Census-designated place · Okeechobee County, Florida

Cypress Quarters, Florida

Cypress Quarters is a census-designated place in Okeechobee County, Florida, part of the Okeechobee, FL metro area. It has 1,697 residents. Cypress Quarters, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 8 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,392 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #723 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), comfortable days (high) and depression (low). It ranks worst on adult obesity (high), distance to an emergency room (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

8Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,392 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #723 of 780 in FL
Population: 1,697 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 635.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 1216100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety15#13,340/15,637
Economy17#12,978/15,631
Housing3#14,528/14,977
Health3#15,115/15,609
Healthcare6#14,698/15,650
Environment64#5,622/15,453
Education69#4,822/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,689/15,650
Community1#15,442/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,133/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cypress Quarters, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Okeechobee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low5 mi
96/100Florida 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOkeechobee County value
Comfortable days · high32.7%
89/100Florida 32.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOkeechobee County value
Depression · low18.8%
89/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Time spent in the emergency room · low120 min
87/100Florida 158 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOkeechobee County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Florida 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkeechobee County value
Grocery stores · high2.3 /10k
85/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOkeechobee County value

Weaknesses

Adult obesity · high52.1%
0/100Florida 34.5%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an emergency room · high31.5 mi
0/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOkeechobee County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,490 /100k
1/100Florida 3,204 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkeechobee County value
Food environment index · low5.2
2/100Florida 7.1United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOkeechobee County value
Lack of reliable transportation · high19.8%
2/100Florida 9.8%United States 8.3%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,373 (2015-2019) → 1,697 (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Average commute timeWorsening
14.7 min (2015-2019) → 49.6 min (2020-2024)
+238%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.2× (2015-2019) → 5.7× (2020-2024)
+164%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.8% (2015-2019) → 77.8% (2020-2024)
+32 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
74.8% (2015-2019) → 44.1% (2020-2024)
−31 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
50.6% (2015-2019) → 80.6% (2020-2024)
+30 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Cypress Quarters, Florida improved on 2 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

High school++25 points72.0% → 96.8%
Broadband+30 points50.6% → 80.6%

Declined1

Rent / income+22 points28.8% → 51.0%

All 7 measures

Change of every measure of Cypress Quarters, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Broadband subscriptions	50.6%2015-2019	80.6%2020-2024	+30 points	Improved	98%
High school diploma or higher	72.0%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+25 points	Improved	100%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5022015-2019	0.5442020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$33,4562015-2019	$38,3522020-2024	+15%	Within the margin of error	23%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.8%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	2%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Cypress Quarters, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cypress Quarters, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Cypress Quarters, Florida five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Cypress Quarters, Florida itself moved +3 points in standing on average over the same 6 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,697 residents (±384)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 men (+17.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,697 residents (±384)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

White27%†466
Black69%1,175
Hispanic or Latino2.6%†44

Education

800 residents (±293)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma3.3%†26
High school or GED26%†208
Some college25%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

468 households (±163)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k42%†198
$25k–50k19%†90
$50k–75k4.1%†19
$75k–100k1.1%†5
$100k–150k18%†82
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more16%†74

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

468 households (±163)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Own57%†268
Rent43%†200

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

200 households (±157)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00015%†30
$1,000–1,50053%†105

Home values

268 homes (±112)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k42%†112
$150k–250k21%†55
$250k–400k6.7%†18

Age of homes

487 homes (±164)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20094.1%†20
1980–199917%†85

Size of homes

487 homes (±164)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms9.9%†48

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

580 workers (±219)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone82%†478
Carpool3.4%†20
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%†82
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

498 workers (±206)

Cypress Quarters, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min56%†277
15–29 min1.0%†5
30–44 min0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Okeechobee, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Okeechobee County, the county holding most of Cypress Quarters's residents.

Okeechobee County has 922 employer establishments, 222 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Florida's), with 7,980 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,496. The Census Bureau also counts 3,214 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 922; 3,214 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 222; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 7,980
Average annual pay: $42,496; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Okeechobee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	112	26.9	1.74×More than typical	455	$42,279	298
Ambulatory health care services	84	20.2	0.97×About typical	676	$54,157	168
Lessors of real estate	46	11.1	0.90×About typical	102	$40,441	261
Restaurants and other eating places	46	11.1	0.60×Fewer than typical	850	$19,436	19
Services to buildings and dwellings	43	10.3	1.53×More than typical	236	$35,581	340
Truck transportation	39	9.4	1.86×More than typical	281	$73,267	153
Building equipment contractors	37	8.9	1.48×More than typical	183	$49,268	64
Landscaping services	34	8.2	2.33×More than typical	222	$36,297	131
Offices of physicians	33	7.9	1.23×About typical	192	$71,932	21
Construction of buildings	30	7.2	0.95×About typical	106	$51,283	112
Other specialty trade contractors	29	7	2.78×More than typical	83	$56,566	127
Automotive repair and maintenance	28	6.7	1.34×More than typical	106	$36,651	80

Rank places for an industry Open Okeechobee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 41,575 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cypress Quarters, Florida: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

TROPICAL TOWER SERVICE, INC.$00.0%

Spending by fiscal year

3.2KFY2017
7.6KFY2018
2.5KFY2019
60.2KFY2020
255.6FY2021
2.3KFY2022
7.3KFY2023
13.8KFY2024
-279.1FY2025
0FY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Cypress Quarters, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cypress Quarters is mostly in Okeechobee County.

See federal money in Okeechobee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Cypress Quarters, Florida is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Scott FranklinR-FL-18 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Okeechobee County12100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Okeechobee, FL7

Other cities and towns in Okeechobee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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