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Dallas County, TX — Auto repair Saturation

Name: Auto repair density by ZIP code in Dallas County, TX
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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. 134 ZIP codes analyzed.

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

Measured density: Below average — 0.65× the U.S. rate (between 0.65× and 0.98× 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. 102 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 52 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 Dallas County auto repair — 65–98% of the U.S. rate

199 auto repair are counted in Dallas County — 0.6 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 65% 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 32% between 2015 and 2023 (138 → 182). 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 75235 (Dallas), 75229 (Dallas), 75006 (Carrollton) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 75052 (Grand Prairie), 75217 (Dallas), 75243 (Dallas).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 231 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Dallas County sits at 65% of the U.S. rate for auto repair. 52 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 65% and 98% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 75235 and 75229; the lowest measured density is in 75052 and 75217.

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

199–403

published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (102 cells) (2023)

Per 10,000 present

0.6

residents + daytime workers

U.S. average

0.9

per 10,000 present

County index

0.65×

vs. U.S.

Latest quarter (QCEW)

231

2026 Q1 — county total

Residents

2,736,443

84 ZIPs with data

Workers

1,654,497

jobs located in county

Is the area growing?

Population

2,656,028

Census PEP, July 1 2024

Change since 2020

+1.7%

+45,287 people

Net migration 2024

+396

international +47,564, domestic −47,168

Jobs located here

1,844,442

LODES 2022, +5.7% since 2019

Dallas County had an estimated 2,656,028 residents on July 1, 2024 — 1.7% more than in 2020 (+45,287). In the latest year it gained 19,774 people: births minus deaths +19,625, international migration +47,564, domestic migration −47,168. Components are published separately and may not sum exactly.

1,844,442 jobs were located in the county in 2022 (+5.7% since 2019), and 1,215,598 employed residents lived there (+1.8% 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

75054 Grand Prairie

+54.2%

75182 Sunnyvale

+31.8%

75146 Lancaster

+27.4%

ZIP losing residents

2015–19 → 2020–24

Change

75223 Dallas

−19.7%

75234 Dallas

−11.3%

75081 Richardson

−9.2%

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 32% since 2015

Number of auto repair in Dallas 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.

138

2015

165

2018

170

2020

175

2021

178

2022

182

2023

Highest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

75235 Dallas

378%

75229 Dallas

350%

75006 Carrollton

274%

75042 Garland

251%

75041 Garland

246%

75218 Dallas

222%

75088 Rowlett

211%

75137 Duncanville

210%

75208 Dallas

202%

75116 Duncanville

201%

75238 Dallas

173%

75212 Dallas

169%

75220 Dallas

154%

75228 Dallas

127%

75050 Grand Prairie

123%

Lowest measured density

ZIP

vs. U.S. average

Index

75052 Grand Prairie

44%

75217 Dallas

52%

75243 Dallas

55%

75062 Irving

65%

75149 Mesquite

68%

75104 Cedar Hill

84%

75081 Richardson

86%

75115 Desoto

91%

75040 Garland

97%

75061 Irving

102%

75234 Dallas

104%

75150 Mesquite

109%

75080 Richardson

114%

75051 Grand Prairie

116%

75050 Grand Prairie

123%

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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Type	Residents	Workers	Auto repair	Index
75247	Dallas	Destination	627	53,514	4	169%
75001	Addison	Employment hub	16,872	41,981	4	122%
75039	Irving	Employment hub	24,164	61,246	0–2	—
75201	Dallas	Employment hub	18,345	92,848	0–2	—
75202	Dallas	Employment hub	2,892	20,173	0–2	—
75207	Dallas	Employment hub	8,287	20,963	0–2	—
75244	Dallas	Employment hub	13,389	34,088	0–2	—
75246	Dallas	Employment hub	2,286	15,760	0–2	—
75251	Dallas	Employment hub	3,525	16,647	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.

