Buffalo city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Buffalo 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
0.9%
2023
14.4%
Total change
+13.5 pp
% change
+1500%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.9% | — |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -0.9 pp (-100%) |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2021 | 4.7% | +4.7 pp (0%) |
| 2022 | 9.1% | +4.4 pp (93.6%) |
| 2023 | 14.4% | +5.3 pp (58.2%) |