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Washington 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. 50 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 — 0.64× the U.S. rate (between 0.64× and 2.41× 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. 48 ZIP cells in this county are withheld. 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   Washington County coffee shops — 64–241% of the U.S. rate

35 coffee shops are counted in Washington County — 1.4 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 64% 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 13% between 2015 and 2023 (31 → 35). 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 15317 (Canonsburg), 15301 (Washington) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 15301 (Washington), 15317 (Canonsburg).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 34 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Washington County sits at 64% of the U.S. rate for coffee shops. 48 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 64% and 241% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 15317 and 15301; the lowest measured density is in 15301 and 15317.

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
35–131
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (48 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.4
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
2.1
per 10,000 present
County index
0.64×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
34
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
215,520
50 ZIPs with data
Workers
85,413
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
210,434
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+1,020 people
Net migration 2024
+954
international +347, domestic +607
Jobs located here
85,251
LODES 2022, −5.3% since 2019

Washington County had an estimated 210,434 residents on July 1, 2024 — 0.5% more than in 2020 (+1,020). In the latest year it gained 90 people: births minus deaths −864, international migration +347, domestic migration +607. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

85,251 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−5.3% since 2019), and 95,509 employed residents lived there (−1.1% 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
15317 Canonsburg
+12.4%
15301 Washington
+3.1%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
15419 California
−23.3%
15063 Monongahela
−8.3%

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.

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 13% since 2015

Number of coffee shops in Washington 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.

31
2015
34
2018
29
2020
28
2021
31
2022
35
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
15317 Canonsburg
161%
15301 Washington
111%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
15301 Washington
111%
15317 Canonsburg
161%
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
15004Atlasburg Employment hub 217531 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
15317Canonsburg 43,87130,513 20 3.4 161% High density
15301Washington 50,34827,411 15 2.3 111% Above average
15004Atlasburg 217531 0–2 — — Not published
15019Bulger 1,056224 0–2 — — Not published
15021Burgettstown 7,1101,917 0–2 — — Not published
15022Charleroi 9,9594,112 0–2 — — Not published
15033Donora 4,572961 0–2 — — Not published
15038Elrama 27944 0–2 — — Not published
15053Joffre 1276 0–2 — — Not published
15054Langeloth 352102 0–2 — — Not published
15055Lawrence 1,4031,184 0–2 — — Not published
15057Mc Donald 16,5831,801 0–2 — — Not published
15060Midway 85331 0–2 — — Not published
15063Monongahela 10,5253,075 0–2 — — Not published
15067New Eagle 2,142168 0–2 — — Not published
15078Slovan 71487 0–2 — — Not published
15311Amity 84378 0–2 — — Not published
15312Avella 3,603166 0–2 — — Not published
15313Beallsville 42278 0–2 — — Not published
15314Bentleyville 3,545810 0–2 — — Not published
15321Cecil 2,025206 0–2 — — Not published
15323Claysville 3,860904 0–2 — — Not published
15324Cokeburg 66256 0–2 — — Not published
15329Prosperity 1,390165 0–2 — — Not published
15330Eighty Four 6,0233,591 0–2 — — Not published
15331Ellsworth 89110 0–2 — — Not published
15332Finleyville 7,6781,550 0–2 — — Not published
15333Fredericktown 1,883451 0–2 — — Not published
15340Hickory 1,524268 0–2 — — Not published
15342Houston 5,0971,459 0–2 — — Not published
15345Marianna 1,547198 0–2 — — Not published
15347Meadow Lands 350367 0–2 — — Not published
15348Millsboro 3958 0–2 — — Not published
15350Muse 37315 0–2 — — Not published
15358Richeyville 1,025131 0–2 — — Not published
15360Scenery Hill 1,690205 0–2 — — Not published
15363Strabane 60533 0–2 — — Not published
15365Taylorstown 1459 0–2 — — Not published
15366Van Voorhis 5509 0–2 — — Not published
15367Venetia 9,906742 0–2 — — Not published
15376West Alexander 1,44166 0–2 — — Not published
15377West Finley 614216 0–2 — — Not published
15379West Middletown 6432 0–2 — — Not published
15412Allenport 20851 0–2 — — Not published
15419California 3,421343 0–2 — — Not published
15423Coal Center 1,846646 0–2 — — Not published
15427Daisytown 78934 0–2 — — Not published
15432Dunlevy 326156 0–2 — — Not published
15477Roscoe 733125 0–2 — — Not published
15483Stockdale 29118 0–2 — — Not published

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Find an actual space in Canonsburg

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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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 34 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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