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ZIP 33873 vs ZIP 33834
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Who's going to sell
Turnover Index not published for 33873 yet.
Where
33873 in Hardee County, FL
33873 is one of 4 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Hardee County, FL.
Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 3 of the 4 with a value.
- Value rank in county
- 3 of 4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line boundaries; Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research
Local life
Schools in 33873
8 school locations in 33873: 4 elementary, 4 high.
In alphabetical order: HARDEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HARDEE VIRTUAL FRANCHISE, HARDEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, HARDEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED), and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.
- School locations
- 8
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (school locations)
Turnover Index not published for 33834 yet.
Where
33834 in Hardee County, FL
33834 is one of 4 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Hardee County, FL — 71% of its own area is in the county.
Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 4 of the 4 with a value.
- Value rank in county
- 4 of 4
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGER/Line boundaries; Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research
Local life
Schools in 33834
1 school location in 33834: 1 elementary.
In alphabetical order: BOWLING GREEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.
- School locations
- 1
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (school locations)
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What it costs
Home values
What homes are worth in 33873
In January 2000 the typical home in 33873 was worth $62,366.
Values peaked at $240,290 in December 2025. The latest reading is −0.3% from that peak.
As of August 2026: $239,568, +1.5% over twelve months.
- Typical home value
- $239,568
- 12-month change
- +1.5%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research · data as of 2026-08-31
Housing pulse
Monthly cost vs. price
Start with the typical home: $239,568. Put 20% down and borrow $191,654 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.
That is $1,327 a month in principal and interest.
The median household here earns $51,311 a year, $4,276 a month. So the payment takes 31.0% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).
The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 8.1% in 2000.
- Payment share of income
- 31.0%
- Monthly P&I
- $1,327
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08-31
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The payment, at each month's rate
Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $373.
In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $485.
By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,233 — +154% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +60%.
- Payment change since 2020
- +154%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
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Home value after inflation
Deflated with CPI-U (seasonally adjusted, FRED CPIAUCSL) to August 2026; the site's Housing pulse chart uses its own CPI series, so older months can differ slightly.
Reported values rose +284% since January 2000.
General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.
Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $123,086. So the real change is +95%, not +284%.
- Real change since 2000
- +95%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), via FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
Deflated with CPI-U (seasonally adjusted, FRED CPIAUCSL) to August 2026; the site's Housing pulse chart uses its own CPI series, so older months can differ slightly.
Home values
33873 against its neighbors
33873: +284% since January 2000.
Hardee County: +276% since January 2000.
Florida: +245% since January 2000 — 33873 ran ahead of it by 39 points.
- Change since 2000
- +284%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
Lotvox lens
Rent or own
Owning the typical home costs about $1,567 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $911 a month.
Price divided by a year's rent: 21.9. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.
- Price-to-rent
- 21.9
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above)
Home values
What homes are worth in 33834
In January 2000 the typical home in 33834 was worth $43,657.
Values peaked at $213,677 in August 2024. The latest reading is −3.7% from that peak.
As of August 2026: $205,856, +0.9% over twelve months.
- Typical home value
- $205,856
- 12-month change
- +0.9%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research · data as of 2026-08-31
Housing pulse
Monthly cost vs. price
Start with the typical home: $205,856. Put 20% down and borrow $164,685 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.
That is $1,140 a month in principal and interest.
The median household here earns $58,364 a year, $4,864 a month. So the payment takes 23.4% of income — rated “affordable” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).
The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 5.0% in 2000.
- Payment share of income
- 23.4%
- Monthly P&I
- $1,140
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08-31
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The payment, at each month's rate
Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $261.
In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $414.
By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,059 — +156% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +61%.
- Payment change since 2020
- +156%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
Lotvox lens
Home value after inflation
Deflated with CPI-U (seasonally adjusted, FRED CPIAUCSL) to August 2026; the site's Housing pulse chart uses its own CPI series, so older months can differ slightly.
Reported values rose +372% since January 2000.
General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.
Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $86,162. So the real change is +139%, not +372%.
- Real change since 2000
- +139%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), via FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
Deflated with CPI-U (seasonally adjusted, FRED CPIAUCSL) to August 2026; the site's Housing pulse chart uses its own CPI series, so older months can differ slightly.
Home values
33834 against its neighbors
33834: +372% since January 2000.
Hardee County: +276% since January 2000.
Florida: +245% since January 2000 — 33834 ran ahead of it by 127 points.
- Change since 2000
- +372%
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
Lotvox lens
Rent or own
Owning the typical home costs about $1,346 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $947 a month.
Price divided by a year's rent: 18.1. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.
- Price-to-rent
- 18.1
Source: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research; Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), Zillow Research; Freddie Mac, 30-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage Average in the United States (MORTGAGE30US), retrieved from FRED®, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above)
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What's moving
Housing pulse
Listings Flow Ladder
Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 11 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026).
On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 38.
Going out — closed sales: about 5 a month. The drain is drawn 35% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 65% of its 2015–2019 level.
The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 8.1 months of supply — above the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.
The net reading: about 7 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.
- Months of supply
- 8.1
Source: Redfin Data Center (market tracker data); Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08-31
Housing pulse
Sales pace vs. normal
Homes sold: about 5 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).
The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 6 — so sales ran at 83% of it, and below it in 7 of the last 24 months.
- Sales vs 2015–19 level
- 83%
Source: Redfin Data Center (market tracker data); Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
New supply
Homes being permitted
Across Hardee County, builders pulled permits for 104 new homes in 2025.
Of those, 83% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).
- Units permitted 2025
- 104
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data as of 2025
Housing pulse
Sales pace vs. normal
Homes sold: about 2 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).
The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 1 — so sales ran at 200% of it, and below it in 2 of the last 24 months.
- Sales vs 2015–19 level
- 200%
Source: Redfin Data Center (market tracker data); Lotvox analysis (calculations on the sources above) · data as of 2026-08
New supply
Homes being permitted
Across Hardee County, builders pulled permits for 104 new homes in 2025.
Of those, 83% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).
- Units permitted 2025
- 104
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey · data as of 2025
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Who's holding, who's leaving
Housing pulse
Migration and inventory
This ZIP sits in Hardee County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 307 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 322 moved out.
Net across those counties: −15 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 38 in June 2026.
Most arrivals came from Polk, FL (112 households); most departures went to Polk, FL (141).
- Net households (top-10 flows)
- −15
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, county-to-county migration data; Redfin Data Center (market tracker data) · data as of 2026-06-01
Housing pulse
Migration and inventory
This ZIP sits in Hardee County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 307 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 322 moved out.
Net across those counties: −15 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 7 in June 2026.
Most arrivals came from Polk, FL (112 households); most departures went to Polk, FL (141).
- Net households (top-10 flows)
- −15
Source: IRS Statistics of Income, county-to-county migration data; Redfin Data Center (market tracker data) · data as of 2026-06-01