Cypress QuartersFL
A town of 1,697.
Is Cypress Quarters a good place to live?
Cypress Quarters’ weakest subject grade is a D− for health. Cypress Quarters’ average trip to work is 50 minutes, where Florida’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. On health, just 2 of Florida’s 777 towns do worse. Cypress Quarters's public schools trail 89% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Cypress Quarters has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Cypress Quarters has shrunk 15% from 2010 to 2020
1,215 counted in 2010 and 1,029 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Cypress Quarters grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Cypress Quarters is from typical.
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Moving to Cypress Quarters: who provides what
Cypress Quarters is unincorporated, so Okeechobee 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 Quarters.
A larger share of adults in Cypress Quarters say their health is fair or poor than in the typical Florida or U.S. town
36% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Cypress Quarters, above both Florida’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (19%). 21% of Cypress Quarters adults report frequent physical distress. Of the 637 Florida towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have obesity than Cypress Quarters.
| Cypress Quarters | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 20% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 32% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Cypress Quarters | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.8% | 14.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 9.1% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 19.3% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than Florida overall
Children under 18 are 35% of residents (20% statewide); people 65 and older are 12% of residents (21% statewide). 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Cypress Quarters | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 25% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of Cypress Quarters’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±19.5 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Cypress Quarters | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 21.9% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 18% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 4.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 16.3% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Cypress Quarters faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Cypress Quarters.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A larger share of residents live below the poverty line in Cypress Quarters than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Since 2013, Cypress Quarters has added 68 jobs, to 209 in 2023. Most working residents leave Cypress Quarters for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Okeechobee (20%), Fort Pierce (5%) and Port St.
| Cypress Quarters | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 35% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Cypress Quarters
Cypress Quarters has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Cypress Quarters’ July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes in Cypress Quarters sell for about $260K
57% of households own their home in Cypress Quarters.
| Cypress Quarters | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 57% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,403 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cypress Quarters
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cypress Quarters; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Cypress Quarters residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
98% of working residents leave Cypress Quarters for work
Where Cypress Quarters’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Cypress Quarters’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Cypress Quarters.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Quarters | — | — | B− | — | D | D− |
| Taylor Creek | #631 | D− | B− | — | D | D |
| Okeechobee | #590 | D− | C+ | — | D | D |
Cypress Quarters has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Cypress Quarters, Taylor Creek and Okeechobee report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cypress Quarters with a neighbor →
Questions about Cypress Quarters
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cypress Quarters, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $220,000, 41% 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 B−.