Orlando permitted 27.2 new residential units per thousand households last year, against 11.0 nationally. New construction brings site debris and dumpster demand, and it brings the move-ins that follow. 1,022,315 households and building.
People here move more than the country as a whole — 14.4% against 12.3%. Every one of those moves across 1,022,315 households is a decision about what not to take, and a share of them end in a call to someone with a truck.
Orlando has 1,022,315 households across a population of 2,793,746. Junk removal demand tracks households more closely than anything else: people move, renovate, downsize and clear out, and every one of those is a job for someone with a truck and a crew.
Where these figures come from
Every number in these paragraphs is a Census figure for the Orlando metro, compared with the national figure from the same table.