Best PlacesCypress, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cypress, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cypress ranks 40,293rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cypress
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cypress' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cypress ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 78% of towns
- School gradeB, better than 72% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 70% of towns
Where Cypress ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cypress
A household needs to earn about $39,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cypress home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $55,950, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cypress' effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cypress
Cypress runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cypress.
Who works in Cypress, and how
Work in Cypress centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cypress
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cypress.
What the weather is like in Cypress, month by month
Cypress sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| July | 93° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Cypress
The nearest airport, Dothan Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 204 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cypress
Schools across Cypress average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sneads Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Blountstown Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Carr Elementary & Middle SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grand Ridge SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Blountstown High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Marianna High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Sneads High SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cypress school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cypress measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cypress against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cypress
Is Cypress a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cypress ranks 40,293rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and low property taxes, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cypress expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $155,229. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $55,950 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Cypress safe?
Cypress is safer than 55% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $205 per resident a year.
Compare Cypress with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cypress. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cypress represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cypress detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cypress: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cypress: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cypress: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cypress: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cypress detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.