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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Tarpon Springs

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 214 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 5, 2026

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

Below the poverty line, 2013 – 2024 percent · Tarpon Springs · Pinellas County · Florida · United States
−5.2 pp since 2014
Tarpon Springs Pinellas County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Tarpon Springs
10.0%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Tarpon Springs · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 10.0% · 2024
First value 14.8% · 2013
Highest 15.2% · 2014
Lowest 10.0% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearTarpon SpringsChange Pinellas CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 10.0% −0.2 pp 11.5% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 10.1% −0.5 pp 11.4% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 10.6% −1.1 pp 11.5% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 11.7% +0.2 pp 11.5% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 11.5% −0.8 pp 11.6% 13.3% —
2019estimate 12.3% −1.2 pp 12.2% 14.0% —
2018estimate 13.6% −0.9 pp 13.0% 14.8% —
2017estimate 14.5% +0.3 pp 13.7% 15.5% —
2016estimate 14.2% +0.1 pp 14.1% 16.1% —
2015estimate 14.0% −1.2 pp 14.4% 16.5% —
2014estimate 15.2% +0.4 pp 14.3% 16.7% —
2013estimate 14.8% 14.1% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
386 Pineland 0.0%
385 Layton 0.0%
384 Melbourne Beach 2.1%
383 Navarre Beach 2.4%
382 South Beach 2.6%
381 Sewall's Point 2.6%
380 The Meadows 2.7%
379 Hillsboro Beach 3.1%
378 Parkland 3.3%
377 Belleair 3.4%
376 Satellite Beach 3.7%
375 Citrus Hills 4.0%
374 Palm City 4.1%
373 Indian River Shores 4.2%
372 Trinity 4.3%
371 Nocatee 4.5%
370 Tequesta 4.6%
369 Cooper City 4.7%
368 Whitfield 4.7%
367 Surfside 4.8%
366 Belleair Beach 5.0%
365 Wabasso Beach 5.0%
364 Fruit Cove 5.2%
363 Lighthouse Point 5.2%
362 Gulf Breeze 5.3%
…
191 Panacea 14.0%
190 Niceville 14.0%
189 Westchester 14.0%
188 Tarpon Springs 14.0%
187 Lake Magdalene 14.0%
186 Merritt Island 14.1%
185 West Miami 14.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2015

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.