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Cook County, IL — Convenience stores Saturation

Name: Convenience stores density by ZIP code in Cook County, IL
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How many convenience stores 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. 186 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Convenience stores · Corner stores · Small-format food & fuel marts. Counted together because official statistics use one 445120 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.58× the U.S. rate (between 0.58× and 0.93× 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. 122 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 102 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 Cook County convenience stores — 58–93% of the U.S. rate

337 convenience stores are counted in Cook County — 0.5 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 58% of the U.S. rate of 0.9.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has stayed roughly flat between 2015 and 2023 (244 → 243).

Measured supply density is highest in 60415 (Chicago Ridge), 60176 (Schiller Park), 60803 (Alsip) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 60804 (Cicero), 60625 (Chicago), 60617 (Chicago).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 437 establishments, including locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA — so it can run slightly above the sum of the ZIP rows on this page. It is annual, so it lags more than QCEW.

Measured density: Cook County sits at 58% of the U.S. rate for convenience stores. 102 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 58% and 93% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 60415 and 60176; the lowest measured density is in 60804 and 60625.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing convenience stores 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.

Convenience stores

337–581

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (122 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.5

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

0.9

per 10,000 present

County index

0.58×

vs. U.S.

Latest year (CBP)

437

2023 — $51M annual payroll

Residents

5,132,257

166 ZIPs with data

Workers

2,445,383

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

5,182,617

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

−1.6%

−84,455 people

Net migration 2024

+30,570

international +67,763, domestic −37,193

Jobs located here

2,616,104

LODES 2022, −1.9% since 2019

Cook County had an estimated 5,182,617 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.6% fewer than in 2020 (−84,455). In the latest year it gained 40,095 people: births minus deaths +9,459, international migration +67,763, domestic migration −37,193. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

2,616,104 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−1.9% since 2019), and 2,331,664 employed residents lived there (−3.2% 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

60654 Chicago

+28.6%

60605 Chicago

+24.6%

60611 Chicago

+13.5%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

60445 Midlothian

−44.7%

60426 Harvey

−16.7%

60827 Riverdale

−13.2%

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

Not shown. Census publishes convenience stores only combined with vending machine operators, so a convenience-only nonemployer count is not published.

Census Nonemployer Statistics 2024 (NAICS 2022). We do not approximate this figure.

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 convenience stores 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 — down 0% since 2015

Number of convenience stores in Cook 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.

244

2015

230

2018

233

2020

232

2021

239

2022

243

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

60415 Chicago Ridge

268%

60176 Schiller Park

225%

60803 Alsip

220%

60630 Chicago

200%

60194 Schaumburg

195%

60426 Harvey

159%

60608 Chicago

149%

60613 Chicago

146%

60805 Evergreen Park

144%

60614 Chicago

143%

60634 Chicago

140%

60610 Chicago

134%

60645 Chicago

130%

60647 Chicago

128%

60018 Des Plaines

127%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

60804 Cicero

36%

60625 Chicago

39%

60617 Chicago

41%

60016 Des Plaines

47%

60453 Oak Lawn

49%

60628 Chicago

51%

60612 Chicago

57%

60638 Chicago

58%

60201 Evanston

58%

60609 Chicago

61%

60462 Orland Park

66%

60616 Chicago

66%

60651 Chicago

66%

60660 Chicago

68%

60629 Chicago

68%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few convenience stores 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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Convenience stores	Index
60601	Chicago	Employment hub	15,235	83,170	9	173%
60607	Chicago	Employment hub	32,392	68,600	10	164%
60604	Chicago	Destination	616	41,171	3	155%
60654	Chicago	Employment hub	25,755	68,006	8	147%
60173	Schaumburg	Employment hub	13,650	52,694	4	109%
60611	Chicago	Employment hub	37,705	89,024	6	80%
60606	Chicago	Destination	3,840	203,655	5	52%
60141	Hines	Destination	195	3,318	0–2	—
60208	Evanston	Destination	255	20,972	0–2	—
60602	Chicago	Destination	1,480	33,916	0–2	—

