Heartland · Okeechobee County

Living in Okeechobee, Florida

Okeechobee is a city in Okeechobee County, with about 5,479 people.¹ It feels small-town or low-density suburban, at 1,351 people per square mile.^1,3

5,479¹people

$197,700¹median home value

$1,061/mo¹median rent

38.4¹median age

Nearest 24-hour emergency room

HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital, listed in Okeechobee.²

Straight-line distance from the town's center; driving is longer. Freestanding ERs and urgent care aren't counted.

Life in the Heartland

Florida's cattle, citrus and lake country, between the two coasts: Sebring and Avon Park on the ridge, Wauchula and Arcadia on the Peace River, and Okeechobee, Clewiston and LaBelle around the big lake.^{4,5,6,7,8,9,10}

Hazards: Hurricanes cross the peninsula: storms that come ashore on either coast can reach the region with damaging wind, falling trees, long outages and river flooding. Mobile and manufactured homes should evacuate.⁷

Visitor information

Okeechobee County's official tourism office: Visit Okeechobee County.¹¹ Ask about local events, things to do and a free visitor guide, if they offer one.

Read the free Heartland preview, including the region's state-certified visitor centers.

The full Okeechobee town card

Choosing Your Place has the complete card for Okeechobee and 779 other places:

How its home values, rent, age and income compare with the rest of the Heartland
Household income, and how many ER hospitals are within 15 miles
The nearest airline airport and the nearest big airport
The full region profile, side-by-side compare and the monthly-cost calculator

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Other places in Okeechobee County

Taylor Creek · 4,457 people · home value $115,400
Cypress Quarters · 1,697 people · home value $220,000

Written by Charles Squires, North Port, Florida. 40 years living in Florida, in eight places.

I called on schools in Arcadia, Sebring and the towns around them.

More about the author and how this manual is made

"Median" means half are above and half below. Figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Okeechobee as a Census-defined place; the area a mailing address calls Okeechobee can be larger.