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Cypress QuartersFL

With 1,697 residents, it is a town in Florida.

Is Cypress Quarters a good place to live?

Cypress Quarters’ weakest subject grade is a D− for health. Cypress Quarters’ mean commuting time 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.

A shrinking town

Cypress Quarters has shrunk 15% from 2010 to 2020

1,215 counted in 2010 and 1,029 in 2020.

1,2152010
1,0292020

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.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Cypress Quarters: who provides what

Cypress Quarters is unincorporated, so Okeechobee County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerFPL14.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterOkeechobee Utility AuthorityNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesOkeechobee CountyOkeechobee County provides services here
SchoolsOkeechobee County School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Florida you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereOkeechobee Supervisor of ElectionsOkeechobee County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP codes34972, 3497434972 63% · 34974 37%Census 2020

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.

HealthD−

A larger share of adults in Cypress Quarters have high blood pressure than in the typical Florida or U.S. town

Of the 637 Florida towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have obesity than Cypress Quarters. For adults in the town, the share who have diabetes is 23%. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Cypress Quarters is ahead of Florida on 2 and behind on 24.

1%healthier than U.S. townsD−Health Grade
Cypress QuartersFlorida townsU.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%
31 measures vs. Florida
2 better5 too close to call24 worse
What stands outCypress QuartersFL
Fewer binge drinkers11.8%14.6%
Fewer adults who have had cancer7.4%9.1%
More adults facing a utility shut-off19.3%8.6%
HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital
30.9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Who lives here

More children than Florida overall

Just over a tenth of Cypress Quarters residents are 65 or older. Cypress Quarters: 29% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.

19.3median age · FL 42.6
Cypress QuartersFlorida townsU.S. towns
Aged 65 or older12%20%18%
Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+29%31%29%
Cypress QuartersFloridaUnited States

Ages · share of residents

Education · adults 25 and older

No diploma3%
High school26%
Some college25%
Associate’s16%
Bachelor’s18%
Graduate12%

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.

Ages and education in Cypress Quarters
Cypress QuartersFLU.S.
Under 1013%10.3%11.6%
10 to 1721.9%9.2%10.3%
18 to 2418%8.1%9.1%
25 to 345.3%12.7%13.7%
35 to 448.7%12.7%13.2%
45 to 549.2%12.3%12.2%
55 to 6412.4%13.4%12.7%
65 to 744.1%11.7%10.2%
75 and older7.5%9.6%7%
No diploma3.3%10.1%10.4%
High school26%27.2%26%
Some college25.4%18.5%19.1%
Associate’s16.3%10.1%8.8%
Bachelor’s17.6%21.3%21.6%
Graduate11.5%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

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D

The biggest natural risk in Cypress Quarters is inland flooding, at a very high overall level

Cypress Quarters’ FEMA hazard score stands at 82 of 100. FEMA puts 49% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 39% to hurricanes. Since 2004, Cypress Quarters has seen 3 flood insurance claims paid out.

82risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
82Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingHurricanes
3
paid flood claims since 2004

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade D−

A larger share of residents live below the poverty line in Cypress Quarters than in most of Florida or the rest of the country

The top destinations are Okeechobee (20%), Fort Pierce (5%) and Port St. Lucie (3%). Just 2% of Cypress Quarters’s working residents have a job in town. Employers in Cypress Quarters added 68 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 209. Half of commuters travel less than 34 miles.

2%work in town
Cypress QuartersFlorida townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line35%11%9.6%
Working residents who work in town1.7%5%8%

Where working residents work

In Cypress Quarters2%
Okeechobee20%
Fort Pierce5%
Port St. Lucie3%
Stuart2%
34 mi
median commute distance
209
jobs based in Cypress Quarters
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers: that is Cypress Quarters’ year

Cypress Quarters’ midsummer high is 92°F.

92°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter54–75°
Spring62–84°
Summer73–91°
Fall67–85°
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average
92°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HousingCost of living grade B−

Homes in Cypress Quarters sell for about $202K

The share of households in Cypress Quarters who own their home: 57%. The typical rent for Cypress Quarters comes to $1,403 a month.

$202Kmedian sale price
Cypress QuartersFlorida townsU.S. towns
Households that own their home57%72%73%
Median rent$1,403 a month$1,647 a month$1,185 a month
1
homes sold in September

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cypress Quarters

15pages on Cypress Quarters
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Cypress Quarters; the nearest are

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave Cypress Quarters for work

Where Cypress Quarters’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

20% → Okeechobee Okeechobee 20% 5% → Fort Pierce Fort Pierce 5% 3% → Port St. Lucie Port St. Lucie 3% 2% → Stuart Stuart 2% 2% → Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale 2% 2% → West Palm Beach West Palm Beach 2% Cypress Quarters · 2% stay
209jobs based in Cypress Quarters
2%of working residents work in town
34 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

Cypress Quarters’s neighbors

2 towns share a border with Cypress Quarters.

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How the neighbors grade
TownFL rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Cypress Quarters——B−—DD−
Taylor Creek#631D−B−—DD
Okeechobee#590D−C+—DD

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−.