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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 2, 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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
1 Chokoloskee 63.5%
2 Captiva 60.3%
3 Opa-locka 50.9%
4 Goulding 46.7%
5 Seville 43.7%
6 Immokalee 43.4%
7 Tice 42.6%
8 Florida City 41.2%
9 Chiefland 40.7%
10 Gladeview 40.4%
11 Belle Glade 39.1%
12 Fellsmere 38.8%
13 University 37.8%
14 Dover 37.6%
15 Canal Point 37.3%
16 Brownsville 36.7%
17 St Leo 36.4%
18 Fort Pierce 35.8%
19 Otter Creek 34.9%
20 South Bay 34.8%
21 Wewahitchka 33.9%
22 Mangonia Park 33.7%
23 De Leon Springs 33.6%
24 Naranja 32.9%
25 Beverly Hills 32.9%
…
165 Seffner 14.7%
166 Gulfport 14.6%
167 Port Charlotte 14.6%
168 Tarpon Springs 14.5%
169 Homosassa 14.4%
170 Olympia Heights 14.4%
171 Lower Grand Lagoon 14.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.