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Convenience stores	Per 10k	Index	Status
60415	Chicago Ridge	14,099	4,484	4	2.4	268%	Very high density
60176	Schiller Park	11,393	6,458	3	2.1	225%	High density
60803	Alsip	22,106	15,497	6	2.0	220%	High density
60630	Chicago	55,486	9,520	11	1.8	200%	High density
60194	Schaumburg	19,756	5,345	4	1.8	195%	High density
60601	Chicago	15,235	83,170	9	1.6	173%	High density
60607	Chicago	32,392	68,600	10	1.5	164%	High density
60426	Harvey	23,906	7,383	4	1.4	159%	High density
60604	Chicago	616	41,171	3	1.4	155%	High density
60608	Chicago	80,737	29,377	13	1.4	149%	Above average
60654	Chicago	25,755	68,006	8	1.3	147%	Above average
60613	Chicago	52,244	15,412	8	1.3	146%	Above average
60805	Evergreen Park	19,420	6,844	3	1.3	144%	Above average
60614	Chicago	70,693	27,556	11	1.3	143%	Above average
60634	Chicago	73,885	9,038	10	1.3	140%	Above average
60610	Chicago	44,883	24,563	7	1.2	134%	Above average
60645	Chicago	48,208	4,307	6	1.2	130%	Above average
60647	Chicago	84,749	18,625	11	1.2	128%	Above average
60018	Des Plaines	27,952	47,694	6	1.2	127%	Above average
60202	Evanston	32,341	7,547	4	1.1	121%	Above average
60007	Elk Grove Village	32,592	44,419	6	1.1	120%	Above average
60657	Chicago	71,904	20,985	9	1.1	120%	Above average
60640	Chicago	65,445	17,714	8	1.1	118%	Above average
60615	Chicago	42,975	7,045	5	1.1	118%	Above average
60659	Chicago	41,728	9,683	5	1.1	118%	Above average
60641	Chicago	68,894	12,906	8	1.1	116%	Above average
60620	Chicago	64,871	7,319	7	1.0	112%	Above average
60173	Schaumburg	13,650	52,694	4	1.0	109%	Above average
60618	Chicago	91,901	20,260	10	1.0	107%	Above average
60107	Streamwood	38,886	6,624	4	0.9	104%	Above average
60076	Skokie	32,953	19,696	4	0.9	102%	Above average
60653	Chicago	33,383	3,171	3	0.9	94%	Below average
60605	Chicago	36,210	22,820	4	0.8	92%	Below average
60302	Oak Park	32,862	7,083	3	0.8	90%	Below average
60025	Glenview	41,689	15,355	4	0.8	89%	Below average
60644	Chicago	47,210	5,433	4	0.8	88%	Below average
60623	Chicago	81,277	12,534	7	0.8	88%	Below average
60649	Chicago	48,056	4,778	4	0.8	87%	Below average
60624	Chicago	35,263	6,140	3	0.8	86%	Below average
60626	Chicago	49,662	7,775	4	0.7	82%	Below average
60622	Chicago	54,609	25,035	5	0.7	82%	Below average
60611	Chicago	37,705	89,024	6	0.7	80%	Below average
60402	Berwyn	63,721	12,054	5	0.7	78%	Below average
60714	Niles	30,305	24,130	3	0.7	77%	Below average
60652	Chicago	41,074	5,715	3	0.7	75%	Below average
60707	Elmwood Park	41,116	6,357	3	0.7	74%	Below average
60067	Palatine	38,204	13,951	3	0.7	73%	Below average
60619	Chicago	59,503	6,093	4	0.6	70%	Below average
60629	Chicago	108,324	8,370	7	0.6	68%	Below average
60660	Chicago	42,724	11,098	3	0.6	68%	Below average
60651	Chicago	63,335	6,154	4	0.6	66%	Below average
60616	Chicago	54,308	24,459	4	0.6	66%	Below average
60462	Orland Park	41,456	17,270	3	0.6	66%	Below average
60609	Chicago	62,028	18,440	4	0.6	61%	Below average
60201	Evanston	43,744	25,259	3	0.5	58%	Below average
60638	Chicago	57,074	37,741	4	0.5	58%	Below average
60612	Chicago	35,744	44,360	3	0.5	57%	Below average
60606	Chicago	3,840	203,655	5	0.5	52%	Below average
60628	Chicago	60,431	7,654	3	0.5	51%	Below average
60453	Oak Lawn	56,861	20,791	3	0.4	49%	Far below average
60016	Des Plaines	60,898	17,329	3	0.4	47%	Far below average
60617	Chicago	74,790	9,915	3	0.4	41%	Far below average
60625	Chicago	76,760	12,820	3	0.4	39%	Far below average
