A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Okeechobee$1,710/mo

Typical home $290K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $1,061/mo · Housing →

Cypress Quarters$1,260/mo

Typical home $220K (Census) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $1,403/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

OkeechobeeCypress Quarters

Okeechobee ↔ Cypress Quarters1.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

71 Cypress Quarters residents work in Okeechobee (19.8% of its workers)

21 Okeechobee residents work in Cypress Quarters (1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Cypress Quarters →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

DOkeechobeeBetter than 11% of districts in the state –Cypress QuartersNot graded

Health

DOkeechobeeHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns D−Cypress QuartersHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

OkeechobeeCypress Quarters

Snow a year0″0″

January low52°F 52°F

July high92°F 92°F

Growing season (days)355d 355d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)92nd 82nd

Outdoors & history

OkeechobeeCypress Quarters

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0.6%—

Settled1835 —

National Register places2 —

Community

OkeechobeeCypress Quarters

Library hours a week40 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

OkeechobeeCypress Quarters

People

Population 5,479Highest 1,697Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.5%Highest FL: +14.6% -15.3%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 38.4±3.5Highest 10% below FL 19.3±22.8Lowest 55% below FL

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 24.1%±5Lowest FL: 19.5% 34.9%±14.3Highest FL: 19.5%

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.2%±3.7Highest FL: 21.3% 11.6%±4.5Lowest FL: 21.3%

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.1%Lowest FL: 34.1% 29.1%Highest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±3.1Highest FL: 6.1% 4.2%±3.8Lowest FL: 6.1%

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,044±$7kHighest 24% below FL $38,352±$24kLowest 49% below FL

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $197,700±$23kLowest 45% below FL $220,000±$141kHighest 39% below FL

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,061±$97Lowest 36% below FL $1,403±$430Highest 16% below FL

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,564Highest 43% below FL $1,323Lowest 52% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.1%±17.1Lowest FL: 60.1% 77.8%±100Highest FL: 60.1%

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15.8%Lowest FL: 12.6% 35%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.1%Lowest FL: 67.6% 57.3%Highest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 7 yrs older than FL 1976Lowest 12 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 9% below FL 50 minHighest 77% above FL

Work from home 2.8%±2.4Lowest FL: 15.7% 14.1%±12.5Highest FL: 15.7%

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 26.1%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 33.3 miLowest 34.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.83Highest 0.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Port St. Lucie (3%)Okeechobee (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Cypress Quarters20% work in Okeechobee

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 23.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 108Highest 32.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #364 of 488 in FL—

School district OKEECHOBEE—

High school in town None in town—

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Okeechobee vs Cypress Quarters

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Okeechobee

Okeechobee and Cypress Quarters share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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