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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 Nov 1, 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

2023 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
327 Alva 6.0%
334 Anna Maria 5.8%
225 Apalachicola 9.5%
355 Apollo Beach 4.7%
254 Atlantic Beach 8.6%
337 Atlantis 5.6%
149 Ave Maria 12.4%
168 Aventura 11.6%
366 Bagdad 4.2%
63 Bal Harbour 18.0%
233 Baldwin 9.3%
302 Bay Harbor Islands 7.1%
159 Bay Pines 12.0%
80 Bayonet Point 16.3%
93 Bayshore Gardens 15.4%
98 Bell 15.2%
16 Belle Glade 28.4%
331 Belleair 5.9%
263 Belleair Beach 8.4%
241 Belleair Bluffs 9.0%
122 Bellview 14.1%
41 Beverly Hills 21.0%
229 Big Pine Key 9.4%
11 Biscayne Park 29.6%
271 Bloomingdale 8.0%
…
347 Palm City 5.1%
223 Palm Coast 9.5%
200 Palm Harbor 10.3%
90 Palm River-Clair Mel 15.5%
151 Palm Springs 12.4%
119 Palmetto 14.2%
318 Palmetto Bay 6.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

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.