Households in Cypress Quarters earn less than those in 97% of U.S. towns
Cypress Quarters grades D− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 35.0% of residents; Florida has 12.6%. The trip to work takes 50 minutes on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cypress Quarters at work: what stands out
Cypress Quarters workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 50 minutes each way, against 28 across Florida. Over a year that’s about 383 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
41% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee trade workers both ways
Okeechobee is the top workplace for Cypress Quarters residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Cypress Quarters come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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; with 359 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Cypress Quarters’ grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Cypress Quarters is better than 2% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cypress Quarters’ grade up (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Cypress Quarters’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cypress Quarters could be anywhere from D− to C.
A commute of about 50 minutes in Cypress Quarters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cypress Quarters workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Cypress Quarters
About 41% 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.
20% of working residents work in Okeechobee
Where Cypress Quarters clocks in
20% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
In and out of Cypress Quarters on a workday
On a workday 353 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 203 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.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What work there is in Cypress Quarters: 209 jobs
209 jobs are based in Cypress Quarters.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cypress Quarters, 2013 → 2023: 141 → 209. 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 Quarters’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Cypress Quarters, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cypress Quarters is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 580 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.2% of Cypress Quarters households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cypress Quarters’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Cypress Quarters compares with U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 129 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,544 | Brighton VT | 1,251 | $47K | 22.0% | 3.9% | 24% | D− |
| 5,545 | Midway AR | 1,279 | $31K | 30.8% | 0.0% | 2% | D− |
| 5,546 | Cypress Quarters FL | 1,697 | $38K | 35.0% | 2.5% | 2% | D− |
| 5,547 | Wadley GA | 1,548 | $38K | 26.8% | 8.6% | 13% | D− |
| 5,548 | Pineville KY | 1,552 | $25K | 34.0% | 15.0% | 24% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Quarters, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Cypress Quarters’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cypress Quarters workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Quarters | – | D− | C− | 50 min | $38,352 |
| Taylor Creek | under 2% | D− | C | 31 min | $38,149 |
| Okeechobee | 20% | C | A | 26 min | $57,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Okeechobee. Darker towns draw more of Cypress Quarters’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 Quarters: questions
What is the median household income in Cypress Quarters?
$38,352 (±$23,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cypress Quarters?
35.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cypress Quarters?
50 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cypress Quarters work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Okeechobee (20%, 2 mi), Fort Pierce (5%, 31 mi), Port St. Lucie (3%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cypress Quarters walkable?
Cypress Quarters is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cypress Quarters without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cypress Quarters, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cypress Quarters
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.