| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 863 / 941 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:38 PM |
| Population: | 25,808 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 12049 |
| Land Area: | 733 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 10 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 27.5201, -81.8568 |
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25,808 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 733 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 27,676 to 25,808 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 33890 (Zolfo Springs, $86,831 median) and poorest ZIP 33873 (Wauchula, $54,444) are 9.1 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.5× across this county — from $113,500 in 33834 (Bowling Green) to $280,000 in 33865 (Ona).
Density varies 41× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 33865 (Ona) to 113 in 33873 (Wauchula).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.9% bachelor's+ in 33834 (Bowling Green) to 14.7% in 33865 (Ona) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Florida, this is the #51 most populous of 67 counties and ranks #37 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,747 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
12.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,028 of 16,740 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Hardee County lost 6.7% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: