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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Lehigh Acres

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 70 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 29, 2026
Economy & jobs · Lehigh Acres 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 17.1% −0.1 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 70 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −4.6 pp
vs Lee County +5.1 pp Lee County: 12.0% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Lehigh Acres · Lee County · Florida · United States
−4.6 pp since 2014
Lehigh Acres 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
Lehigh Acres
17.1%
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 Lehigh Acres · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 17.1% · 2024
First value 19.6% · 2013
Highest 21.8% · 2016
Lowest 16.9% · 2022
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearLehigh AcresChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 17.1% −0.1 pp 12.0% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 17.2% +0.3 pp 11.7% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 16.9% −2.0 pp 11.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 18.8% +0.1 pp 12.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 18.8% −1.3 pp 11.8% 13.3% —
2019estimate 20.0% −0.2 pp 13.1% 14.0% —
2018estimate 20.2% −0.9 pp 14.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 21.1% −0.7 pp 14.9% 15.5% —
2016estimate 21.8% +0.0 pp 15.5% 16.1% —
2015estimate 21.8% +0.2 pp 16.1% 16.5% —
2014estimate 21.7% +2.1 pp 16.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 19.6% 15.4% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2013 · 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
367 Alva 5.0%
356 Anna Maria 5.3%
78 Apalachicola 22.9%
283 Apollo Beach 9.0%
308 Atlantic Beach 8.0%
381 Atlantis 3.2%
217 Aventura 12.4%
85 Bagdad 22.2%
190 Bal Harbour 14.1%
46 Baldwin 27.6%
176 Bay Harbor Islands 14.8%
293 Bay Pines 8.5%
172 Bayonet Point 15.2%
62 Bayshore Gardens 25.8%
207 Bell 12.9%
21 Belle Glade 36.3%
380 Belleair 3.6%
343 Belleair Beach 6.1%
118 Belleair Bluffs 19.2%
249 Bellview 10.4%
65 Beverly Hills 25.3%
256 Big Pine Key 10.0%
273 Biscayne Park 9.4%
350 Bloomingdale 5.9%
240 Boca Raton 11.1%
…
99 Laurel Hill 20.8%
375 Layton 4.1%
243 Lecanto 10.9%
112 Lehigh Acres 19.6%
141 Lely Resort 17.3%
312 Lighthouse Point 7.9%
307 Longboat Key 8.0%
…

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

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.