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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Cape Coral

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 188 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Cape Coral · Lee County · Florida · United States
−3.0 pp since 2014
Cape Coral Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Cape Coral
10.7%
Lee County
12.0%
Florida
12.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Cape Coral · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 10.7% · 2024
First value 14.1% · 2013
Highest 14.2% · 2015
Lowest 9.7% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearCape CoralChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 10.7% +0.9 pp 12.0% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 9.8% −0.0 pp 11.7% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 9.8% −0.0 pp 11.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 9.9% +0.2 pp 12.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 9.7% −0.7 pp 11.8% 13.3% —
2019estimate 10.4% −1.2 pp 13.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 11.6% −1.1 pp 14.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 12.7% −0.4 pp 14.9% 15.5% —
2016estimate 13.1% −1.2 pp 15.5% 16.1% —
2015estimate 14.2% +0.5 pp 16.1% 16.5% —
2014estimate 13.7% −0.3 pp 16.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 14.1% 15.4% 16.3% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2024 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
391 Chokoloskee 0.0%
390 Goodland 0.0%
389 Hurlburt Field 1.3%
388 Tierra Verde 2.2%
387 Highland Beach 2.3%
386 Manasota Key 2.4%
385 Sewall's Point 2.5%
384 Eglin AFB 2.7%
383 Fruit Cove 2.7%
382 Jupiter Farms 2.8%
381 Malabar 3.0%
380 Neptune Beach 3.1%
379 Sea Ranch Lakes 3.2%
378 Westlake 3.2%
377 Valparaiso 3.4%
376 Pineland 3.5%
375 Navarre Beach 3.5%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
373 Southwest Ranches 3.8%
372 Odessa 3.9%
371 Satellite Beach 4.1%
370 Parkland 4.3%
369 Pinecrest 4.3%
368 Redington Shores 4.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
…
191 Palm Coast 10.6%
190 Sunrise 10.7%
189 Big Pine Key 10.7%
188 Cape Coral 10.7%
187 Ruskin 10.8%
186 Lake Park 10.8%
185 Key West 10.9%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024

What it means

The share of residents living in households below the official poverty threshold.

How it is calculated

Residents in households whose income is below the federal poverty threshold for their size, from the survey.