| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| City Alias: | Alafaya |
| County: | Orange County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 8:32:04 PM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Codes: | 321 / 407 / 689 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 28.5382, -81.3795 |
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ZIP code 32878 isn't a town. It's a post office branch on N Alafaya Trail in the Waterford Lakes area of eastern Orlando. The Alafaya Station serves the surrounding suburbs with 684 PO Boxes and handles mail for 420 businesses.
This ZIP has no residential population because it's just a postal facility. The actual neighborhood falls within ZIP 32828, which surrounds this location. Census data doesn't exist for 32878 since people live in the enclosing ZIP, not here.
The post office accepts two city names: Orlando (the official designation) and Alafaya, which was added as a valid mailing name in April 2007. Both work fine on mail.
Residents in nearby subdivisions like Waterford Towers, Waterford Lakes Town Center, and Sussex Place use this branch for PO Box service while their street delivery comes from 32828.
All ZIP+4 records are for N Alafaya Trail, the post office's location on this major suburban thoroughfare.
ZIP Code 32878 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 13 business establishments, employing about 151 people with an annual payroll of $3,411,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 1,069Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 13Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,080,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $3,411,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 151Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 32878 is located in Orange County, Florida, within the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 36740) and Florida's 10th Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 2,134,411 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 32878. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FLSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 36740Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | --Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 2,134,411Source: Census |
| MSA: | Orlando, FL MSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 10Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1129.32 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | --Source: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1253000Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Orlando city; FloridaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 32878 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.