Commuting in Hardee County, Florida: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.
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Commute Time Burden in Hardee County: Annual Hours and Cost
Commuters in Hardee County spend about 44 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 182 hours, about 7.6 full days, spent commuting. That is 9% less time on the road than the Florida average of 24.0 minutes each way, a difference of 2.1 minutes.
Hardee County holds about 0.1% of Florida's population and accounts for roughly 0.1% of its total commuting time.
Working from home just 2 days a week in Hardee County would save about 73 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,259 at the same national wage assumption used above.
Area
One-Way Commute
Daily Round-Trip
Yearly Time Spent
Estimated Yearly Cost
Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Hardee County
21.9 min
43.7 min
182 hrs/yr
$5,646
977
Florida
24.0 min
47.9 min
200 hrs/yr
$6,189
3,068
United States
22.4 min
44.8 min
187 hrs/yr
$5,790
1,355
The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it
as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day
on non-highway roads, come from proprietary
Ticon and
TrafficZoom data.
On average, it takes
21.9
minutes to get to work in
Hardee County.
That's 2% shorter than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.
Faster than 74% of counties in Florida
The most common departure window is 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM, followed by 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 4.3% work from home.
How People Get to Work in Hardee County
Car:
92.1%
Worked at Home:
4.3%unusually low
Walked:
1.8%
Public Transportation:
1.0%
Other:
0.7%
Motorcycle:
0.1%
Taxi:
< 0.1%unusually low
Bicycle:
< 0.1%unusually low
Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Hardee County, versus 0.4% in Florida.
Working from home is unusually rare in Hardee County: 3.7 times less than the Florida average (4.3% vs 15.7%).
Biking is essentially absent in Hardee County, versus 0.5% in Florida.
Commute Mode Trends in Hardee County, 2009-2024
This chart shows how workers in Hardee County get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.
Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show commute mode data by year
Year
Car
Worked at Home
Walked
Public Transportation
Other
Motorcycle
Taxi
Bicycle
2009
91.5%
1.7%
2.8%
1.4%
2.0%
0.1%
0.2%
0.3%
2010
85.5%
1.8%
2.1%
7.3%
2.3%
0.2%
0.2%
0.6%
2011
84.9%
3.6%
1.6%
6.6%
2.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.5%
2012
84.1%
2.7%
2.2%
6.4%
4.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2013
84.4%
2.6%
2.8%
6.1%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
2014
84.7%
2.3%
2.7%
6.5%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2015
88.8%
2.6%
2.3%
2.5%
3.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2016
89.7%
2.3%
3.2%
1.7%
2.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.6%
2017
91.7%
2.3%
1.1%
3.5%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.9%
2018
89.7%
4.1%
1.5%
3.3%
0.1%
0.0%
0.2%
0.9%
2019
91.2%
3.9%
1.2%
2.8%
0.4%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2020
91.4%
4.3%
1.5%
1.5%
0.6%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
2021
93.5%
2.9%
1.1%
1.6%
0.5%
0.1%
0.0%
0.3%
2022
93.6%
3.7%
1.2%
0.9%
0.4%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2023
93.2%
4.0%
1.1%
1.0%
0.6%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2024
92.1%
4.3%
1.8%
1.0%
0.7%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share was highest in 2022 at 93.6% and lowest in 2012 at 84.1%. Overall it rose from 91.5% in 2009 to 92.1% in 2024, up 0.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 2 releases.
Working from home gained the most ground in Hardee County: its share of workers rose from 1.7% in 2009 to 4.3% in 2024, up 2.6 percentage points.
Walking lost the most ground, falling from 2.8% to 1.8% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).
Working from home overtook walking to become the 2nd most common choice in the 2017 release and has stayed ahead since.
Public transit peaked at 7.3% in 2010 and has since fallen back to 1.0%.
Commute Start Times in Hardee County
🌅Dawn PatrolThe 2nd-highest share of pre-6 AM departures among Florida's 67 counties: 26.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM.
What Time Do People Leave for Work in Hardee County?
The bars show when commuters in Hardee County leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Florida for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.
