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Westchester County, NY — Restaurants Saturation

How many restaurants 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. 79 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Sit-down restaurants with table service. Counted together because official statistics use one 722511 code.

Measured density: Above average — 1.38× the U.S. rate (between 1.38× and 1.42× 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. 20 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 15 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

Above the U.S. rate   Westchester County restaurants — 138–142% of the U.S. rate

1,052 restaurants are counted in Westchester County — 8.8 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 138% of the U.S. rate of 6.4.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has stayed roughly flat between 2015 and 2023 (1,053 → 1,046).

Measured supply density is highest in 10547 (Mohegan Lake), 10549 (Mount Kisco), 10502 (Ardsley) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 10703 (Yonkers), 10552 (Mount Vernon), 10595 (Valhalla).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 980 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Westchester County sits at 138% of the U.S. rate for restaurants. 15 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 138% and 142% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 10547 and 10549; the lowest measured density is in 10703 and 10552.

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

Restaurants
1,052–1,092
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (20 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
8.8
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
6.4
per 10,000 present
County index
1.38×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
980
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
997,782
74 ZIPs with data
Workers
391,628
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,006,447
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+4,958 people
Net migration 2024
+6,269
international +10,427, domestic −4,158
Jobs located here
389,868
LODES 2022, −5.8% since 2019

Westchester County had an estimated 1,006,447 residents on July 1, 2024 — 0.5% more than in 2020 (+4,958). In the latest year it gained 9,521 people: births minus deaths +3,202, international migration +10,427, domestic migration −4,158. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

389,868 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−5.8% since 2019), and 426,608 employed residents lived there (−1.5% 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
10701 Yonkers
+14.7%
10538 Larchmont
+8.9%
10706 Hastings On Hudson
+8.1%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change

No ZIP had a statistically significant decrease.

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
286
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$17.7M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$62K
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 restaurants 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 1% since 2015

Number of restaurants in Westchester 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.