60804	Cicero	82,797	14,661	3	0.3	36%	Far below average
60004	Arlington Heights	51,835	20,130	0–2	—	—	Not published
60005	Arlington Heights	28,843	20,389	0–2	—	—	Not published
60006	Arlington Heights	—	36	0–2	—	—	Not published
60008	Rolling Meadows	22,800	21,481	0–2	—	—	Not published
60017	Des Plaines	—	170	0–2	—	—	Not published
60022	Glencoe	8,352	2,391	0–2	—	—	Not published
60026	Glenview	14,069	8,480	0–2	—	—	Not published
60029	Golf	518	88	0–2	—	—	Not published
60043	Kenilworth	2,503	555	0–2	—	—	Not published
60053	Morton Grove	24,619	10,528	0–2	—	—	Not published
60056	Mount Prospect	55,818	17,452	0–2	—	—	Not published
60062	Northbrook	41,406	46,099	0–2	—	—	Not published
60065	Northbrook	—	201	0–2	—	—	Not published
60068	Park Ridge	38,650	15,904	0–2	—	—	Not published
60070	Prospect Heights	15,496	1,603	0–2	—	—	Not published
60074	Palatine	36,460	8,793	0–2	—	—	Not published
60077	Skokie	28,501	20,601	0–2	—	—	Not published
60078	Palatine	—	40	0–2	—	—	Not published
60082	Techny	—	184	0–2	—	—	Not published
60090	Wheeling	38,298	20,419	0–2	—	—	Not published
60091	Wilmette	27,333	5,627	0–2	—	—	Not published
60093	Winnetka	19,867	10,004	0–2	—	—	Not published
60104	Bellwood	18,256	3,868	0–2	—	—	Not published
60130	Forest Park	13,943	7,440	0–2	—	—	Not published
60131	Franklin Park	18,054	17,688	0–2	—	—	Not published
60133	Hanover Park	36,732	6,371	0–2	—	—	Not published
60141	Hines	195	3,318	0–2	—	—	Not published
60153	Maywood	23,201	11,871	0–2	—	—	Not published
60154	Westchester	16,436	9,124	0–2	—	—	Not published
60155	Broadview	7,906	6,792	0–2	—	—	Not published
60159	Schaumburg	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
60160	Melrose Park	24,549	17,614	0–2	—	—	Not published
60161	Melrose Park	—	61	0–2	—	—	Not published
60162	Hillside	8,084	7,285	0–2	—	—	Not published
60163	Berkeley	5,199	1,517	0–2	—	—	Not published
60164	Melrose Park	20,872	8,892	0–2	—	—	Not published
60165	Stone Park	4,482	1,140	0–2	—	—	Not published
60168	Schaumburg	—	27	0–2	—	—	Not published
60169	Hoffman Estates	33,401	10,355	0–2	—	—	Not published
60171	River Grove	10,451	2,096	0–2	—	—	Not published
60179	Hoffman Estates	—	1,237	0–2	—	—	Not published
60192	Hoffman Estates	16,461	7,007	0–2	—	—	Not published
60193	Schaumburg	40,146	9,409	0–2	—	—	Not published
60195	Schaumburg	4,397	5,331	0–2	—	—	Not published
60196	Schaumburg	—	3,103	0–2	—	—	Not published
60203	Evanston	4,680	390	0–2	—	—	Not published
60204	Evanston	—	160	0–2	—	—	Not published
60208	Evanston	255	20,972	0–2	—	—	Not published
60301	Oak Park	3,475	4,793	0–2	—	—	Not published
60303	Oak Park	—	20	0–2	—	—	Not published
60304	Oak Park	16,955	2,964	0–2	—	—	Not published
60305	River Forest	11,992	4,595	0–2	—	—	Not published
60406	Blue Island	23,327	4,972	0–2	—	—	Not published
60409	Calumet City	35,100	7,660	0–2	—	—	Not published
60411	Chicago Heights	52,175	15,397	0–2	—	—	Not published
60412	Chicago Heights	—	43	0–2	—	—	Not published
60418	Crestwood	10,572	2,133	0–2	—	—	Not published
60419	Dolton	20,825	2,530	0–2	—	—	Not published
60422	Flossmoor	9,542	1,424	0–2	—	—	Not published
60425	Glenwood	8,714	1,909	0–2	—	—	Not published
60428	Markham	10,927	3,809	0–2	—	—	Not published
60429	Hazel Crest	14,864	4,802	0–2	—	—	Not published
60430	Homewood	19,838	12,628	0–2	—	—	Not published
60438	Lansing	28,806	7,275	0–2	—	—	Not published
60439	Lemont	24,192	12,721	0–2	—	—	Not published
60443	Matteson	20,663	7,534	0–2	—	—	Not published
60445	Midlothian	14,268	6,940	0–2	—	—	Not published
