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
31.9%
2023
39.7%
Total change
+7.8 pp
% change
+24.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 31.9% | — |
| 2019 | 24.7% | -7.2 pp (-22.6%) |
| 2020 | 41.1% | +16.4 pp (66.4%) |
| 2021 | 39.9% | -1.2 pp (-2.9%) |
| 2022 | 42.4% | +2.5 pp (6.3%) |
| 2023 | 39.7% | -2.7 pp (-6.4%) |