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Orange County, FL — Auto repair Saturation

How many auto repair 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. 71 ZIP codes analyzed.

Includes: Auto repair & maintenance shops · Body, paint & interior repair. Counted together because official statistics use one 811121 code.

Measured density: Range spans bands — 0.91× the U.S. rate (between 0.91× and 1.20× 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. 50 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 24 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   Orange County auto repair — 91–120% of the U.S. rate

152 auto repair are counted in Orange County — 0.8 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 91% of the U.S. rate of 0.9.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 26% between 2015 and 2023 (106 → 134). 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 32805 (Orlando), 32807 (Orlando), 32837 (Orlando) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 32825 (Orlando), 32832 (Orlando), 34786 (Windermere).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 148 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Orange County sits at 91% of the U.S. rate for auto repair. 24 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 91% and 120% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 32805 and 32807; the lowest measured density is in 32825 and 32832.

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

Auto repair
152–252
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (50 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.8
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.9
per 10,000 present
County index
0.91×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
148
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
1,506,022
45 ZIPs with data
Workers
844,340
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,533,646
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+7.1%
+101,926 people
Net migration 2024
+25,281
international +43,378, domestic −18,097
Jobs located here
958,615
LODES 2022, +1.6% since 2019

Orange County had an estimated 1,533,646 residents on July 1, 2024 — 7.1% more than in 2020 (+101,926). In the latest year it gained 32,381 people: births minus deaths +7,133, international migration +43,378, domestic migration −18,097. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

958,615 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+1.6% since 2019), and 670,410 employed residents lived there (+0.9% 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
32827 Orlando
+109.1%
32821 Orlando
+48.0%
34787 Winter Garden
+45.0%
ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
32826 Orlando
−19.4%

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 only a broader group that also includes auto glass shops, so an auto-repair-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 auto repair 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 — up 26% since 2015

Number of auto repair in Orange 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.

106
2015
137
2018
127
2020
133
2021
138
2022
134
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32805 Orlando
590%
32807 Orlando
557%
32837 Orlando
210%
32824 Orlando
193%
32804 Orlando
182%
34761 Ocoee
167%
32792 Winter Park
165%
32809 Orlando
163%
32703 Apopka
150%
32811 Orlando
119%
32808 Orlando
119%
32822 Orlando
117%
34787 Winter Garden
102%
32817 Orlando
101%
32751 Maitland
91%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32825 Orlando
67%
32832 Orlando
71%
34786 Windermere
76%
32839 Orlando
77%
32806 Orlando
81%
32789 Winter Park
84%
32751 Maitland
91%
32817 Orlando
101%
34787 Winter Garden
102%
32822 Orlando
117%
32808 Orlando
119%
32811 Orlando
119%
32703 Apopka
150%
32809 Orlando
163%
32792 Winter Park
165%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few auto repair 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 ResidentsWorkersAuto repairIndex
32801Orlando Employment hub 17,04637,051 0–2 —
32819Orlando Employment hub 30,213112,747 0–2 —
32830Orlando Destination 19759,397 0–2 —

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersAuto repair Per 10kIndexStatus
32805Orlando 19,29412,327 13 5.1 590% Very high density
32807Orlando 34,4569,940 19 4.8 557% Very high density
32837Orlando 53,67124,703 12 1.8 210% High density
32824Orlando 58,36827,271 12 1.7 193% High density
32804Orlando 21,72020,210 5 1.6 182% High density
34761Ocoee 47,32715,819 8 1.4 167% High density
32792Winter Park 52,97620,357 9 1.4 165% High density
32809Orlando 29,23755,090 8 1.4 163% High density
32703Apopka 59,26920,131 9 1.3 150% High density
32811Orlando 41,47513,887 5 1.0 119% Above average
32808Orlando 60,20315,545 7 1.0 119% Above average
32822Orlando 67,08124,430 8 1.0 117% Above average
34787Winter Garden 101,44123,319 10 0.9 102% Above average
32817Orlando 37,01417,796 4 0.9 101% Above average
32751Maitland 22,10332,059 3 0.8 91% Below average
32789Winter Park 27,78827,251 3 0.7 84% Below average
32806Orlando 26,09633,587 3 0.7 81% Below average
32839Orlando 53,24213,524 4 0.7 77% Below average
34786Windermere 42,3587,041 3 0.7 76% Below average
32832Orlando 40,19617,362 3 0.6 71% Below average
32825Orlando 63,69811,056 4 0.6 67% Below average
32704Apopka —118 0–2 — — Not published
32709Christmas 1,696166 0–2 — — Not published
32710Clarcona —23 0–2 — — Not published
32712Apopka 50,5834,965 0–2 — — Not published
32768Plymouth 0294 0–2 — — Not published
32777Tangerine —211 0–2 — — Not published
32790Winter Park —206 0–2 — — Not published
32793Winter Park —53 0–2 — — Not published
32794Maitland —95 0–2 — — Not published
32798Zellwood 2,782796 0–2 — — Not published
32801Orlando 17,04637,051 0–2 — — Not published
32802Orlando —558 0–2 — — Not published
32803Orlando 22,15237,019 0–2 — — Not published
32810Orlando 36,92722,310 0–2 — — Not published
32812Orlando 34,6866,281 0–2 — — Not published
32814Orlando 9,2864,163 0–2 — — Not published
32816Orlando 12,624992 0–2 — — Not published
32818Orlando 59,1144,753 0–2 — — Not published
32819Orlando 30,213112,747 0–2 — — Not published
32820Orlando 10,8971,534 0–2 — — Not published
32821Orlando 26,16126,456 0–2 — — Not published
32826Orlando 29,00619,172 0–2 — — Not published
32827Orlando 19,71133,400 0–2 — — Not published
32828Orlando 69,20210,815 0–2 — — Not published
32829Orlando 20,8192,348 0–2 — — Not published
32830Orlando 19759,397 0–2 — — Not published
32831Orlando 2,52759 0–2 — — Not published
32833Orlando 11,389693 0–2 — — Not published
32834Orlando —32 0–2 — — Not published
32835Orlando 49,2058,710 0–2 — — Not published
32836Orlando 26,1066,563 0–2 — — Not published
32853Orlando —74 0–2 — — Not published
32854Orlando —55 0–2 — — Not published
32856Orlando —19 0–2 — — Not published
32857Orlando —34 0–2 — — Not published
32858Orlando —28 0–2 — — Not published
32859Orlando —92 0–2 — — Not published
32860Orlando —5 0–2 — — Not published
32861Orlando —150 0–2 — — Not published
32862Orlando —19 0–2 — — Not published
32867Orlando —11 0–2 — — Not published
32868Orlando —18 0–2 — — Not published
32869Orlando —234 0–2 — — Not published
32872Orlando —9 0–2 — — Not published
32877Orlando —42 0–2 — — Not published
32878Orlando —151 0–2 — — Not published
34734Gotha 3,940393 0–2 — — Not published
34760Oakland 740852 0–2 — — Not published
34777Winter Garden —124 0–2 — — Not published
34778Winter Garden —29 0–2 — — Not published

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Census withholds some ZIP-by-industry cells to protect small businesses. 0–2 means the cell was not published (Census publishes industry counts only at 3+ per ZIP), so the ZIP is left unranked rather than counted as zero. ~ means the count is estimated from the broader industry group and can be off by a business or two.

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Methodology & sources

Establishments. U.S. Census ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP 2023), NAICS 811121 — automotive body, paint & interior repair. 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 148 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 (0.87 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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