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Cook County, IL — Pharmacies Saturation

Name: Pharmacies density by ZIP code in Cook County, IL
Creator: BizGapMap

How many pharmacies 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: Pharmacies · Drug stores · Community & compounding pharmacies. Counted together because official statistics use one 446110 code.

Measured density: Below average — 0.74× the U.S. rate (between 0.74× and 0.97× 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. 94 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 74 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 pharmacies — 74–97% of the U.S. rate

486 pharmacies are counted in Cook County — 0.8 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 74% of the U.S. rate of 1.0.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has fallen 12% between 2015 and 2023 (513 → 449). 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 60155 (Broadview), 60714 (Niles), 60162 (Hillside) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 60632 (Chicago), 60004 (Arlington Heights), 60612 (Chicago).

Census County Business Patterns (2023) puts the county-wide count at 576 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 74% of the U.S. rate for pharmacies. 74 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 74% and 97% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 60155 and 60714; the lowest measured density is in 60632 and 60004.

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

Pharmacies

486–674

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (94 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.8

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

1.0

per 10,000 present

County index

0.74×

vs. U.S.

Latest year (CBP)

576

2023 — $574M 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 (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses

114

no paid employees (2024)

Receipts

$12.9M

published gross receipts

Receipts per business

$113K

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 pharmacies 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 12% since 2015

Number of pharmacies 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.

513

2015

554

2018

545

2020

532

2021

517

2022

449

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

60155 Broadview

257%

60714 Niles

251%

60162 Hillside

248%

60457 Hickory Hills

241%

60455 Bridgeview

220%

60445 Midlothian

218%

60805 Evergreen Park

212%

60305 River Forest

203%

60053 Morton Grove

194%

60643 Chicago

173%

60194 Schaumburg

173%

60463 Palos Heights

172%

60467 Orland Park

169%

60429 Hazel Crest

168%

60659 Chicago

166%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

60632 Chicago

39%

60004 Arlington Heights

47%

60612 Chicago

50%

60626 Chicago

54%

60402 Berwyn

56%

60525 La Grange

56%

60018 Des Plaines

56%

60620 Chicago

57%

60629 Chicago

60%

60638 Chicago

64%

60804 Cicero

64%

60193 Schaumburg

65%

60201 Evanston

69%

60107 Streamwood

69%

60016 Des Plaines

70%

Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few pharmacies 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	Pharmacies	Index
60602	Chicago	Destination	1,480	33,916	3	158%
60603	Chicago	Destination	1,298	60,606	5	153%
60611	Chicago	Employment hub	37,705	89,024	8	94%
60607	Chicago	Employment hub	32,392	68,600	6	87%
60654	Chicago	Employment hub	25,755	68,006	5	81%
60601	Chicago	Employment hub	15,235	83,170	4	68%
60606	Chicago	Destination	3,840	203,655	5	46%
60141	Hines	Destination	195	3,318	0–2	—
60173	Schaumburg	Employment hub	13,650	52,694	0–2	—
60208	Evanston	Destination	255	20,972	0–2	—

