Best PlacesCypress Lake Estates, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cypress Lake Estates, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cypress Lake Estates ranks 35,706th 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 Lake Estates
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 Lake Estates' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cypress Lake Estates ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 82% of towns
Where Cypress Lake Estates ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute44.1 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cypress Lake Estates
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cypress Lake Estates home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,528, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Lake Estates' effective rate of 0.77%, 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 6 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 Lake Estates
Cypress Lake Estates runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cypress Lake Estates.
Who works in Cypress Lake Estates, and how
Work in Cypress Lake Estates centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cypress Lake Estates
The coast is about 34 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cypress Lake Estates, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cypress Lake Estates, month by month
Cypress Lake Estates sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 70, with lows near 49. The comfortable stretch runs October through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70° | 58° | 49° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 60° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 74° |
| October | 84° | 74° | 67° |
Flying in and out of Cypress Lake Estates
The nearest airport, Orlando Sanford International, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Orlando International, about 40 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cypress Lake Estates
Schools across Cypress Lake Estates average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Seminole Springs Elementary SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Woodward Avenue Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Umatilla Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Southwestern Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Deland High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Umatilla High SchoolC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cypress Lake Estates school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cypress Lake Estates 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 Lake Estates against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cypress Lake Estates
Is Cypress Lake Estates a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cypress Lake Estates ranks 35,706th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and the weather, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cypress Lake Estates expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $295,600. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $61,528 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Cypress Lake Estates safe?
Yes, Cypress Lake Estates is safer than 58% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $177 per resident a year.
Compare Cypress Lake Estates with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cypress Lake Estates. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cypress Lake Estates 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 Lake Estates detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cypress Lake Estates: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cypress Lake Estates: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cypress Lake Estates: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cypress Lake Estates: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cypress Lake Estates 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
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