Will this location work?

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RENT CEILING: $5,605/month
Based on what the average coffee shop in this county earns, $5,605/month is the most rent this location can carry. Add the asking rent to get a direct verdict. 2 competitors found nearby.

Coffee shop · Baltimore City College, 3220, The Alameda, Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello, Northwood, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, United States · generated 2026-08-17 03:06 UTC

The economics

What the average operator here does
Establishments in county measured 122
Employees each measured 9.8
Annual payroll each measured $215,246
Implied annual revenue assumed ratio $672,643
Rent this area can carry assumed ratio $5,605/mo

US Census County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 722515

Is this category growing here?

Coffee shops held roughly steady from 119 in 2019 to 122 in 2023 (+2.5%).

Direction: stable · US Census County Business Patterns, an official annual count of establishments.

Who you would be competing with

2 coffee shops within 1.6 km.

Red Emma's Cafe Juice Works

Source: OpenStreetMap tag database (Overpass). Coverage is community-maintained and thinner than Google Maps — treat this as a floor on the real count, not a census of it.

Who lives here

Tract population1,426
Median household income$55,500
Median age36.9
Households570

US Census ACS 5-Year 2022, tract level

What this report cannot tell you