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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Palm River-Clair Mel

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 134 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Oct 23, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palm River-Clair Mel · Hillsborough County · Florida · United States
−12.9 pp since 2014
Palm River-Clair Mel Hillsborough County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Palm River-Clair Mel
13.1%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Palm River-Clair Mel · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 13.1% · 2024
First value 27.3% · 2013
Highest 27.3% · 2013
Lowest 13.1% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalm River-Clair MelChange Hillsborough CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 13.1% −2.4 pp 12.7% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 15.5% −2.3 pp 13.2% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 17.8% −0.8 pp 13.7% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 18.6% +2.0 pp 14.0% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 16.6% −1.8 pp 14.0% 13.3% —
2019estimate 18.4% −2.2 pp 14.6% 14.0% —
2018estimate 20.6% −1.1 pp 15.3% 14.8% —
2017estimate 21.7% −1.3 pp 15.6% 15.5% —
2016estimate 22.9% −1.2 pp 16.4% 16.1% —
2015estimate 24.2% −1.8 pp 17.0% 16.5% —
2014estimate 26.0% −1.4 pp 17.2% 16.7% —
2013estimate 27.3% 16.8% 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.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
347 Alva 5.4%
327 Anna Maria 6.0%
85 Apalachicola 15.7%
365 Apollo Beach 4.6%
278 Atlantic Beach 7.7%
374 Atlantis 3.6%
184 Ave Maria 11.0%
170 Aventura 11.4%
367 Bagdad 4.4%
42 Bal Harbour 20.1%
80 Baldwin 16.3%
348 Bay Harbor Islands 5.4%
168 Bay Pines 11.5%
54 Bayonet Point 19.0%
99 Bayshore Gardens 15.0%
131 Bell 13.1%
14 Belle Glade 27.3%
337 Belleair 5.7%
331 Belleair Beach 5.9%
238 Belleair Bluffs 9.5%
91 Bellview 15.4%
46 Beverly Hills 19.8%
189 Big Pine Key 10.7%
11 Biscayne Park 29.5%
248 Bloomingdale 8.9%
…
343 Palm City 5.6%
191 Palm Coast 10.6%
201 Palm Harbor 10.3%
134 Palm River-Clair Mel 13.1%
89 Palm Springs 15.4%
124 Palmetto 13.5%
333 Palmetto Bay 5.8%
…

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.