County profile
Hardee County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#1529 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,829
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
436
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,932
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$60.5k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
12.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
25.3%±4.2%
Business applications
296 · 2025
Retail establishments
66
25.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Arts & recreation14%
Wholesale trade11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,932
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $38.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−96
International migration+460
Natural change+222
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.6k±$26.1k
Median gross rent
$962/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
17.3%±2.7%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$27.8M
104 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Hurricane 91Wildfire 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1732016
2062017
2122018
2312019
2452020
2722021
3512022
3592023
3932024
3992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 70% since 2021612021
852022
732023
1232024
1042025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
11.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
54.1 km
Manatee County Port, FL
Nearest commercial airport
58.7 km
LAKELAND LINDER INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hardee?
Hardee's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, contracting 1.9% year over year — slower than 85% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.