Cypress LakeFL
A town of 13,032.
Is Cypress Lake a good place to live?
Cypress Lake is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 287th among Florida's 634 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 71% of the country. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $259K, 3.4 years of the Cape Coral metro’s $76K median household income. Cypress Lake is home to Florida SouthWestern State College. Cypress Lake is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
What makes Cypress Lake stand out
Where Cypress Lake beats most towns.
Florida SouthWestern State College calls Cypress Lake home
How Cypress Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Cypress Lake is from typical.
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Moving to Cypress Lake: who provides what
Cypress Lake is unincorporated, so Lee County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cypress Lake.
Cypress Lake is a second-home town, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
42% of residents are 65 or older
21.9% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 7.8% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
Cypress Lake: just over a third of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. The midpoint age locally is 60.2 years.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 60.2 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 10% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.2 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 25 to 34, 62% are men (FL 51%).
| Cypress Lake | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.3% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.7% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 7.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.3% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 23% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.8% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.9% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Cypress Lake’s public schools trail 64% of Florida districts
Three of its 4 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Cypress Lake High School, with 1,429 students. The public schools here belong to the Lee school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Lake Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 768 | A− |
| Cypress Lake High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,429 | B− |
| Florida Southwestern Collegiate High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 411 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Cypress Lake faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
On expected storm and flood damage, Cypress Lake sits above 84% of U.S. communities. This Florida town has had 131 paid flood insurance claims since 1985. Nearly three quarters of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from hurricanes, followed by inland flooding at 21%. One declared disaster, in 2017, has brought federal aid to Cypress Lake households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Cypress Lake earns a B+ for health
Against the 9,529 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cypress Lake’s, it is healthier than 93%, so that grade isn’t only a matter of income.
13% of adults report frequent mental distress in Cypress Lake. This Florida town beats the Florida average on 17 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Cypress Lake | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.4% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.1% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.8% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 1.8% of Cypress Lake
The biggest park or preserve is Rutenberg Community Park, at 37 acres. 1.3 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve. For Cypress Lake, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rutenberg Community Park | 0.1 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The climate in Cypress Lake brings four seasons and hot summers
January nights average 54°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
The January low for Cypress Lake comes to 54°F.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 54°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Cypress Lake’s workers leave town for work
Cypress Lake has about as many jobs (4,818) as working residents, but only 236 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 3,704 in 2013 to 4,818.
Jobs based in Cypress Lake grew to 4,818 in 2023, 1,114 more than in 2013. Commuting out is the norm locally: 5% of working residents work locally. Its income of the median household is $63,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 8 miles.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $63,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Cypress Lake sell for about $230K
Homes sold in Cypress Lake spent a median 79 days on the market. In Cypress Lake, the going rate for rent is $1,756 a month. The share of households in Cypress Lake who are owner-occupiers: 76%.
| Cypress Lake | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,756 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hertz Arena and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cypress Lake. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena
7 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter Estates
40 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year8 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
9 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site
23 mi State parkCayo Costa State ParkPhoto credits
Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Cypress Lake
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Cypress Lake
About 5 of every 100 Cypress Lake residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Cypress Lake has grown 16% from 2010 to 2020
11,846 counted in 2010 and 13,727 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Cypress Lake
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Cypress Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 13,727 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 239
Cypress Lake’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Cypress Lake.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Lake | #287 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B+ |
| McGregor | #246 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | A |
| Whiskey Creek | #308 | C | C− | — | C+ | A− |
| Villas | #414 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
Cypress Lake, McGregor, Whiskey Creek and Villas report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cypress Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Cypress Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cypress Lake, FL a good place to live?
Cypress Lake grades C+ overall, better than 36% of U.S. towns and #287 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Cypress Lake, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $259,000, 31% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.