ZIP	Neighborhood	Residents	Workers	Auto repair	Per 10k	Index	Status
75235	Dallas	19,637	34,065	12	3.3	378%	Very high density
75229	Dallas	33,656	31,720	15	3.0	350%	Very high density
75006	Carrollton	47,807	56,255	18	2.4	274%	Very high density
75042	Garland	38,112	15,899	10	2.2	251%	Very high density
75041	Garland	32,943	18,795	9	2.1	246%	High density
75218	Dallas	22,544	6,986	5	1.9	222%	High density
75088	Rowlett	28,075	9,532	6	1.8	211%	High density
75137	Duncanville	19,729	4,569	4	1.8	210%	High density
75208	Dallas	29,367	10,015	6	1.7	202%	High density
75116	Duncanville	19,954	5,989	4	1.7	201%	High density
75238	Dallas	33,199	13,916	6	1.5	173%	High density
75212	Dallas	28,259	11,763	5	1.5	169%	High density
75247	Dallas	627	53,514	4	1.5	169%	High density
75220	Dallas	40,239	24,378	7	1.3	154%	High density
75228	Dallas	67,714	10,331	8	1.1	127%	Above average
75050	Grand Prairie	44,889	41,725	7	1.1	123%	Above average
75001	Addison	16,872	41,981	4	1.1	122%	Above average
75051	Grand Prairie	40,884	17,721	5	1.0	116%	Above average
75080	Richardson	52,569	37,229	7	1.0	114%	Above average
75150	Mesquite	62,738	22,571	7	0.9	109%	Above average
75234	Dallas	32,961	45,370	5	0.9	104%	Above average
75061	Irving	56,013	23,533	6	0.9	102%	Above average
75040	Garland	64,606	14,086	6	0.8	97%	Below average
75115	Desoto	56,211	14,669	5	0.8	91%	Below average
75081	Richardson	36,544	34,121	4	0.7	86%	Below average
75104	Cedar Hill	49,228	11,419	4	0.7	84%	Below average
75149	Mesquite	58,262	18,847	4	0.6	68%	Below average
75062	Irving	52,116	39,024	4	0.6	65%	Below average
75243	Dallas	63,481	41,969	4	0.5	55%	Below average
75217	Dallas	85,028	6,139	4	0.5	52%	Below average
75052	Grand Prairie	97,278	17,298	4	0.4	44%	Far below average
75089	Rowlett	35,619	2,376	~0	0.0	0%	Far below average
75011	Carrollton	—	178	0–2	—	—	Not published
75014	Irving	—	304	0–2	—	—	Not published
75015	Irving	—	272	0–2	—	—	Not published
75016	Irving	—	348	0–2	—	—	Not published
75017	Irving	—	53	0–2	—	—	Not published
75019	Coppell	44,917	61,807	0–2	—	—	Not published
75030	Rowlett	—	102	0–2	—	—	Not published
75038	Irving	32,755	42,892	0–2	—	—	Not published
75039	Irving	24,164	61,246	0–2	—	—	Not published
75043	Garland	63,152	10,125	0–2	—	—	Not published
75044	Garland	47,529	4,209	0–2	—	—	Not published
75045	Garland	—	6	0–2	—	—	Not published
75046	Garland	—	34	0–2	—	—	Not published
75047	Garland	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75048	Sachse	30,993	3,336	0–2	—	—	Not published
75049	Garland	—	22	0–2	—	—	Not published
75053	Grand Prairie	—	1,538	0–2	—	—	Not published
75054	Grand Prairie	18,388	599	0–2	—	—	Not published
75060	Irving	47,591	8,392	0–2	—	—	Not published
75063	Irving	45,849	65,930	0–2	—	—	Not published
75064	Irving	—	36	0–2	—	—	Not published
75082	Richardson	29,618	50,100	0–2	—	—	Not published
75083	Richardson	—	338	0–2	—	—	Not published
75085	Richardson	—	190	0–2	—	—	Not published
75099	Coppell	—	29	0–2	—	—	Not published
75106	Cedar Hill	—	307	0–2	—	—	Not published
75123	Desoto	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75134	Lancaster	19,045	7,463	0–2	—	—	Not published
75138	Duncanville	—	32	0–2	—	—	Not published
75141	Hutchins	5,703	6,760	0–2	—	—	Not published
75146	Lancaster	25,097	4,573	0–2	—	—	Not published
75159	Seagoville	23,456	3,286	0–2	—	—	Not published
75172	Wilmer	5,806	5,900	0–2	—	—	Not published
