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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 350 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026
Economy & jobs · Fort Myers Beach Lee 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 5.4% −2.2 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 350 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −2.9 pp
vs Lee County −6.6 pp Lee County: 12.0% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States
−2.9 pp since 2014
Fort Myers Beach 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
Fort Myers Beach
5.4%
Lee County
12.0%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 5.4% · 2024
First value 9.6% · 2013
Highest 12.4% · 2018
Lowest 5.4% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 5.4% −2.2 pp 12.0% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 7.5% +1.2 pp 11.7% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 6.3% +0.4 pp 11.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 6.0% −0.8 pp 12.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 6.8% −2.7 pp 11.8% 13.3% —
2019estimate 9.5% −2.9 pp 13.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 12.4% +1.1 pp 14.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 11.4% +1.2 pp 14.9% 15.5% —
2016estimate 10.2% −0.2 pp 15.5% 16.1% —
2015estimate 10.5% +2.2 pp 16.1% 16.5% —
2014estimate 8.3% −1.4 pp 16.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 9.6% 15.4% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · 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
319 Alva 6.3%
381 Anna Maria 2.4%
74 Apalachicola 18.0%
367 Apollo Beach 3.9%
320 Atlantic Beach 6.3%
347 Atlantis 4.9%
115 Ave Maria 14.7%
162 Aventura 12.4%
377 Bagdad 3.0%
49 Bal Harbour 20.7%
173 Baldwin 12.0%
247 Bay Harbor Islands 8.8%
242 Bay Pines 9.0%
75 Bayonet Point 17.9%
122 Bayshore Gardens 14.4%
121 Bell 14.5%
10 Belle Glade 32.5%
345 Belleair 5.0%
310 Belleair Beach 6.4%
256 Belleair Bluffs 8.6%
128 Bellview 14.0%
36 Beverly Hills 23.2%
148 Big Pine Key 13.2%
15 Biscayne Park 31.1%
322 Bloomingdale 6.2%
…
222 Fort Denaud 9.8%
112 Fort Lauderdale 14.9%
91 Fort Myers 16.1%
316 Fort Myers Beach 6.3%
21 Fort Pierce 29.0%
140 Fort Walton Beach 13.5%
279 Freeport 7.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.