1,053
2015
1,117
2018
1,037
2020
1,022
2021
1,026
2022
1,046
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10547 Mohegan Lake
255%
10549 Mount Kisco
252%
10502 Ardsley
246%
10594 Thornwood
240%
10530 Hartsdale
237%
10538 Larchmont
237%
10543 Mamaroneck
232%
10533 Irvington
229%
10573 Port Chester
225%
10570 Pleasantville
224%
10580 Rye
206%
10707 Tuckahoe
203%
10522 Dobbs Ferry
201%
10510 Briarcliff Manor
200%
10803 Pelham
188%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10703 Yonkers
25%
10552 Mount Vernon
47%
10595 Valhalla
48%
10603 White Plains
50%
10550 Mount Vernon
62%
10804 New Rochelle
64%
10590 South Salem
64%
10805 New Rochelle
70%
10705 Yonkers
72%
10567 Cortlandt Manor
76%
10701 Yonkers
80%
10605 White Plains
86%
10604 West Harrison
87%
10514 Chappaqua
93%
10532 Hawthorne
95%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few restaurants 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 ResidentsWorkersRestaurantsIndex
10535Jefferson Valley Employment hub 392907 4 741%
10601White Plains Employment hub 11,93031,532 60 339%
10577Purchase Employment hub 5,94513,705 3 37%
10519Croton Falls Employment hub 99241 0–2 —
10540Lincolndale Employment hub 108418 0–2 —
10545Maryknoll Employment hub 185461 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersRestaurants Per 10kIndexStatus
10535Jefferson Valley 392907 4 47.3 741% Very high density
10505Baldwin Place 1,119532 4 28.9 452% Very high density
10601White Plains 11,93031,532 60 21.7 339% Very high density
10547Mohegan Lake 7,2052,807 14 16.3 255% Very high density
10549Mount Kisco 16,13514,985 38 16.1 252% Very high density
10502Ardsley 6,1971,599 11 15.7 246% High density
10594Thornwood 5,1101,497 9 15.4 240% High density
10530Hartsdale 13,8923,918 24 15.1 237% High density
10538Larchmont 17,7604,138 30 15.1 237% High density
10543Mamaroneck 20,9896,602 36 14.8 232% High density
10533Irvington 7,3621,701 12 14.6 229% High density
10573Port Chester 40,78612,944 68 14.4 225% High density
10570Pleasantville 13,2895,548 23 14.3 224% High density
10580Rye 18,3917,222 29 13.2 206% High density
10707Tuckahoe 9,6882,233 14 13.0 203% High density
10522Dobbs Ferry 11,5026,597 19 12.8 201% High density
10510Briarcliff Manor 10,2262,973 15 12.8 200% High density
10803Pelham 13,0725,571 19 12.0 188% High density
10566Peekskill 25,6255,527 34 12.0 187% High density
10520Croton On Hudson 12,3683,020 16 11.5 180% High density
10576Pound Ridge 4,891840 6 11.3 177% High density
10560North Salem 4,9181,041 6 11.0 173% High density
10504Armonk 7,66511,979 15 11.0 172% High density
10528Harrison 14,0914,876 18 10.9 170% High density
10511Buchanan 2,397727 3 10.9 170% High density
10801New Rochelle 42,75415,053 54 10.7 168% High density
10710Yonkers 25,85512,232 33 10.3 162% High density
10706Hastings On Hudson 9,1831,504 10 10.1 158% High density
10588Shrub Oak 2,783396 3 10.1 158% High density
10583Scarsdale 40,20710,027 44 9.7 152% High density
10591Tarrytown 23,92621,632 32 9.2 144% Above average
10589Somers 7,6042,355 8 9.1 143% Above average
10606White Plains 17,3415,128 18 9.0 142% Above average
10708Bronxville 22,4827,642 23 8.7 137% Above average
10607White Plains 6,4663,292 7 8.6 135% Above average
10562Ossining 33,7934,811 30 8.3 130% Above average
10704Yonkers 31,92111,758 31 8.2 128% Above average
10523Elmsford 9,45011,034 12 8.0 126% Above average
10506Bedford 6,2441,404 5 7.2 113% Above average
10598Yorktown Heights 28,8219,391 24 7.2 112% Above average
10507Bedford Hills 6,1092,234 5 6.9 108% Above average
10536Katonah 10,6693,077 8 6.6 103% Above average
10709Eastchester 10,3522,195 7 6.1 96% Below average
10532Hawthorne 5,3479,011 6 6.1 95% Below average
10514Chappaqua 11,7903,374 8 5.9 93% Below average
10604West Harrison 12,51710,831 10 5.6 87% Below average
10605White Plains 19,4938,356 13 5.5 86% Below average
10701Yonkers 70,67618,791 41 5.1 80% Below average
10567Cortlandt Manor 19,9765,490 11 4.8 76% Below average
10705Yonkers 38,8874,627 19 4.6 72% Below average
10805New Rochelle 20,9033,036 10 4.5 70% Below average
10590South Salem 6,989713 3 4.1 64% Below average
10804New Rochelle 16,1082,245 7 4.1 64% Below average
10550Mount Vernon 38,97213,661 18 3.9 62% Below average
10603White Plains 18,9105,785 7 3.2 50% Below average
10595Valhalla 7,24311,727 4 3.1 48% Far below average
10552Mount Vernon 22,3412,307 7 3.0 47% Far below average
10577Purchase 5,94513,705 3 2.3 37% Far below average
10703Yonkers 22,5864,400 4 1.6 25% Far below average
10501Amawalk 1,72746 0–2 — — Not published
10503Ardsley On Hudson 13290 0–2 — — Not published
10517Crompond 58436 0–2 — — Not published
10518Cross River 992305 0–2 — — Not published
10519Croton Falls 99241 0–2 — — Not published
10526Goldens Bridge 2,128261 0–2 — — Not published
10527Granite Springs 418116 0–2 — — Not published
10540Lincolndale 108418 0–2 — — Not published
10545Maryknoll 185461 0–2 — — Not published
10546Millwood 1,392839 0–2 — — Not published
10548Montrose 4,2541,845 0–2 — — Not published
10553Mount Vernon 11,0111,795 0–2 — — Not published
10578Purdys 1,780466 0–2 — — Not published
10587Shenorock —10 0–2 — — Not published
10596Verplanck 65090 0–2 — — Not published
10597Waccabuc 67979 0–2 — — Not published
10602White Plains —482 0–2 — — Not published
10610White Plains —34 0–2 — — Not published
10702Yonkers —534 0–2 — — Not published
10802New Rochelle —46 0–2 — — Not published

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 722511 — full-service restaurants. 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 980 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 (6.39 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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