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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Key West

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 185 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 27, 2026
Economy & jobs · Key West Monroe 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 10.9% −0.2 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 185 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −1.7 pp
vs Monroe County +0.2 pp Monroe County: 10.6% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Key West · Monroe County · Florida · United States
−1.7 pp since 2014
Key West Monroe County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Key West
10.9%
Monroe County
10.6%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Key West · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 10.9% · 2024
First value 11.8% · 2013
Highest 13.2% · 2022
Lowest 10.8% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearKey WestChange Monroe CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 10.9% −0.2 pp 10.6% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 11.1% −2.1 pp 10.4% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 13.2% +1.7 pp 11.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 11.6% +0.8 pp 11.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 10.8% −0.5 pp 10.6% 13.3% —
2019estimate 11.3% −0.7 pp 10.9% 14.0% —
2018estimate 12.0% −0.8 pp 11.8% 14.8% —
2017estimate 12.8% +0.1 pp 12.7% 15.5% —
2016estimate 12.7% −0.2 pp 13.0% 16.1% —
2015estimate 12.9% +0.3 pp 13.4% 16.5% —
2014estimate 12.6% +0.7 pp 13.9% 16.7% —
2013estimate 11.8% 13.5% 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%
…
172 Kenneth City 15.3%
343 Key Biscayne 6.5%
179 Key Largo 15.0%
218 Key West 12.6%
324 Lake Clarke Shores 7.3%
193 Lake Helen 13.9%
207 Lake Magdalene 13.0%
…

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.