12:00-4:59 AM
12:00-4:59 AMHardee County12.0%Florida4.7%
12.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
5:00-5:29 AMHardee County7.0%Florida3.5%
7.0%
5:30-5:59 AM
5:30-5:59 AMHardee County7.3%Florida4.0%
7.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
6:00-6:29 AMHardee County11.9%Florida9.1%
11.9%
6:30-6:59 AM
6:30-6:59 AMHardee County14.2%Florida8.9%
14.2%
7:00-7:29 AM
7:00-7:29 AMHardee County11.4%Florida15.1%
11.4%
7:30-7:59 AM
7:30-7:59 AMHardee County6.9%Florida10.6%
6.9%
8:00-8:29 AM
8:00-8:29 AMHardee County5.8%Florida13.1%
5.8%
8:30-8:59 AM
8:30-8:59 AMHardee County1.5%Florida5.8%
1.5%
9:00-9:59 AM
9:00-9:59 AMHardee County4.8%Florida8.0%
4.8%
10:00-10:59 AM
10:00-10:59 AMHardee County1.2%Florida3.5%
1.2%
11:00-11:59 AM
11:00-11:59 AMHardee County0.3%Florida1.5%
0.3%
12:00-3:59 PM
12:00-3:59 PMHardee County8.8%Florida6.3%
8.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4:00-11:59 PMHardee County7.0%Florida5.9%
7.0%
Hardee CountyFloridaSource: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates
The busiest time to head out in Hardee County is 6:30-6:59 AM, when 14.2% of commuters leave home, compared with 8.9% across Florida. Early starts are more common than in Florida: 26.2% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 12.2% there. The morning rush is more spread out than in Florida: 38.2% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 47.7% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (22.1%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.
When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.
See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Hardee County, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.
Is Hardee County Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024
Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Hardee County next to Florida and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.
Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.Show typical departure times by year
Year
Hardee County
Florida
United States
2009
6:46 AM
7:41 AM
7:37 AM
2010
6:54 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
2011
6:58 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2012
7:01 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2013
7:03 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2014
7:01 AM
7:47 AM
7:39 AM
2015
7:03 AM
7:47 AM
7:38 AM
2016
7:09 AM
7:46 AM
7:38 AM
2017
7:14 AM
7:45 AM
7:38 AM
2018
7:12 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2019
7:12 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2020
7:05 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2021
6:52 AM
7:43 AM
7:37 AM
2022
6:51 AM
7:44 AM
7:37 AM
2023
6:54 AM
7:44 AM
7:38 AM
2024
6:55 AM
7:43 AM
7:38 AM
In 2024, half of commuters in Hardee County were on the road by 6:55 AM, 9 minutes later than in 2009 (6:46 AM). The shift is sharper than across Florida, where the typical start moved 2 minutes later. Commuters in Hardee County now leave 43 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Hardee County has moved 17 minutes earlier.
How does Hardee County's commute time compare?
Metric
Hardee County
Florida
US Average
Avg. Commute Time
21.9 min
24.0 min
22.4 min
Departure Window
06:30 AM – 06:59 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window
12:00 AM – 04:59 AM
08:00 AM – 08:29 AM
07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home
4.3%
15.7%
15.0%
Walked
1.8%
1.4%
2.4%
Public Transit
1.0%
1.2%
3.2%
The average commute time in Hardee County is 21.9 minutes, shorter than the 24.0 minutes in Florida.
1.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.2% in Florida. 1.8% commute by walking, higher than the 1.4% in Florida.
Hardee County, FL Commute Compared With Nearby Counties
Hardee County, FL is the smallest of the 6 counties compared here, 25,673 residents against a local median of 201,064. Where Hardee County, FL breaks from the counties next to it is work from home, sitting 65% below the local median of 12.4% at 4.3%.
The counties themselves spread 11.5% on work from home, so Hardee County, FL sits at one end of an already wide local range rather than apart from it. Hardee County, FL has the 6th highest work from home of the 6 areas compared here.
Common questions about commuting in Hardee County, Florida.
Is living in Hardee County, Florida good for avoiding long commute costs?
Commuters here spend an estimated 182 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,646 at a typical national wage. That's 9% less than the typical Florida commuter spends.
When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Hardee County, Florida?
Traffic peaks between 06:30 AM – 06:59 AM in Hardee County, Florida. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 12:00 AM – 04:59 AM also sees a secondary bump.
How do commute times compare across counties in Florida?
Among counties in Florida, the shortest average commutes are in Taylor County (13.8 min), Monroe County (16.1 min), Franklin County (16.6 min). The longest are in Washington County (32.8 min), Osceola County (32.3 min), Liberty County (32.1 min).