Florida · Market data
Polk County, FL supports 8 taxi and limousine businesses across 852,878 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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Key takeaways
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| Measure | Polk County |
|---|---|
| County | Polk County, FL |
| State | Florida |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 852,878 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 8 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 10 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $215,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 6 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 8 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $178,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 8 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived8 establishments ÷ 852,878 residents × 100,000. | 0.94 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived8 of 8 establishments. | 100.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$215,000 payroll ÷ 10 employees. | $21,500 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 142 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Polk County, FL has 8 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 10 people.
With only a handful of operators, most local demand is met by a few known names, and word of mouth does most of the selling.
100.0 per cent of operators in Polk County, FL employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Nearly every operator here employs fewer than five people. That is an owner-driver market: the person taking the booking is often the person driving, so software that needs a dedicated dispatcher to sit in front of it does not fit.
Polk County, FL has 0.94 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are below the national midpoint, so each business here covers more people — and usually more ground — than the typical market.
Within Florida the median is 1.67 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $21,500 per employee across the sector in Polk County, FL.
A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin County, CA | 8 | 0.98 |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 8 | 2.84 |
| Brevard County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Pasco County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Hawaii County, HI | 8 | 3.81 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | 8 | 2.21 |
| Hampden County, MA | 8 | 1.72 |
| Kent County, MI | 8 | 1.19 |
| Horry County, SC | 8 | 1.94 |
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