Beardstown city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Beardstown city's poverty rate changed from 2017 to 2023, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. The 2019 vintage reflects the pre-COVID peak; 2021 captures the immediate COVID-era disruption; 2022–2023 show the recovery.
2017
18.2%
2023
11.7%
Total change
-6.5 pp
% change
-35.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.2% | — |
| 2019 | 20.6% | +2.4 pp (13.2%) |
| 2020 | 20.2% | -0.4 pp (-1.9%) |
| 2021 | 18.3% | -1.9 pp (-9.4%) |
| 2022 | 14.7% | -3.6 pp (-19.7%) |
| 2023 | 11.7% | -3.0 pp (-20.4%) |