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A town of 1,754, settled in 1909.
The best of Zolfo Springs’ subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. The biggest park or preserve is Pioneer Park, at 97 acres. Zolfo Springs has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Zolfo Springs beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Zolfo Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Zolfo Springs is from typical.
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Census counts: 171 in 1910, 1,737 in 2020. The archive holds 17 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Zolfo Springs, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Zolfo Springs.
Zolfo Springs’ risk rating from FEMA stands at 94 of 100. The national flood insurance program has paid 8 claims in the town since 2001. Nearly two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from strong winds, followed by hurricanes at 34%. Federal aid has come to Zolfo Springs households in 9 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Hardee school district. 512 students attend Zolfo Springs’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zolfo Springs Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 512 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
For adults 18 to 64 in Zolfo Springs, the share who have no health insurance is 30%. CDC measures, 31 in all: Zolfo Springs beats Florida on 2 and trails on 17. Among adults locally, 27% worry about having enough food, above both Florida’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). In Zolfo Springs, 28% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 34% get no exercise outside work.
| Zolfo Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Zolfo Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 23.5% | 26.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 30.4% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The top destinations are Wauchula (14%), Fort Myers (2%) and Sebring (2%). Zolfo Springs’ median household income stands at $61,000, below both the Florida town median ($73,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 3% of working residents stay in Zolfo Springs for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: the average trip to work for Zolfo Springs comes to 28 minutes.
| Zolfo Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 32% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Values rose 1.9% in the 12 months to September 2026. Zolfo Springs: 71% of households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Zolfo Springs’ typical July afternoon high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.2 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. For Zolfo Springs, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Zolfo Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pioneer Park | — | 97 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Zolfo Springs; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Zolfo Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Town in the state of Florida, United States
Zolfo Springs is a town in Hardee County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida Heartland region. The population was 1,737 at the 2020 census.
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Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.