Is 15203 a good location for a restaurant?

What public records measure around the center of ZIP 15203 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania for a restaurant: households and income, jobs within reach, resident spending and the restaurants already mapped there. Whether a particular address fits is a question about that address; check one free below.

ZIP 15203, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Restaurant. Measured from the center of the ZIP, not an address. ZIP 15203 covers 1.5 square miles, so its edges are about half a mile from the center. Jobs and competitors are counted within a mile of the center and resident spending within 3 miles; the household figures beside are for the whole ZIP. Checked Oct 22, 2026.

ZIP 15203
5,902 households
Median household income
$67,345
Residents
10,370
Restaurants with employees, 2023
42

What stands out

  1. A modest daytime workforce within a short walk

    944Jobs
    9,031Households

    944 jobs are within a 5-minute walk (0.25 mile) and 4,787 within 10 minutes (0.5 mile), from Census workplace records for 2023.

  2. More nearby competition than most

    83Sit-down and casual restaurants
    910 ftNearest rival

    Overture's places data lists 83 sit-down and casual restaurants within half a mile (7 chain, 12 local multi-location and 64 independent) and 140 within a mile.

  3. What spending nearby can support

    $161KMiddle-case sales
    $1,350Rent the middle case supports

    Spending near the center of this ZIP supports an estimated $89,000 to $329,000 a year in sales for this business (middle case $161,000).

  4. Ahkn Mary St carries about 506 vehicles a day

    506Vehicles a day
    6,190Busiest road nearby

    The nearest counted roads are Ahkn Mary St, 506 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 120 feet away; H193 Josephine St, 2,598 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2022), about 200 feet away; and Ai3x S Twentyfirst St, 506 vehicles a day (FHWA HPMS 2024), about 220 feet away.

What the center of ZIP 15203 can sell each year

Middle case$161K

Sales a year, planning range

Low case$89K
High case$329K
Rivals within 2 mi492
Healthy share for this business
6% to 10%
Base rent the ZIP center supports
$450 to $2,750 a month

Resident, worker and student spending near the ZIP center, shared among competitors by distance (Huff model). A planning range with stated assumptions, not a forecast.

Competition

Competitors within half a mile83

93th percentile for nearby competition among 5,887 similar businesses in the Pittsburgh metro area

6.9× the metro median of 12
Within a quarter mile32
Within 1 mile140

Nearest competitors

  • Competitor 1Independent910 ft
  • Competitor 2Independent1,000 ft
  • Competitor 4Independent1,040 ft
  • Competitor 5Independent1,060 ft
  • Competitor 8Independent1,070 ft

Overture Maps Foundation places, 2026-09-23.1. Listings, not verified hours or menus.

Jobs within walking distance

10-minute walk4,787

Jobs at workplaces within half a mile

5-minute walk944
Within 1 mile19,003
Office-type, half mile1,645

Largest employers within a 10-minute walk

  • Professional services733
  • Food service and lodging717
  • Information637
  • Health care542
  • Manufacturing509

Census LEHD workplace records, jobs as of 2023. Straight-line distances. Office attendance is still roughly half to 60% of 2020 levels. Jobs are workplaces, not visits.

Traffic on nearby roads

Vehicles a day on Ahkn Mary St506

Nearest counted road, 2024 count

Busiest nearby, H189 S Eighteenth St6,190

Other counted roads nearby

  • H193 Josephine St200 ft2,598
  • Ai3X S Twentyfirst St220 ft506
  • Ai40 S Twentysecond St230 ft506
  • Ah55 Harcum Wy360 ft506

State DOT and FHWA annual average daily traffic, both directions. Vehicles, not foot traffic.

What an address adds

  • The free check of an addressThe same measurements within a short walk of one address in 15203: who lives and works right there, the competition on that block and the traffic on its road. No account.
  • The full reportFor one address: whether the rules allow a restaurant there, the rent the location supports against the asking rent, what has opened and closed nearby, and the questions to settle before signing.

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Sources: Overture Maps Foundation: Places (Overture Places release 2026-09-23.1); DoorWorthy demand model: resident, worker and student spending shared among competitors (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); U.S. Census Bureau: ACS (ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimates); U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer: ZIP Code Tabulation Area center (ZCTA internal point; land area 1.5 square miles); U.S. Census ACS households by income with BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey spending (ACS 2020-2024; 2020 Census; BLS CE 2024; prices 2026-08); FHWA Highway Performance Monitoring System (Annual average daily traffic, latest count 2024); U.S. Census Bureau: LEHD LODES workplace jobs (LODES8 workplace area characteristics, jobs as of 2023); U.S. Census Bureau ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023 (establishments with paid employees). Listings and counts are public records, not visits or sales in this ZIP.

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