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Pharmacies	Per 10k	Index	Status
60461	Olympia Fields	4,761	3,726	3	4.5	439%	Very high density
60155	Broadview	7,906	6,792	3	2.7	257%	Very high density
60714	Niles	30,305	24,130	11	2.6	251%	Very high density
60162	Hillside	8,084	7,285	3	2.6	248%	High density
60457	Hickory Hills	14,503	3,211	4	2.5	241%	High density
60455	Bridgeview	16,872	10,328	5	2.3	220%	High density
60445	Midlothian	14,268	6,940	4	2.3	218%	High density
60805	Evergreen Park	19,420	6,844	5	2.2	212%	High density
60305	River Forest	11,992	4,595	3	2.1	203%	High density
60053	Morton Grove	24,619	10,528	6	2.0	194%	High density
60643	Chicago	45,942	9,019	9	1.8	173%	High density
60194	Schaumburg	19,756	5,345	4	1.8	173%	High density
60463	Palos Heights	13,722	6,296	3	1.8	172%	High density
60467	Orland Park	24,398	8,422	5	1.7	169%	High density
60429	Hazel Crest	14,864	4,802	3	1.7	168%	High density
60659	Chicago	41,728	9,683	8	1.7	166%	High density
60621	Chicago	28,301	3,833	5	1.7	160%	High density
60712	Lincolnwood	13,112	10,293	3	1.6	159%	High density
60304	Oak Park	16,955	2,964	3	1.6	158%	High density
60602	Chicago	1,480	33,916	3	1.6	158%	High density
60603	Chicago	1,298	60,606	5	1.6	153%	High density
60640	Chicago	65,445	17,714	11	1.5	143%	Above average
60302	Oak Park	32,862	7,083	5	1.4	133%	Above average
60618	Chicago	91,901	20,260	14	1.4	133%	Above average
60616	Chicago	54,308	24,459	9	1.4	131%	Above average
60091	Wilmette	27,333	5,627	4	1.3	129%	Above average
60625	Chicago	76,760	12,820	11	1.3	128%	Above average
60624	Chicago	35,263	6,140	5	1.3	126%	Above average
60614	Chicago	70,693	27,556	11	1.3	126%	Above average
60169	Hoffman Estates	33,401	10,355	5	1.3	126%	Above average
60005	Arlington Heights	28,843	20,389	5	1.3	124%	Above average
60647	Chicago	84,749	18,625	12	1.3	124%	Above average
60657	Chicago	71,904	20,985	10	1.2	118%	Above average
60622	Chicago	54,609	25,035	8	1.2	115%	Above average
60453	Oak Lawn	56,861	20,791	8	1.2	115%	Above average
60076	Skokie	32,953	19,696	5	1.2	113%	Above average
60430	Homewood	19,838	12,628	3	1.1	111%	Above average
60623	Chicago	81,277	12,534	10	1.1	111%	Above average
60131	Franklin Park	18,054	17,688	3	1.1	108%	Above average
60067	Palatine	38,204	13,951	5	1.1	107%	Above average
60628	Chicago	60,431	7,654	7	1.1	106%	Above average
60615	Chicago	42,975	7,045	5	1.1	104%	Above average
60706	Harwood Heights	24,260	7,647	3	1.1	103%	Above average
60610	Chicago	44,883	24,563	6	1.0	102%	Above average
60608	Chicago	80,737	29,377	10	1.0	102%	Above average
60660	Chicago	42,724	11,098	5	1.0	100%	Above average
60077	Skokie	28,501	20,601	4	1.0	100%	Below average
60090	Wheeling	38,298	20,419	5	1.0	100%	Below average
60487	Tinley Park	26,043	6,646	3	1.0	99%	Below average
60025	Glenview	41,689	15,355	5	1.0	98%	Below average
60617	Chicago	74,790	9,915	8	1.0	97%	Below average
60630	Chicago	55,486	9,520	6	1.0	96%	Below average
60655	Chicago	28,434	3,995	3	1.0	95%	Below average
60609	Chicago	62,028	18,440	7	1.0	95%	Below average
60639	Chicago	84,240	15,433	9	1.0	95%	Below average
60611	Chicago	37,705	89,024	8	1.0	94%	Below average
60438	Lansing	28,806	7,275	3	0.9	90%	Below average
60646	Chicago	28,780	8,214	3	0.9	88%	Below average
60607	Chicago	32,392	68,600	6	0.9	87%	Below average
60160	Melrose Park	24,549	17,614	3	0.9	87%	Below average
60634	Chicago	73,885	9,038	7	0.9	86%	Below average
60636	Chicago	32,198	3,505	3	0.9	86%	Below average
60068	Park Ridge	38,650	15,904	4	0.9	83%	Below average
60654	Chicago	25,755	68,006	5	0.8	81%	Below average
60411	Chicago Heights	52,175	15,397	5	0.8	81%	Below average
60613	Chicago	52,244	15,412	5	0.8	81%	Below average
60202	Evanston	32,341	7,547	3	0.8	80%	Below average
60641	Chicago	68,894	12,906	6	0.8	77%	Below average
60649	Chicago	48,056	4,778	4	0.8	77%	Below average
60062	Northbrook	41,406	46,099	5	0.8	75%	Below average
60056	Mount Prospect	55,818	17,452	5	0.8	75%	Below average
60409	Calumet City	35,100	7,660	3	0.8	75%	Below average
60651	Chicago	63,335	6,154	5	0.8	73%	Below average
60133	Hanover Park	36,732	6,371	3	0.8	73%	Below average