75180	Balch Springs	26,455	6,518	0–2	—	—	Not published
75181	Mesquite	29,788	1,704	0–2	—	—	Not published
75182	Sunnyvale	8,336	5,598	0–2	—	—	Not published
75185	Mesquite	—	64	0–2	—	—	Not published
75187	Mesquite	—	15	0–2	—	—	Not published
75201	Dallas	18,345	92,848	0–2	—	—	Not published
75202	Dallas	2,892	20,173	0–2	—	—	Not published
75203	Dallas	15,775	6,609	0–2	—	—	Not published
75204	Dallas	34,666	22,553	0–2	—	—	Not published
75205	Dallas	26,572	12,746	0–2	—	—	Not published
75206	Dallas	38,909	24,358	0–2	—	—	Not published
75207	Dallas	8,287	20,963	0–2	—	—	Not published
75209	Dallas	14,211	9,318	0–2	—	—	Not published
75210	Dallas	7,722	960	0–2	—	—	Not published
75211	Dallas	73,534	21,026	0–2	—	—	Not published
75214	Dallas	34,274	8,104	0–2	—	—	Not published
75215	Dallas	18,895	4,860	0–2	—	—	Not published
75216	Dallas	55,894	9,782	0–2	—	—	Not published
75219	Dallas	23,934	27,048	0–2	—	—	Not published
75221	Dallas	—	390	0–2	—	—	Not published
75222	Dallas	—	124	0–2	—	—	Not published
75223	Dallas	11,994	2,867	0–2	—	—	Not published
75224	Dallas	35,105	3,931	0–2	—	—	Not published
75225	Dallas	22,237	22,330	0–2	—	—	Not published
75226	Dallas	5,199	7,934	0–2	—	—	Not published
75227	Dallas	58,319	10,225	0–2	—	—	Not published
75230	Dallas	27,763	18,160	0–2	—	—	Not published
75231	Dallas	38,370	28,378	0–2	—	—	Not published
75232	Dallas	32,972	3,880	0–2	—	—	Not published
75233	Dallas	14,867	2,151	0–2	—	—	Not published
75236	Dallas	18,963	15,492	0–2	—	—	Not published
75237	Dallas	18,260	11,684	0–2	—	—	Not published
75240	Dallas	25,290	30,748	0–2	—	—	Not published
75241	Dallas	33,840	6,668	0–2	—	—	Not published
75242	Dallas	—	69	0–2	—	—	Not published
75244	Dallas	13,389	34,088	0–2	—	—	Not published
75246	Dallas	2,286	15,760	0–2	—	—	Not published
75248	Dallas	38,459	16,289	0–2	—	—	Not published
75249	Dallas	16,447	836	0–2	—	—	Not published
75250	Dallas	—	15	0–2	—	—	Not published
75251	Dallas	3,525	16,647	0–2	—	—	Not published
75253	Dallas	24,395	1,242	0–2	—	—	Not published
75254	Dallas	25,050	35,596	0–2	—	—	Not published
75260	Dallas	—	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
75261	Dallas	0	63,249	0–2	—	—	Not published
75265	Dallas	—	100	0–2	—	—	Not published
75266	Dallas	—	605	0–2	—	—	Not published
75270	Dallas	0	1,259	0–2	—	—	Not published
75275	Dallas	—	5,461	0–2	—	—	Not published
75313	Dallas	—	28	0–2	—	—	Not published
75315	Dallas	—	17	0–2	—	—	Not published
75320	Dallas	—	14	0–2	—	—	Not published
75336	Dallas	—	545	0–2	—	—	Not published
75342	Dallas	—	37	0–2	—	—	Not published
75354	Dallas	—	137	0–2	—	—	Not published
75355	Dallas	—	27	0–2	—	—	Not published
75356	Dallas	—	53	0–2	—	—	Not published
75357	Dallas	—	7	0–2	—	—	Not published
75360	Dallas	—	174	0–2	—	—	Not published
75367	Dallas	—	45	0–2	—	—	Not published
75370	Dallas	—	39	0–2	—	—	Not published
75374	Dallas	—	102	0–2	—	—	Not published
75376	Dallas	—	20	0–2	—	—	Not published
75378	Dallas	—	19	0–2	—	—	Not published
75379	Dallas	—	96	0–2	—	—	Not published
75380	Dallas	—	57	0–2	—	—	Not published
75381	Dallas	—	89	0–2	—	—	Not published
75382	Dallas	—	54	0–2	—	—	Not published
75390	Dallas	0	6,070	0–2	—	—	Not published

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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 231 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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