Moore Haven
Start with Moore Haven to understand the established center, nearby services and everyday rhythm within Glades County.
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Glades
County
A small rural county on Lake Okeechobee with fishing, ranching, open landscapes and access to the Caloosahatchee waterway.
Tropical FloridaSouth Florida & the Keys
REGIONSouth Florida & the Keys
COMMUNITIES TO START WITHMoore Haven · Buckhead Ridge · Palmdale
LIFESTYLE SIGNALSRural · Fishing · Open land
Start with daily life
What Glades County feels like before you choose a neighborhood.
A small rural county on Lake Okeechobee with fishing, ranching, open landscapes and access to the Caloosahatchee waterway.
Use this guide as a first-pass planning tool. On a scouting trip, compare actual commute routes, insurance requirements, medical access, school or training options and the places you would use in an ordinary week—not only the best-known attraction.
The numbers that matter if you are moving
- Population
- 12,563Census estimate
- At the last full count
- 12,1262020 Census
- Median age
- 46.0
- Aged 65 and over
- 26.0%
- Under 18
- 13.2%
- Median household income
- $45,870
- Median home value
- $137,000what owners estimate
- Homeownership
- 85.1%
- People per household
- 2.48
- Average commute
- 32.2 minutes
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, published January 2026, read September 19, 2026. Survey figures are estimates; median home value is what owners estimate their home is worth, not a sale price.
COUNTY LIFESTYLE THEMES
RuralFishingOpen land
Relocation decision desk
Six checks before you choose a county.
Property cost, flood and wind, schools, healthcare, daily travel and storm readiness.
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Begin with the county’s major places.
These are starting points, not a ranking. Add nearby towns and neighborhoods as you learn your daily route and housing priorities.
Buckhead Ridge
Use Buckhead Ridge to compare housing patterns, main-road access and the shopping or medical stops used during a normal week.
Palmdale
Walk or drive through Palmdale at different times of day to judge traffic, neighborhood character and access to outdoor space.
Hospitals in Glades County
No licensed hospital inside Glades County.
The state's hospital list names none in the county. Its search by address finds the hospitals nearest any home you are considering.
How do I compare hospitals in Florida? →How do I find a doctor who takes Medicare? →Find the hospitals nearest an address ↗
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder, Locate a Facility (hospitals), read September 25, 2026.
Evergreen county experiences
5 places that reveal the county.
Use enduring natural, historic and cultural places to understand the area beyond a real-estate showing.
Lake Okeechobee
Lake Okeechobee covers roughly 730 square miles, which makes it the largest freshwater lake in Florida, and it averages about nine feet deep, which is remarkably shallow for something that size. The name comes from the Hitchiti language spoken by the ancestors of the Seminole: oki for water and chubi for big.
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area covers 18,272 acres in Glades County, running from Palmdale down to Lakeport on the shore of Lake Okeechobee. The creek is the reason it is protected: it is the last free-flowing tributary left feeding Lake Okeechobee, coming off the southern end of the Lake Wales Ridge and threading through ancient cypress the whole way.
Ortona Indian Mound Park
The Ortona mounds were raised more than 3,000 years ago, which puts them in the same era as the Miami Circle and well before the Calusa, who later occupied and added to the site. What the people here built was not only mounds but a system of canals through the marsh, cut so canoes could move through the settlement, and that engineering is what the site is known for.
Lakeport
It sits just south of the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation and it lives off the lake. In the railroad years it was called the fish capital of Florida and the fishing is still why most people come.
Moore Haven Riverwalk
Moore Haven sits on the Caloosahatchee River on U.S. 27, at the point where the Okeechobee Waterway crosses Florida from coast to coast. The town was founded in 1915 by James A. Moore and became the main commercial center for the whole Lake Okeechobee region.
Official planning desk
Check current public information before making the move.
Florida disaster preparedness mapsOfficial evacuation-zone, route and storm-surge planning maps.
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Florida school accountability reportsCurrent state school and district accountability information.
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Florida community health dataCounty-level public health indicators and community reports.
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Florida housing resourcesState resources for homebuyers, renters and local assistance programs.
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