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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Century

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 27 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Century Escambia County Florida United States

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

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Overview 7 figures People 21 figures Economy 20 figures Housing 8 figures Education 10 figures Tourism 3 figures Climate 8 figures
Latest value · 2024 22.1% −6.8 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 27 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −7.0 pp
vs Escambia County +7.4 pp Escambia County: 14.7% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Century · Escambia County · Florida · United States
−7.0 pp since 2014
Century Escambia County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Century
22.1%
Escambia County
14.7%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Century · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 22.1% · 2024
First value 40.8% · 2013
Highest 40.8% · 2013
Lowest 13.0% · 2017
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearCenturyChange Escambia CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 22.1% −6.8 pp 14.7% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 28.9% −3.3 pp 14.5% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 32.1% +1.8 pp 14.9% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 30.3% +4.2 pp 14.5% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 26.1% +0.7 pp 14.0% 13.3% —
2019estimate 25.4% +12.0 pp 14.0% 14.0% —
2018estimate 13.5% +0.4 pp 13.9% 14.8% —
2017estimate 13.0% −6.0 pp 14.6% 15.5% —
2016estimate 19.0% −4.8 pp 14.7% 16.1% —
2015estimate 23.8% −5.3 pp 15.8% 16.5% —
2014estimate 29.1% −11.7 pp 17.1% 16.7% —
2013estimate 40.8% 18.1% 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.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
347 Alva 5.4%
327 Anna Maria 6.0%
85 Apalachicola 15.7%
365 Apollo Beach 4.6%
278 Atlantic Beach 7.7%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
184 Ave Maria 11.0%
170 Aventura 11.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
42 Bal Harbour 20.1%
80 Baldwin 16.3%
348 Bay Harbor Islands 5.4%
168 Bay Pines 11.5%
54 Bayonet Point 19.0%
99 Bayshore Gardens 15.0%
131 Bell 13.1%
14 Belle Glade 27.3%
337 Belleair 5.7%
331 Belleair Beach 5.9%
238 Belleair Bluffs 9.5%
91 Bellview 15.4%
46 Beverly Hills 19.8%
189 Big Pine Key 10.7%
11 Biscayne Park 29.5%
248 Bloomingdale 8.9%
…
29 Carrabelle 21.6%
260 Carrollwood 8.4%
16 Cedar Key 26.7%
27 Century 22.1%
20 Chiefland 25.5%
391 Chokoloskee 0.0%
330 Citrus Hills 5.9%
…

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.