Hendry County Homes for Sale

Hendry County snapshot (April 2026): typical home value $276K ($219/sqft), median rent $2,100, about 304 active listings, a median 82 days on market, and 19.0% of listings cutting price — a buyer's market. Values are -3.4% over the past year and +7.8% over five years.

Hendry's economy is agriculture on a grand scale: U.S. Sugar Corporation is headquartered in Clewiston and dominates the local economy alongside vast cane fields, cattle ranches, and citrus groves. Food processing, the county-and-school-district government, and a small healthcare sector round out a deeply rural base.

The Hendry County School District serves LaBelle and Clewiston in a rural farming county.

• LaBelle High School
• Clewiston High School

This is a small district; confirm the zoned assignment for a specific address. See school-zone guides →

A median-priced Hendry County home costs about $2,085/month all-in (mortgage, tax, and insurance, 10% down) against median household income of $53,044. Florida's homestead exemption removes up to $50,000 of assessed value, and Save Our Homes caps annual assessed-value increases at 3% while you keep the homestead.

At about $2,420 a year, Hendry sits on the higher end for Florida, so build insurance into your offer math from day one. Wind-mitigation features earn insurance credits; flood insurance is priced separately by address. Run your own numbers with the true cost calculator.

Builders pulled 470 residential permits last year (-15.6% YoY) — 464 single-family and 6 multifamily, about 11.5 per 1,000 residents. Active master-planned communities include Port LaBelle; Montura Ranch Estates. Builders compete on rate buydowns and closing-cost credits; buyer representation matters even on a new build. See active builders →

Hendry County has about 40,798 residents. On a net domestic basis it gained roughly 773 people and a net +$21.74M in adjusted gross income in the latest IRS filing year (county-to-county moves within the U.S.; this does not count international migration or births). Migration is the demand engine behind prices: when more income flows in than out, it supports both rents and values.

Expect Hendry to stay a very affordable, agriculture-anchored market over the next 12 months, with steady local demand, abundant land, and slow price movement.

Hendry's economy is agriculture on a grand scale: U.S. Sugar Corporation is headquartered in Clewiston and dominates the local economy alongside vast cane fields, cattle ranches, and citrus groves. Food processing, the county-and-school-district government, and a small healthcare sector round out a deeply rural base.

• U.S. Sugar Corporation (Clewiston HQ)
• Hendry County School District
• Hendry County government
• agriculture (sugar cane, cattle, citrus)
• Hendry Regional Medical Center
• food processing

U.S. Sugar Corporation is headquartered in Clewiston — 'America's Sweetest Town' — and dominates the agricultural economy.

A deep, diversified employer base is what underpins housing demand through national cycles. Talk to a local Hendry County agent →

Hendry is agricultural Old Florida: the cane fields and the sugar-mill heritage of Clewiston, bass fishing on Lake Okeechobee, the Caloosahatchee River and LaBelle's Swamp Cabbage Festival, and wide-open ranch country. It is a rural, very affordable, farming-and-fishing lifestyle, with abundant land and acreage.

Hendry's risks are rural and agricultural: an economy heavily concentrated in sugar and farming, lake-and-canal flooding around Okeechobee, modest incomes, and inland hurricane exposure (the lake region took heavy rain in Irma and Ian). Insurance is moderate inland, and the market is thin.