Brookhaven city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Brookhaven 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
25.0%
2023
22.4%
Total change
-2.6 pp
% change
-10.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25.0% | — |
| 2019 | 21.5% | -3.5 pp (-14%) |
| 2020 | 22.5% | +1.0 pp (4.7%) |
| 2021 | 20.0% | -2.5 pp (-11.1%) |
| 2022 | 26.5% | +6.5 pp (32.5%) |
| 2023 | 22.4% | -4.1 pp (-15.5%) |