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Cypress Quarters is a small town of 1,697 people in Okeechobee County, Florida. It's about 26 miles from Port St. Lucie, FL and 85 miles from Orlando, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 74°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $207k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,697people
$207kTypical home
$1,403/moRent
92° / 74°Summer / winter
0"Snow
292Sunny days
107Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,697
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 636 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Orlando, FL
- 26 mi to Port St. Lucie, FL
- 26 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $207k (≈$1,302/mo)
- Median rent $1,403/mo
- Median household income $48k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 74°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 75°F)
- 292 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 73 cloudy days a year
- 17 of 90 winter days are gray
- 107 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (267 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (951 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 30
- 51% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 38 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to VRB airport
- 59 mi to DJT (major hub)
- Amtrak station in town
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 81% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 36 ft
- 30 mi to the ocean
- 4 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 53 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 10 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 31 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 22% of Florida districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 32 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 37 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 26 mi to the nearest vet
- 23 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 34 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Okeechobee County: R+54 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Limited data: this place is small enough that most of its Census numbers (rent, home value, income, age) are blended with county figures. Treat its match as a rough guide.