Best PlacesHendry County, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Hendry County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hendry County ranks 2,702nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hendry County
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.
The best areas in Hendry County
The parts of Hendry County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Port Labelle
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and crime runs lower.
Clewiston
More households have young kids and commutes are shorter.
Labelle
Heat risk is higher and it is noisier.
Montura
Disaster risk is higher and streets are more car-dependent.
Scores across Hendry County run from about the 3rd to the 45th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Hendry County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hendry County ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of counties
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than 89% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 89% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 141 pleasant days a year, better than 89% of counties
Where Hendry County ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of counties
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Hendry County
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hendry County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $60,900; 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 Hendry County's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hendry County
Hendry County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hendry County.
Who works in Hendry County, and how
Work in Hendry County centers on agriculture & forestry and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Hendry County
Hendry County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hendry County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Hendry County growing, and who is moving in?
Hendry County has grown about 20% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Miami, FL.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Hendry County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Hendry County, month by month
Hendry County sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 76, with lows near 53. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76° | 64° | 53° |
| April | 87° | 75° | 63° |
| July | 93° | 82° | 75° |
| October | 88° | 78° | 70° |
Flying in and out of Hendry County
Southwest Florida International sits about 36 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 Hendry County
Schools across Hendry County average a B−, better than 64% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Country Oaks Elementary SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Eastside Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clewiston Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Labelle Middle SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Immokalee Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Labelle High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Clewiston High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Immokalee High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hendry County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hendry County 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 Hendry County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Hendry County suits
Common questions about living in Hendry County
Is Hendry County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hendry County ranks 2,702nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and big-city access, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hendry County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $230,043. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $60,900 median income, cost of living beats 22% of counties.
Is Hendry County safe?
Hendry County is safer than 18% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $313 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hendry County?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 76 with lows near 53. That works out to about 141 pleasant days a year, more than 89% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Hendry County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Port Labelle, Clewiston, and Labelle. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Hendry County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hendry County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hendry County 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.
Hendry County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hendry County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hendry County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hendry County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hendry County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hendry County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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