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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Melbourne Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 301 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026
Economy & jobs · Melbourne Beach Brevard 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 7.1% +0.6 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 301 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +1.3 pp
vs Brevard County −3.1 pp Brevard County: 10.2% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Melbourne Beach · Brevard County · Florida · United States
+1.3 pp since 2014
Melbourne Beach Brevard County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Melbourne Beach
7.1%
Brevard County
10.2%
Florida
12.6%
United States
12.5%

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

The series at a glance Melbourne Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 7.1% · 2024
First value 7.3% · 2013
Highest 12.2% · 2021
Lowest 1.7% · 2017
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearMelbourne BeachChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 7.1% +0.6 pp 10.2% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 6.5% −5.2 pp 9.9% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 11.7% −0.5 pp 10.1% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 12.2% +1.7 pp 10.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 10.6% +4.0 pp 11.2% 13.3% —
2019estimate 6.6% +2.1 pp 11.8% 14.0% —
2018estimate 4.5% +2.8 pp 12.7% 14.8% —
2017estimate 1.7% −0.3 pp 13.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 1.9% −0.2 pp 14.0% 16.1% —
2015estimate 2.1% −3.7 pp 14.0% 16.5% —
2014estimate 5.8% −1.5 pp 14.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 7.3% 13.5% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2024 · 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
391 Chokoloskee 0.0%
390 Goodland 0.0%
389 Hurlburt Field 1.3%
388 Tierra Verde 2.2%
387 Highland Beach 2.3%
386 Manasota Key 2.4%
385 Sewall's Point 2.5%
384 Eglin AFB 2.7%
383 Fruit Cove 2.7%
382 Jupiter Farms 2.8%
381 Malabar 3.0%
380 Neptune Beach 3.1%
379 Sea Ranch Lakes 3.2%
378 Westlake 3.2%
377 Valparaiso 3.4%
376 Pineland 3.5%
375 Navarre Beach 3.5%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
373 Southwest Ranches 3.8%
372 Odessa 3.9%
371 Satellite Beach 4.1%
370 Parkland 4.3%
369 Pinecrest 4.3%
368 Redington Shores 4.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
…
304 Palm Beach 6.9%
303 Hutchinson Island South 7.0%
302 Golden Beach 7.1%
301 Melbourne Beach 7.1%
300 Ellenton 7.2%
299 Siesta Key 7.2%
298 St George Island 7.2%
…

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

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.