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Orange County, FL — Fast food Saturation

How many fast food 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: Fast food · Quick-service restaurants · Takeout & delivery counters · Pizza delivery · Sandwich & burger chains. Counted together because official statistics use one 722513 code.

Measured density: Above average — 1.06× the U.S. rate (between 1.06× and 1.07× 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. 32 ZIP cells in this county are withheld, 7 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

In line with the U.S. rate   Orange County fast food — 106–107% of the U.S. rate

1,366 fast food are counted in Orange County — 7.1 per 10,000 people present (residents + daytime workers), 106% of the U.S. rate of 6.7.

On the comparable ZIP set (ZIPs with a published count in every year), the total has risen 41% between 2015 and 2023 (967 → 1,363). 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 32803 (Orlando), 32789 (Winter Park), 32809 (Orlando) — well above the national rate. On measured density alone, the lowest-density residential ZIPs with a published count are 32824 (Orlando), 32825 (Orlando), 32835 (Orlando).

BLS QCEW puts the latest county-wide count (2026 Q1) at 1,358 establishments, the freshest available signal.

Measured density: Orange County sits at 106% of the U.S. rate for fast food. 7 ZIPs with population have no published count (each 0–2 businesses), so the true per-capita rate is between 106% and 107% of the U.S. rate. Why. The highest measured density is in 32803 and 32789; the lowest measured density is in 32824 and 32825.

This is a supply-side read: it counts existing fast food 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.

Fast food
1,366–1,430
published count; upper bound counts each withheld ZIP cell as 2 (32 cells) (2023)
Per 10,000 present
7.1
residents + daytime workers
U.S. average
6.7
per 10,000 present
County index
1.06×
vs. U.S.
Latest quarter (QCEW)
1,358
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 (no paid employees)

Nonemployer businesses
473
no paid employees (2024)
Receipts
$24.3M
published gross receipts
Receipts per business
$51K
gross, not profit

Census Nonemployer Statistics counts businesses with no paid employees — a separate universe from the employer establishments counted above; a business is in one or the other, never both. They are not storefronts by definition: many are home-based, mobile, or part-time.

We show them beside the density index, not inside it. In categories such as nail and beauty salons, child care, and pet care, one-person businesses can outnumber employer establishments, so the employer-only count understates how many businesses exist. That is not evidence of higher demand.

Receipts are gross revenue reported for these businesses — not profit, and not the size of the local market. Census publishes this only at county level, so it is not shown on the ZIP map. See methodology.

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 fast food 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 41% since 2015

Number of fast food 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.

967
2015
1,194
2018
1,206
2020
1,260
2021
1,327
2022
1,363
2023

Highest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32803 Orlando
243%
32789 Winter Park
210%
32809 Orlando
187%
32817 Orlando
180%
32821 Orlando
137%
32804 Orlando
137%
32806 Orlando
136%
34761 Ocoee
136%
32820 Orlando
129%
32792 Winter Park
128%
32837 Orlando
123%
32839 Orlando
122%
32836 Orlando
117%
32826 Orlando
117%
34786 Windermere
111%

Lowest measured density

ZIP
vs. U.S. average
Index
32824 Orlando
29%
32825 Orlando
32%
32835 Orlando
53%
32712 Apopka
62%
32811 Orlando
68%
32829 Orlando
68%
32818 Orlando
68%
32812 Orlando
71%
32810 Orlando
78%
32751 Maitland
79%
32816 Orlando
80%
32808 Orlando
82%
32832 Orlando
83%
32827 Orlando
91%
32703 Apopka
99%
Low measured density is not evidence of opportunity. A ZIP with few fast food 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 ResidentsWorkersFast foodIndex
32819Orlando Employment hub 30,213112,747 101 175%
32801Orlando Employment hub 17,04637,051 32 135%
32830Orlando Destination 19759,397 5 25%

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All ZIP codes

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

ZIPNeighborhood ResidentsWorkersFast food Per 10kIndexStatus
32803Orlando 22,15237,019 66 16.2 243% High density
32789Winter Park 27,78827,251 58 14.0 210% High density
32809Orlando 29,23755,090 71 12.5 187% High density
32817Orlando 37,01417,796 55 12.0 180% High density
32819Orlando 30,213112,747 101 11.7 175% High density
32821Orlando 26,16126,456 36 9.1 137% Above average
32804Orlando 21,72020,210 29 9.1 137% Above average
32806Orlando 26,09633,587 39 9.1 136% Above average
34761Ocoee 47,32715,819 50 9.1 136% Above average
32801Orlando 17,04637,051 32 9.0 135% Above average
32820Orlando 10,8971,534 10 8.6 129% Above average
32792Winter Park 52,97620,357 54 8.6 128% Above average
32837Orlando 53,67124,703 54 8.2 123% Above average
32839Orlando 53,24213,524 49 8.2 122% Above average
32836Orlando 26,1066,563 23 7.8 117% Above average
32826Orlando 29,00619,172 30 7.8 117% Above average
34786Windermere 42,3587,041 34 7.4 111% Above average
32828Orlando 69,20210,815 55 7.4 110% Above average
32822Orlando 67,08124,430 57 7.2 108% Above average
32807Orlando 34,4569,940 28 7.1 106% Above average
32805Orlando 19,29412,327 18 7.1 106% Above average
34787Winter Garden 101,44123,319 77 6.8 102% Above average
32703Apopka 59,26920,131 46 6.6 99% Below average
32827Orlando 19,71133,400 22 6.0 91% Below average
32832Orlando 40,19617,362 27 5.5 83% Below average
32808Orlando 60,20315,545 37 5.4 82% Below average
32816Orlando 12,624992 7 5.3 80% Below average
32751Maitland 22,10332,059 20 5.2 79% Below average
32810Orlando 36,92722,310 25 5.2 78% Below average
32812Orlando 34,6866,281 18 4.8 71% Below average
32818Orlando 59,1144,753 28 4.6 68% Below average
32829Orlando 20,8192,348 10 4.5 68% Below average
32811Orlando 41,47513,887 22 4.5 68% Below average
32712Apopka 50,5834,965 22 4.1 62% Below average
32835Orlando 49,2058,710 19 3.5 53% Below average
32825Orlando 63,69811,056 15 2.2 32% Far below average
32824Orlando 58,36827,271 14 1.9 29% Far below average
32830Orlando 19759,397 5 1.7 25% Far below average
32704Apopka —118 0–2 — — Not published
32709Christmas 1,696166 0–2 — — Not published
32710Clarcona —23 0–2 — — Not published
32768Plymouth 0294 0–2 — — Not published
32777Tangerine —211 0–2 — — Not published
32790Winter Park —206 3 — — Not published
32793Winter Park —53 0–2 — — Not published
32794Maitland —95 0–2 — — Not published
32798Zellwood 2,782796 0–2 — — Not published
32802Orlando —558 0–2 — — Not published
32814Orlando 9,2864,163 0–2 — — Not published
32831Orlando 2,52759 0–2 — — Not published
32833Orlando 11,389693 0–2 — — Not published
32834Orlando —32 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 722513 — limited-service restaurants. 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 1,358 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 (6.67 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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