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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 26, 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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Captiva 57.4%
2 Hastings 40.0%
3 Goulding 35.8%
4 University 35.7%
5 Dover 35.5%
6 Jay 33.5%
7 South Bay 32.2%
8 Florida City 31.0%
9 Canal Point 30.7%
10 Opa-locka 29.9%
11 Biscayne Park 29.6%
12 Gladeview 29.4%
13 Hilliard 29.4%
14 Naranja 29.2%
15 Century 28.9%
16 Belle Glade 28.4%
17 Indiantown 28.3%
18 Pahokee 27.4%
19 Fort Pierce 26.2%
20 Warrington 25.9%
21 Brownsville 25.8%
22 Wimauma 25.6%
23 Pierson 25.3%
24 Yankeetown 25.0%
25 Immokalee 24.9%
…
83 Inglis 16.1%
84 Stuart 16.1%
85 Tavernier 16.0%
86 Deerfield Beach 16.0%
87 Tampa 15.9%
88 Bokeelia 15.9%
89 Duck Key 15.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

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.