% Below average
15220Pittsburgh 17,64417,527 4 1.5 72% Below average
15221Pittsburgh 29,3747,950 5 1.5 71% Below average
15108Coraopolis 42,79944,648 9 1.4 66% Below average
15132Mckeesport 18,8985,663 3 1.4 66% Below average
15212Pittsburgh 27,65233,203 6 1.4 64% Below average
15205Pittsburgh 24,06025,757 5 1.4 64% Below average
15239Pittsburgh 21,4104,456 3 1.3 60% Below average
15122West Mifflin 18,81611,920 3 1.2 58% Below average
15241Pittsburgh 22,2948,502 3 1.1 54% Below average
15227Pittsburgh 28,4604,199 3 1.0 47% Far below average
15006Bairdford 18054 0–2 — — Not published
15007Bakerstown 256314 0–2 — — Not published
15014Brackenridge 3,0951,239 0–2 — — Not published
15015Bradfordwoods 1,29164 0–2 — — Not published
15018Buena Vista 71299 0–2 — — Not published
15020Bunola 48181 0–2 — — Not published
15024Cheswick 9,3253,635 0–2 — — Not published
15025Clairton 16,9394,349 0–2 — — Not published
15030Creighton 1,018491 0–2 — — Not published
15031Cuddy 382403 0–2 — — Not published
15032Curtisville —9 0–2 — — Not published
15034Dravosburg 1,643455 0–2 — — Not published
15035East Mc Keesport 2,002248 0–2 — — Not published
15045Glassport 4,368615 0–2 — — Not published
15046Crescent 2,141508 0–2 — — Not published
15047Greenock 20317 0–2 — — Not published
15049Harwick 97418 0–2 — — Not published
15051Indianola 329387 0–2 — — Not published
15056Leetsdale 1,0412,242 0–2 — — Not published
15064Morgan 360183 0–2 — — Not published
15065Natrona Heights 10,8944,050 0–2 — — Not published
15071Oakdale 12,6633,697 0–2 — — Not published
15076Russellton 1,010208 0–2 — — Not published
15082Sturgeon 27518 0–2 — — Not published
15086Warrendale 78810,407 0–2 — — Not published
15088West Elizabeth 344253 0–2 — — Not published
15091Wildwood —210 0–2 — — Not published
15096Warrendale —799 0–2 — — Not published
15101Allison Park 26,0365,012 0–2 — — Not published
15104Braddock 8,0341,427 0–2 — — Not published
15106Carnegie 19,2447,724 0–2 — — Not published
15110Duquesne 5,1491,129 0–2 — — Not published
15112East Pittsburgh 3,655856 0–2 — — Not published
15123West Mifflin 272 0–2 — — Not published
15126Imperial 7,2763,386 0–2 — — Not published
15127Ingomar —121 0–2 — — Not published
15129South Park 10,789696 0–2 — — Not published
15131Mckeesport 8,2091,556 0–2 — — Not published
15133Mckeesport 6,112222 0–2 — — Not published
15134Mckeesport —65 0–2 — — Not published
15135Mckeesport 4,859505 0–2 — — Not published
15136Mc Kees Rocks 22,6237,187 0–2 — — Not published
15139Oakmont 6,7023,252 0–2 — — Not published
15140Pitcairn 3,032395 0–2 — — Not published
15142Presto 1,513269 0–2 — — Not published
15144Springdale 3,771998 0–2 — — Not published
15145Turtle Creek 6,6951,843 0–2 — — Not published
15147Verona 15,7983,529 0–2 — — Not published
15148Wilmerding 2,351891 0–2 — — Not published
15204Pittsburgh 8,467868 0–2 — — Not published
15208Pittsburgh 10,0942,159 0–2 — — Not published
15211Pittsburgh 10,7281,208 0–2 — — Not published
15214Pittsburgh 14,0481,077 0–2 — — Not published
15223Pittsburgh 6,2552,511 0–2 — — Not published
15225Pittsburgh 1,0852,887 0–2 — — Not published
15226Pittsburgh 13,9992,282 0–2 — — Not published
15229Pittsburgh 15,1881,991 0–2 — — Not published
15230Pittsburgh —644 0–2 — — Not published
15231Pittsburgh —3,200 3 — — Not published
15233Pittsburgh 2,5966,678 0–2 — — Not published
15240Pittsburgh —3,149 0–2 — — Not published
15243Pittsburgh 13,4564,145 0–2 — — Not published
15250Pittsburgh —39 0–2 — — Not published
15258Pittsburgh —5,143 0–2 — — Not published
15259Pittsburgh —18 0–2 — — Not published
15260Pittsburgh 0758 3 — — Not published
15261Pittsburgh —261 0–2 — — Not published
15262Pittsburgh —2,010 0–2 — — Not published
15272Pittsburgh —2,574 0–2 — — Not published
15275Pittsburgh 8614,032 0–2 — — Not published
15276Pittsburgh —3,445 0–2 — — Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 722515 — snack & non-alcoholic beverage bars (incl. coffee shops). Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. BLS QCEW (quarterly) is newer than ZBP — 2026 Q1 shows 366 establishments county-wide for this industry. It cannot be broken down by ZIP.

Population. U.S. Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year ZCTA population (table B01003). Workers are the ZIP's total employment from the same 2023 ZBP file.

Demand ("people present"). Demand comes from residents and daytime workers: residents + 0.5 × workers. This is the single documented assumption in the model and can be tuned.

Index. index = (ZIP establishments ÷ ZIP demand × 10,000) ÷ the U.S. average for this industry (2.10 per 10,000 present). It is a supply-side density measure; it does not capture income, rent, tourism, or whether locals actually want more.

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