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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Below the poverty line in Wewahitchka

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 43 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 · Wewahitchka · Gulf County · Florida · United States
−5.0 pp since 2014
Wewahitchka Gulf County Florida United States

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

Compared with Below the poverty line · percent
Wewahitchka
20.1%
Gulf County
12.5%
Florida
12.6%

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

The series at a glance Wewahitchka · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 20.1% · 2024
First value 26.6% · 2013
Highest 33.9% · 2017
Lowest 14.3% · 2021
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearWewahitchkaChange Gulf CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 20.1% +1.5 pp 12.5% 12.6% 12.5%
2023estimate 18.6% +2.0 pp 11.6% 12.6% 12.4%
2022estimate 16.5% +2.2 pp 12.3% 12.9% 12.5%
2021estimate 14.3% −1.4 pp 9.8% 13.1% 12.6%
2020estimate 15.7% −8.7 pp 12.1% 13.3% —
2019estimate 24.4% −3.6 pp 12.9% 14.0% —
2018estimate 28.0% −5.8 pp 13.9% 14.8% —
2017estimate 33.9% +7.5 pp 14.9% 15.5% —
2016estimate 26.3% −0.7 pp 15.3% 16.1% —
2015estimate 27.0% +1.9 pp 14.3% 16.5% —
2014estimate 25.1% −1.5 pp 16.4% 16.7% —
2013estimate 26.6% 16.4% 16.3% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryBelow the poverty line
305 Alva 6.8%
382 Anna Maria 2.8%
63 Apalachicola 19.6%
364 Apollo Beach 3.9%
361 Atlantic Beach 4.3%
325 Atlantis 6.2%
34 Ave Maria 24.9%
234 Aventura 9.8%
268 Bagdad 8.1%
60 Bal Harbour 19.9%
188 Baldwin 11.4%
276 Bay Harbor Islands 7.8%
216 Bay Pines 10.5%
87 Bayonet Point 17.3%
106 Bayshore Gardens 16.1%
45 Bell 22.5%
6 Belle Glade 40.2%
363 Belleair 3.9%
301 Belleair Beach 6.9%
165 Belleair Bluffs 12.4%
222 Bellview 10.4%
38 Beverly Hills 23.9%
227 Big Pine Key 10.2%
353 Biscayne Park 4.7%
345 Bloomingdale 5.3%
…
176 Westchester 11.9%
362 Westlake 4.1%
340 Weston 5.6%
114 Wewahitchka 15.7%
284 Whitfield 7.6%
61 Williston 19.7%
314 Wilton Manors 6.5%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

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.