Cypress Quarters vs Okeechobee

A side-by-side comparison of Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee: population, income, housing, and more.

Cypress Quarters and Okeechobee are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Okeechobee has the higher population (5,376 vs 1,382 in Cypress Quarters). Okeechobee has the higher median household income ($50,365 vs $35,893 in Cypress Quarters). Cypress Quarters has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $187,400 in Okeechobee).

Population, income & housing

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
Population	1,382	5,376
Median age	32.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$35,893	$50,365
Median home value	$209,700	$187,400
Median gross rent	$888	$1,008
Housing units	515	1,983
Homeownership rate	59.2%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
Population	1,373 → 1,382 (+0.7%)	5,724 → 5,376 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$33,456 → $35,893 (+7.3%)	$41,570 → $50,365 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $209,700 (+188.0%)	$113,700 → $187,400 (+64.8%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $888 (+17.0%)	$775 → $1,008 (+30.1%)

Cypress Quarters

Population

1,3731,382

Median household income

$33,456$35,893

Median home value

$72,800$209,700

Median gross rent

$759$888

Okeechobee

Population

5,7245,376

Median household income

$41,570$50,365

Median home value

$113,700$187,400

Median gross rent

$775$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
Under 5	1.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	30.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	14.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	6.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.3%
75 and over	8.8%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
White (non-Hispanic)	37.0%	52.4%
Black or African American	62.1%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
No high school diploma	4.0%	18.9%
High school graduate	39.3%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
Drove alone	89.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	5.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
1-unit, detached	90.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Cypress Quarters	Okeechobee
Poverty rate	27.1%	23.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	49	18
Median year structure built	1976	1978