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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Lake Worth Beach

2020 – 2024 · 5 data points 31 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 2, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 – 2024

Below the poverty line, 2020 – 2024 percent · Lake Worth Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
Lake Worth Beach Palm Beach County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 – 2024

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Lake Worth Beach
21.2%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Lake Worth Beach · 2020 – 2024
Latest value 21.2% · 2024
First value 25.2% · 2020
Highest 25.2% · 2020
Lowest 20.8% · 2023
Data points 5

By year

All years · 2020 – 2024

YearLake Worth BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 21.2% +0.4 pp 11.3% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 20.8% −0.2 pp 11.1% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 21.1% −2.7 pp 11.4% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 23.7% −1.5 pp 11.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 25.2% 11.6% 13.3% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
305 Alva 6.8%
382 Anna Maria 2.8%
63 Apalachicola 19.6%
364 Apollo Beach 3.9%
361 Atlantic Beach 4.3%
325 Atlantis 6.2%
34 Ave Maria 24.9%
234 Aventura 9.8%
268 Bagdad 8.1%
60 Bal Harbour 19.9%
188 Baldwin 11.4%
276 Bay Harbor Islands 7.8%
216 Bay Pines 10.5%
87 Bayonet Point 17.3%
106 Bayshore Gardens 16.1%
45 Bell 22.5%
6 Belle Glade 40.2%
363 Belleair 3.9%
301 Belleair Beach 6.9%
165 Belleair Bluffs 12.4%
222 Bellview 10.4%
38 Beverly Hills 23.9%
227 Big Pine Key 10.2%
353 Biscayne Park 4.7%
345 Bloomingdale 5.3%
…
238 Lake Helen 9.6%
219 Lake Magdalene 10.5%
58 Lake Park 20.2%
33 Lake Worth Beach 25.2%
297 Lakewood Ranch 7.1%
289 Land O' Lakes 7.5%
181 Lantana 11.7%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

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.