Cypress Lake’s household incomes are lower than in 70% of U.S. towns
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.4 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 4.1 in Fort Myers. 9.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Cypress Lake are B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Cypress Lake, in brief
Cypress Lake trades workers with the towns around it
Cypress Lake has about as many jobs (4,818) as working residents (5,049), but they are mostly different people: 4,813 residents leave for work each day while 4,582 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Cypress Lake are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Cypress Lake is services
93% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Cypress Lake’s workforce skews older
36% of Cypress Lake’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Cypress Lake’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cypress Lake is better than 51% of U.S. towns, #329 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Cypress Lake’s grade up (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,590, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cypress Lake could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Cypress Lake
On a workday 4,813 residents head out to work, 236 work right here, and 4,582 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Cypress Lake is a services town
4,818 jobs are based in Cypress Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cypress Lake, 2013 → 2023: 3,704 → 4,818. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cypress Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Fort Myers
Where Cypress Lake clocks in
17% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Time on the road from Cypress Lake: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cypress Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,854 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Cypress Lake’s workers travel
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Cypress Lake
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cypress Lake is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #219 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,523 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 74% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 23% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.4% of Cypress Lake households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Cypress Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Cypress Lake is 1,522nd among 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 131 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 195 | Lake Mary FL | 16,789 | $109K | 3.5% | 2.6% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 239 | Key Biscayne FL | 14,815 | $182K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,520 | Glenwood Springs CO | 10,395 | $91K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 35% | B− |
| 1,521 | Georgetown GA | 11,158 | $74K | 10.8% | 4.7% | 4% | B− |
| 1,522 | Cypress Lake FL | 13,032 | $63K | 9.8% | 4.2% | 5% | B− |
| 1,523 | Gulf Shores AL | 17,394 | $78K | 11.5% | 2.4% | 28% | B− |
| 1,524 | Bethalto IL | 9,202 | $65K | 12.3% | 4.0% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cypress Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Cypress Lake and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Villas (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cypress Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Lake | – | B− | A− | 25 min | $62,590 |
| McGregor | under 1% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $104,788 |
| Whiskey Creek | under 1% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $104,476 |
| Villas | 5% | B− | A | 24 min | $58,413 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cypress Lake’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cypress Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Cypress Lake?
$62,590 (±$5,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cypress Lake?
9.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cypress Lake?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cypress Lake work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (17%, 7 mi), Cape Coral (6%, 9 mi), Villas (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cypress Lake walkable?
Cypress Lake is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cypress Lake without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 23% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cypress Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cypress Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.