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Clermont County, OH — 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. 14 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 — 1.24× the U.S. rate (between 1.24× and 1.89× 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. 7 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   Clermont County auto repair — 124–189% of the U.S. rate

27 auto repair are counted in Clermont County — 1.1 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 124% of the U.S. rate of 0.9.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has stayed roughly flat between 2015 and 2023 (12 → 12).

Measured supply density is highest in 45176 (Williamsburg), 45122 (Goshen), 45102 (Amelia) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 45140 (Loveland), 45103 (Batavia), 45245 (Cincinnati).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 31 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Clermont County sits at 124% of the U.S. rate for auto repair. 7 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 124% and 189% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 45176 and 45122; the lowest measured density is in 45140 and 45103.

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
27–41
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (7 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
1.1
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
0.9
per 10,000 present
County index
1.24×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
31
2026 Q1 — county total
Residents
221,449
14 ZIPs with data
Workers
58,713
jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population
214,123
Census PEP, July 1 2024
Change since 2020
+2.6%
+5,368 people
Net migration 2024
+1,886
international +431, domestic +1,455
Jobs located here
58,843
LODES 2022, −0.4% since 2019

Clermont County had an estimated 214,123 residents on July 1, 2024 — 2.6% more than in 2020 (+5,368). In the latest year it gained 1,921 people: births minus deaths +36, international migration +431, domestic migration +1,455. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

58,843 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (−0.4% since 2019), and 100,470 employed residents lived there (+0.2% 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
45102 Amelia
+15.5%
45103 Batavia
+14.1%
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

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 0% since 2015

Number of auto repair in Clermont 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.

12
2015
9
2018
9
2020
10
2021
12
2022
12
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
45176 Williamsburg
441%
45122 Goshen
305%
45102 Amelia
248%
45150 Milford
140%
45245 Cincinnati
131%
45103 Batavia
84%
45140 Loveland
55%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
45140 Loveland
55%
45103 Batavia
84%
45245 Cincinnati
131%
45150 Milford
140%
45102 Amelia
248%
45122 Goshen
305%
45176 Williamsburg
441%
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
45176Williamsburg 10,072841 4 3.8 441% Very high density
45122Goshen 10,977815 3 2.6 305% Very high density
45102Amelia 25,4485,088 6 2.1 248% High density
45150Milford 33,52715,649 5 1.2 140% Above average
45245Cincinnati 20,04512,963 3 1.1 131% Above average
45103Batavia 36,9388,874 3 0.7 84% Below average
45140Loveland 57,21111,981 3 0.5 55% Below average
45106Bethel 11,6991,082 0–2 — — Not published
45120Felicity 2,548236 0–2 — — Not published
45147Miamiville 57109 0–2 — — Not published
45153Moscow 2,21866 0–2 — — Not published
45157New Richmond 9,415777 0–2 — — Not published
45158Newtonsville 78729 0–2 — — Not published
45160Owensville 507203 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 31 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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