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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Cocoa Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 232 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 · Cocoa Beach · Brevard County · Florida · United States
+0.4 pp since 2014
Cocoa Beach Brevard County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Cocoa Beach
9.6%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Cocoa Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 9.6% · 2024
First value 10.3% · 2013
Highest 10.3% · 2013
Lowest 6.0% · 2019
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearCocoa BeachChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 9.6% +0.5 pp 10.2% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 9.1% +1.3 pp 9.9% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 7.9% −2.0 pp 10.1% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 9.8% +2.5 pp 10.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 7.3% +1.4 pp 11.2% 13.3% —
2019estimate 6.0% −1.9 pp 11.8% 14.0% —
2018estimate 7.9% −0.6 pp 12.7% 14.8% —
2017estimate 8.5% +0.8 pp 13.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 7.7% +0.3 pp 14.0% 16.1% —
2015estimate 7.4% −1.8 pp 14.0% 16.5% —
2014estimate 9.3% −1.1 pp 14.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 10.3% 13.5% 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
1 Hastings 74.5%
2 Captiva 47.5%
3 University 37.0%
4 Goulding 35.4%
5 Canal Point 34.3%
6 Florida City 32.4%
7 South Bay 32.3%
8 Pahokee 32.1%
9 Naranja 30.3%
10 Opa-locka 29.7%
11 Biscayne Park 29.5%
12 Immokalee 28.3%
13 Gladeview 27.5%
14 Belle Glade 27.3%
15 Pembroke Park 26.8%
16 Cedar Key 26.7%
17 Jay 26.6%
18 Fort Pierce 26.2%
19 Brownsville 26.2%
20 Chiefland 25.5%
21 Hilliard 25.2%
22 Wimauma 23.6%
23 Dover 23.5%
24 Monticello 23.3%
25 Indiantown 23.3%
…
229 Cutler Bay 9.7%
230 St James City 9.7%
231 Cape Canaveral 9.6%
232 Cocoa Beach 9.6%
233 Bonita Springs 9.6%
234 Port Charlotte 9.6%
235 Callaway 9.6%
…

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.