City · Glades County, Florida

Moore Haven, Florida

Moore Haven is a city in Glades County, Florida, part of the Clewiston, FL metro area. It has 2,131 residents. Moore Haven, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 10 out of 100 (very low), ranking #14,098 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #708 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), math scores (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), mental health providers (low) and grocery stores (low).

10Very low

Quality-of-life score: #14,098 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #708 of 780 in FL
Population: 2,131 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,000.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1246550

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety72#4,402/15,637
Economy14#13,418/15,631
Housing25#11,222/14,977
Health29#11,077/15,609
Healthcare0#15,619/15,650
Environment66#5,256/15,453
Education28#11,284/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,232/15,650
Community1#15,440/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,562/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Moore Haven, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Glades 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

Job growth · high10.5%
100/100Florida 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataGlades County value
Math scores · high3.48
95/100Florida 3.28United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlades County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Florida 4.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGlades County value
Property crime rate · low478 /100k
90/100Florida 1,176 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGlades County value
Depression · low18.6%
89/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
87/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGlades County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high39.4×
0/100Florida 18.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGlades County value
Mental health providers · low8 /100k
0/100Florida 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlades County value
Grocery stores · low0.0 /10k
0/100Florida 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGlades County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low10.5%
1/100Florida 87.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGlades County value
Restaurants and bars · low2.3 /10k
1/100Florida 9.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGlades County value
Broadband subscriptions · low67.8%
1/100Florida 91.6%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,599 (2015-2019) → 2,131 (2020-2024)
−18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
65.8% (2015-2019) → 32.6% (2020-2024)
−33 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
46.0% (2015-2019) → 67.8% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
36.1% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
42.5% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$31,950 (2015-2019) → $40,094 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Moore Haven, Florida improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−33 points65.8% → 32.6%
Rent / income−16 points36.1% → 20.6%
Broadband+22 points46.0% → 67.8%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Moore Haven, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.4 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	−4.5 min	Within the margin of error	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	46.0%2015-2019	67.8%2020-2024	+22 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	42.5%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	−14 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Effective property tax rate	1.11%2015-2019	0.66%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	88%
High school diploma or higher	69.2%2015-2019	71.4%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	53%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4092015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.055	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$31,9502015-2019	$40,0942020-2024	+25%	Within the margin of error	45%
Poverty rate	28.9%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Rent as share of income	36.1%2015-2019	20.6%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	97%
Rent-burdened households	65.8%2015-2019	32.6%2020-2024	−33 points	Improved	98%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	25.0%2015-2019	20.9%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	83%

“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 Moore Haven, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Moore Haven, 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.

For comparison, Moore Haven, Florida itself moved +17 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,131 residents (±407)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

768 households (±251)

Moore Haven, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k35%†269
$25k–50k23%†173
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

768 households (±251)

Moore Haven, Florida
Florida share

Own75%†574
Rent25%†194

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−17.8 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

601 workers (±210)

Moore Haven, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone82%†491
Carpool12%†70
Public transit

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 Clewiston, 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 Glades County, the county holding most of Moore Haven's residents.

Glades County has 134 employer establishments, 104 for every 10,000 residents (0.42× the US rate of 248; 0.37× Florida's), with 1,250 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,117. The Census Bureau also counts 885 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 134; 885 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 104; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 1,250
Average annual pay: $49,117; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	15	11.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	98	$44,653	86
Truck transportation	10	7.8	1.54×More than typical	17	$31,941	53
Lessors of real estate	9	7	0.57×Too few to compare	33	$26,121	45
Religious organizations	8	6.2	1.12×Too few to compare	15	$13,533	—
Gasoline stations	6	4.7	1.44×Too few to compare	78	$31,115	—
Other specialty trade contractors	6	4.7	1.86×Too few to compare	49	$58,184	32
Building equipment contractors	5	3.9	0.65×Too few to compare	7	$34,857	18
Construction of buildings	5	3.9	0.51×Too few to compare	9	$32,222	37
Restaurants and other eating places	5	3.9	0.21×Too few to compare	82	$17,720	11
Full-service restaurants	4	3.1	0.40×Too few to compare	74	$15,892	6
General merchandise stores	4	3.1	1.76×Too few to compare	27	$23,741	5
RV parks and recreational camps	4	3.1	13.1×Too few to compare	34	$22,794	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,867 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Moore Haven is mostly in Glades County.

See federal money in Glades 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.

Moore Haven, 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.

Glades County10100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Clewiston, FL9

Other cities and towns in Glades County

Largest first.

Buckhead Ridge986

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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