60074	Palatine	36,460	8,793	3	0.7	71%	Below average
60016	Des Plaines	60,898	17,329	5	0.7	70%	Below average
60107	Streamwood	38,886	6,624	3	0.7	69%	Below average
60201	Evanston	43,744	25,259	4	0.7	69%	Below average
60601	Chicago	15,235	83,170	4	0.7	68%	Below average
60193	Schaumburg	40,146	9,409	3	0.7	65%	Below average
60804	Cicero	82,797	14,661	6	0.7	64%	Below average
60638	Chicago	57,074	37,741	5	0.7	64%	Below average
60629	Chicago	108,324	8,370	7	0.6	60%	Below average
60620	Chicago	64,871	7,319	4	0.6	57%	Below average
60018	Des Plaines	27,952	47,694	3	0.6	56%	Below average
60525	La Grange	31,324	41,056	3	0.6	56%	Below average
60402	Berwyn	63,721	12,054	4	0.6	56%	Below average
60626	Chicago	49,662	7,775	3	0.6	54%	Below average
60612	Chicago	35,744	44,360	3	0.5	50%	Below average
60004	Arlington Heights	51,835	20,130	3	0.5	47%	Far below average
60606	Chicago	3,840	203,655	5	0.5	46%	Far below average
60632	Chicago	89,107	20,101	4	0.4	39%	Far below average
60006	Arlington Heights	—	36	0–2	—	—	Not published
60007	Elk Grove Village	32,592	44,419	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
60065	Northbrook	—	201	0–2	—	—	Not published
60070	Prospect Heights	15,496	1,603	0–2	—	—	Not published
60078	Palatine	—	40	0–2	—	—	Not published
60082	Techny	—	184	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
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
60159	Schaumburg	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
60161	Melrose Park	—	61	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
60171	River Grove	10,451	2,096	0–2	—	—	Not published
60173	Schaumburg	13,650	52,694	0–2	—	—	Not published
60176	Schiller Park	11,393	6,458	0–2	—	—	Not published
60179	Hoffman Estates	—	1,237	0–2	—	—	Not published
60192	Hoffman Estates	16,461	7,007	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
60406	Blue Island	23,327	4,972	0–2	—	—	Not published
60412	Chicago Heights	—	43	0–2	—	—	Not published
60415	Chicago Ridge	14,099	4,484	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
60426	Harvey	23,906	7,383	0–2	—	—	Not published
60428	Markham	10,927	3,809	0–2	—	—	Not published
60439	Lemont	24,192	12,721	0–2	—	—	Not published
60443	Matteson	20,663	7,534	0–2	—	—	Not published
60452	Oak Forest	26,739	5,281	0–2	—	—	Not published
60454	Oak Lawn	—	156	0–2	—	—	Not published
60456	Hometown	4,215	339	0–2	—	—	Not published
60458	Justice	14,200	1,189	0–2	—	—	Not published
60459	Burbank	28,739	4,621	0–2	—	—	Not published
60462	Orland Park	41,456	17,270	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
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
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
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
60604	Chicago	616	41,171	0–2	—	—	Not published
60605	Chicago	36,210	22,820	0–2	—	—	Not published
60619	Chicago	59,503	6,093	0–2	—	—	Not published
60631	Chicago	30,924	23,781	0–2	—	—	Not published
60633	Chicago	12,474	10,315	0–2	—	—	Not published
60637	Chicago	52,721	31,368	0–2	—	—	Not published
60642	Chicago	21,789	21,425	0–2	—	—	Not published
60644	Chicago	47,210	5,433	0–2	—	—	Not published
60645	Chicago	48,208	4,307	0–2	—	—	Not published
60652	Chicago	41,074	5,715	0–2	—	—	Not published
60653	Chicago	33,383	3,171	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
60707	Elmwood Park	41,116	6,357	0–2	—	—	Not published
60803	Alsip	22,106	15,497	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 446110 — pharmacies & drug stores. 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: 576 establishments and $574M 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 (1.03 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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BizGapMap — free, no-login small-business saturation reports for major U.S. counties. Built entirely from public U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS data (ZBP 2023, ACS 2024 5-year, PEP 2024, LODES, QCEW, IRS SOI). No forecasts, no revenue guesses — withheld cells are marked, and the few derived counts are labelled as estimates.