60452	Oak Forest	26,739	5,281	0–2	—	—	Not published
60454	Oak Lawn	—	156	0–2	—	—	Not published
60455	Bridgeview	16,872	10,328	0–2	—	—	Not published
60456	Hometown	4,215	339	0–2	—	—	Not published
60457	Hickory Hills	14,503	3,211	0–2	—	—	Not published
60458	Justice	14,200	1,189	0–2	—	—	Not published
60459	Burbank	28,739	4,621	0–2	—	—	Not published
60461	Olympia Fields	4,761	3,726	0–2	—	—	Not published
60463	Palos Heights	13,722	6,296	0–2	—	—	Not published
60464	Palos Park	9,773	1,758	0–2	—	—	Not published
60465	Palos Hills	18,081	3,499	0–2	—	—	Not published
60466	Park Forest	21,461	2,093	0–2	—	—	Not published
60467	Orland Park	24,398	8,422	0–2	—	—	Not published
60469	Posen	5,205	774	0–2	—	—	Not published
60471	Richton Park	12,848	1,435	0–2	—	—	Not published
60472	Robbins	4,563	217	0–2	—	—	Not published
60473	South Holland	21,225	10,974	0–2	—	—	Not published
60475	Steger	10,035	887	0–2	—	—	Not published
60476	Thornton	1,940	780	0–2	—	—	Not published
60477	Tinley Park	35,976	13,621	0–2	—	—	Not published
60478	Country Club Hills	16,390	2,171	0–2	—	—	Not published
60480	Willow Springs	5,388	773	0–2	—	—	Not published
60482	Worth	10,897	1,288	0–2	—	—	Not published
60487	Tinley Park	26,043	6,646	0–2	—	—	Not published
60499	Bedford Park	—	77	0–2	—	—	Not published
60501	Summit Argo	11,432	4,212	0–2	—	—	Not published
60513	Brookfield	19,343	3,146	0–2	—	—	Not published
60525	La Grange	31,324	41,056	0–2	—	—	Not published
60526	La Grange Park	13,459	1,746	0–2	—	—	Not published
60534	Lyons	10,327	2,008	0–2	—	—	Not published
60546	Riverside	16,322	4,686	0–2	—	—	Not published
60558	Western Springs	13,446	2,222	0–2	—	—	Not published
60602	Chicago	1,480	33,916	0–2	—	—	Not published
60603	Chicago	1,298	60,606	0–2	—	—	Not published
60621	Chicago	28,301	3,833	0–2	—	—	Not published
60631	Chicago	30,924	23,781	0–2	—	—	Not published
60632	Chicago	89,107	20,101	0–2	—	—	Not published
60633	Chicago	12,474	10,315	0–2	—	—	Not published
60636	Chicago	32,198	3,505	0–2	—	—	Not published
60637	Chicago	52,721	31,368	0–2	—	—	Not published
60639	Chicago	84,240	15,433	0–2	—	—	Not published
60642	Chicago	21,789	21,425	0–2	—	—	Not published
60643	Chicago	45,942	9,019	0–2	—	—	Not published
60646	Chicago	28,780	8,214	0–2	—	—	Not published
60655	Chicago	28,434	3,995	0–2	—	—	Not published
60656	Chicago	29,538	5,140	0–2	—	—	Not published
60661	Chicago	11,398	64,670	0–2	—	—	Not published
60666	Chicago	—	37,159	0–2	—	—	Not published
60673	Chicago	—	7	0–2	—	—	Not published
60680	Chicago	—	80	0–2	—	—	Not published
60690	Chicago	—	25	0–2	—	—	Not published
60699	Chicago	—	50	0–2	—	—	Not published
60706	Harwood Heights	24,260	7,647	0–2	—	—	Not published
60712	Lincolnwood	13,112	10,293	0–2	—	—	Not published
60827	Riverdale	24,713	2,241	0–2	—	—	Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 445120 — convenience retailers. Counts establishments with paid employees. ZBP is published annually with a ~2-year lag.

Fresh county signal. This industry has no clean QCEW series, so the freshest county signal is Census County Business Patterns 2023: 437 establishments and $51M in annual payroll county-wide. This count includes locations in ZIP codes that do not map to a ZCTA, so it can be slightly higher than the sum of the ZIP rows. CBP is annual and slower than QCEW. 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 (0.91 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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