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Bronx County, NY — 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. 25 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 — 0.45× the U.S. rate (between 0.45× and 0.68× 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. 15 ZIP cells in this county are withheld. 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   Bronx County auto repair — 45–68% of the U.S. rate

61 auto repair are counted in Bronx County — 0.4 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 45% 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 7% between 2015 and 2023 (57 → 61). 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 10474 (Bronx), 10470 (Bronx), 10461 (Bronx) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 10462 (Bronx), 10455 (Bronx), 10452 (Bronx).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 70 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Bronx County sits at 45% of the U.S. rate for auto repair. 15 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 45% and 68% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 10474 and 10470; the lowest measured density is in 10462 and 10455.

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
61–91
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (15 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
0.4
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.9
per 10,000 present
County index
0.45×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
70
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
1,412,082
25 ZIPs with data
Workers
285,342
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
1,384,724
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
−5.1%
−74,599 people
Net migration 2024
+2,705
international +28,403, domestic −25,698
Jobs located here
337,467
LODES 2022, +2.7% since 2019

Bronx County had an estimated 1,384,724 residents on July 1, 2024 — 5.1% fewer than in 2020 (−74,599). In the latest year it gained 9,458 people: births minus deaths +6,743, international migration +28,403, domestic migration −25,698. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

337,467 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+2.7% since 2019), and 557,454 employed residents lived there (−5.9% 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

No ZIP had a statistically significant increase.

ZIP losing residents
2015–19 → 2020–24
Change
10458 Bronx
−12.5%

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 7% since 2015

Number of auto repair in Bronx 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.

57
2015
68
2018
67
2020
64
2021
59
2022
61
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10474 Bronx
419%
10470 Bronx
252%
10461 Bronx
205%
10475 Bronx
174%
10457 Bronx
147%
10469 Bronx
80%
10466 Bronx
78%
10452 Bronx
73%
10455 Bronx
64%
10462 Bronx
40%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
10462 Bronx
40%
10455 Bronx
64%
10452 Bronx
73%
10466 Bronx
78%
10469 Bronx
80%
10457 Bronx
147%
10475 Bronx
174%
10461 Bronx
205%
10470 Bronx
252%
10474 Bronx
419%
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.

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
10474Bronx 11,27016,119 7 3.6 419% Very high density
10470Bronx 16,0044,692 4 2.2 252% Very high density
10461Bronx 52,01219,955 11 1.8 205% High density
10475Bronx 42,5787,844 7 1.5 174% High density
10457Bronx 79,54313,700 11 1.3 147% Above average
10469Bronx 68,5218,006 5 0.7 80% Below average
10466Bronx 71,1166,831 5 0.7 78% Below average
10452Bronx 75,6826,970 5 0.6 73% Below average
10455Bronx 44,80118,016 3 0.6 64% Below average
10462Bronx 76,32021,778 3 0.3 40% Far below average
10451Bronx 50,94218,629 0–2 — — Not published
10453Bronx 76,2826,882 0–2 — — Not published
10454Bronx 39,57013,549 0–2 — — Not published
10456Bronx 87,5339,953 0–2 — — Not published
10458Bronx 74,89818,558 0–2 — — Not published
10459Bronx 48,2706,765 0–2 — — Not published
10460Bronx 59,3966,313 0–2 — — Not published
10463Bronx 69,47011,667 0–2 — — Not published
10464Bronx 3,828994 0–2 — — Not published
10465Bronx 45,40410,273 0–2 — — Not published
10467Bronx 96,42129,007 0–2 — — Not published
10468Bronx 75,5578,388 0–2 — — Not published
10471Bronx 23,7988,616 0–2 — — Not published
10472Bronx 64,0115,005 0–2 — — Not published
10473Bronx 58,8556,832 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 70 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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