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Moore Haven’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for incomes. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Moore Haven, where Florida’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On incomes, just 7 of Florida’s 774 towns do worse. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Moore Haven has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Moore Haven Downtown Historic District and Moore Haven Residential Historic District. Moore Haven has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Moore Haven beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Moore Haven is from typical.
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Census counts: 623 in 1920, 1,566 in 2020. The archive holds 2 maps from 1970 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moore Haven, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Moore Haven.
30% of adults worry about having enough food in Moore Haven, above both Florida’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). 23% of Moore Haven adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Moore Haven beats the Florida average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 19.
| Moore Haven | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 15% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 20% | 19% |
| What stands out | Moore Haven | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 8% | 9.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.2% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Glades school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Moore Haven Middle High School., with 498 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Haven Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 344 | D |
| Moore Haven Middle High School.Largest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 498 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Moore Haven’s median rent is $861 a month. The typical Moore Haven home is worth about $209,000, down 2.1% in a year, 44% below the Florida typical home.
| Moore Haven | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $861 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 2005, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moore Haven.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Moore Haven has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Moore Haven is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2013, Moore Haven has lost 137 jobs, to 438 in 2023. Most working residents leave Moore Haven for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are LaBelle (9%), Fort Myers (4%) and Clewiston (4%).
| Moore Haven | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $40,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
None within 15 miles of Moore Haven; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Moore Haven residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
2 places in Moore Haven on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Florida, United States
Moore Haven is a city and the county seat of Glades County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Florida Heartland region. The population was 1,566 at the 2020 census, down from 1,680 at the 2010 census. Moore Haven is located on the southwest shoreline of Lake Okeechobee. It is part of the Clewiston, Florida Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA).
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
