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
8.6%
2023
8.6%
Total change
+0.0 pp
% change
0%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.6% | — |
| 2019 | 5.5% | -3.1 pp (-36%) |
| 2020 | 7.9% | +2.4 pp (43.6%) |
| 2021 | 7.7% | -0.2 pp (-2.5%) |
| 2022 | 10.4% | +2.7 pp (35.1%) |
| 2023 | 8.6% | -1.8 pp (-17.3%) |