Best PlacesCypress Lake, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cypress Lake, 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 ranks 23,912th 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
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's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cypress Lake ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- TransitBetter than 97% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
Where Cypress Lake ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cypress Lake
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cypress Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $61,822; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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's effective rate of 0.64%, 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 Lake
Cypress Lake runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cypress Lake.
Who works in Cypress Lake, and how
Work in Cypress Lake centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cypress Lake
Cypress Lake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of towns. The coast is about 11 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Cypress Lake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cypress Lake, month by month
Cypress Lake sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| April | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Cypress Lake
Southwest Florida International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cypress Lake
Schools across Cypress Lake average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ray V. Pottorf Elementary SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cypress Lake Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Lexington Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Florida Southwestern Collegiate High SchoolA+ · 93% proficient
- Cypress Lake High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- South Fort Myers High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cypress Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cypress Lake 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 against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cypress Lake
Is Cypress Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cypress Lake ranks 23,912th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, fast internet, and biking, 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 Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,381. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $61,822 median income, cost of living beats 37% of towns.
Is Cypress Lake safe?
Yes, Cypress Lake is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Cypress Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cypress Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cypress Lake 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 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cypress Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cypress Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cypress Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cypress Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cypress Lake 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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