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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Melbourne

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 84 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 26, 2026
Economy & jobs · Melbourne Brevard County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 15.8% +0.8 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 84 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −0.1 pp
vs Brevard County +5.5 pp Brevard County: 10.2% · 2024
Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Melbourne · Brevard County · Florida · United States
−0.1 pp since 2014
Melbourne 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
15.8%
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 · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 15.8% · 2024
First value 15.5% · 2013
Highest 17.5% · 2016
Lowest 13.7% · 2021
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearMelbourneChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 15.8% +0.8 pp 10.2% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 14.9% −0.2 pp 9.9% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 15.2% +1.5 pp 10.1% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 13.7% −1.7 pp 10.6% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 15.4% −0.6 pp 11.2% 13.3% —
2019estimate 16.0% −0.9 pp 11.8% 14.0% —
2018estimate 16.9% +0.2 pp 12.7% 14.8% —
2017estimate 16.7% −0.8 pp 13.4% 15.5% —
2016estimate 17.5% +1.5 pp 14.0% 16.1% —
2015estimate 15.9% +0.1 pp 14.0% 16.5% —
2014estimate 15.8% +0.3 pp 14.0% 16.7% —
2013estimate 15.5% 13.5% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2022 · 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
319 Alva 6.3%
381 Anna Maria 2.4%
74 Apalachicola 18.0%
367 Apollo Beach 3.9%
320 Atlantic Beach 6.3%
347 Atlantis 4.9%
115 Ave Maria 14.7%
162 Aventura 12.4%
377 Bagdad 3.0%
49 Bal Harbour 20.7%
173 Baldwin 12.0%
247 Bay Harbor Islands 8.8%
242 Bay Pines 9.0%
75 Bayonet Point 17.9%
122 Bayshore Gardens 14.4%
121 Bell 14.5%
10 Belle Glade 32.5%
345 Belleair 5.0%
310 Belleair Beach 6.4%
256 Belleair Bluffs 8.6%
128 Bellview 14.0%
36 Beverly Hills 23.2%
148 Big Pine Key 13.2%
15 Biscayne Park 31.1%
322 Bloomingdale 6.2%
…
25 Masaryktown 27.3%
178 Matlacha 11.8%
42 Medley 21.5%
108 Melbourne 15.2%
181 Melbourne Beach 11.7%
296 Melbourne Village 7.0%
306 Merritt Island 6.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.