Chapel Hill town: Poverty Rate Trend
How Chapel Hill town'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
8.4%
2023
0.8%
Total change
-7.6 pp
% change
-90.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.4% | — |
| 2019 | 7.8% | -0.6 pp (-7.1%) |
| 2020 | 8.1% | +0.3 pp (3.8%) |
| 2021 | 4.5% | -3.6 pp (-44.4%) |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -2.8 pp (-62.2%) |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -0.9 pp (-52.9%) |