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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Delray Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 137 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 28, 2026
Economy & jobs · Delray Beach Palm Beach 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 13.0% +0.5 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 137 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −5.0 pp
vs Palm Beach County +1.7 pp Palm Beach County: 11.3% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Delray Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
−5.0 pp since 2014
Delray Beach Palm Beach County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Delray Beach
13.0%
Palm Beach County
11.3%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Delray Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 13.0% · 2024
First value 15.8% · 2013
Highest 18.0% · 2014
Lowest 11.7% · 2019
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearDelray BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 13.0% +0.5 pp 11.3% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 12.6% +0.4 pp 11.1% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 12.2% −0.2 pp 11.4% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 12.3% +0.1 pp 11.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 12.3% +0.6 pp 11.6% 13.3% —
2019estimate 11.7% −3.4 pp 12.2% 14.0% —
2018estimate 15.1% −1.4 pp 12.8% 14.8% —
2017estimate 16.5% −0.7 pp 13.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 17.2% −0.6 pp 13.9% 16.1% —
2015estimate 17.8% −0.3 pp 14.5% 16.5% —
2014estimate 18.0% +2.2 pp 14.6% 16.7% —
2013estimate 15.8% 14.5% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2014 · 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
345 Alva 6.1%
346 Anna Maria 6.1%
128 Apalachicola 18.2%
297 Apollo Beach 8.6%
262 Atlantic Beach 10.1%
375 Atlantis 4.2%
221 Aventura 12.3%
79 Bagdad 23.0%
209 Bal Harbour 12.9%
96 Baldwin 21.5%
177 Bay Harbor Islands 15.1%
227 Bay Pines 11.8%
144 Bayonet Point 17.0%
125 Bayshore Gardens 18.7%
187 Bell 14.4%
24 Belle Glade 33.4%
380 Belleair 3.5%
368 Belleair Beach 4.8%
76 Belleair Bluffs 23.4%
248 Bellview 10.7%
35 Beverly Hills 29.2%
260 Big Pine Key 10.1%
322 Biscayne Park 7.3%
339 Bloomingdale 6.6%
264 Boca Raton 10.1%
…
99 DeLand 21.2%
109 Deerfield Beach 20.3%
59 Defuniak Springs 24.9%
130 Delray Beach 18.0%
152 Deltona 16.2%
314 Destin 7.9%
250 Doral 10.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

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.