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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Deerfield Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 95 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 · Deerfield Beach · Broward County · Florida · United States
−5.3 pp since 2014
Deerfield Beach Broward County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Deerfield Beach
15.1%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Deerfield Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 15.1% · 2024
First value 19.1% · 2013
Highest 20.3% · 2014
Lowest 15.1% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDeerfield BeachChange Broward CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 15.1% −0.9 pp 12.2% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 16.0% +0.4 pp 12.2% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 15.5% −0.1 pp 12.4% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 15.6% −1.1 pp 12.4% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 16.8% +0.6 pp 12.7% 13.3% —
2019estimate 16.1% −0.9 pp 13.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 17.0% −0.3 pp 13.5% 14.8% —
2017estimate 17.3% −0.8 pp 14.0% 15.5% —
2016estimate 18.1% +0.4 pp 14.4% 16.1% —
2015estimate 17.7% −2.6 pp 14.5% 16.5% —
2014estimate 20.3% +1.3 pp 14.6% 16.7% —
2013estimate 19.1% 14.3% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Chokoloskee 63.5%
2 Captiva 60.3%
3 Opa-locka 50.9%
4 Goulding 46.7%
5 Seville 43.7%
6 Immokalee 43.4%
7 Tice 42.6%
8 Florida City 41.2%
9 Chiefland 40.7%
10 Gladeview 40.4%
11 Belle Glade 39.1%
12 Fellsmere 38.8%
13 University 37.8%
14 Dover 37.6%
15 Canal Point 37.3%
16 Brownsville 36.7%
17 St Leo 36.4%
18 Fort Pierce 35.8%
19 Otter Creek 34.9%
20 South Bay 34.8%
21 Wewahitchka 33.9%
22 Mangonia Park 33.7%
23 De Leon Springs 33.6%
24 Naranja 32.9%
25 Beverly Hills 32.9%
…
119 Baldwin 17.5%
120 Pensacola 17.5%
121 Hilliard 17.5%
122 Deerfield Beach 17.3%
123 Key Largo 17.3%
124 Marathon 17.3%
125 Titusville 17.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.