Colchester city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Colchester 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
15.0%
2023
2.7%
Total change
-12.3 pp
% change
-82%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.0% | — |
| 2019 | 7.4% | -7.6 pp (-50.7%) |
| 2020 | 6.6% | -0.8 pp (-10.8%) |
| 2021 | 3.7% | -2.9 pp (-43.9%) |
| 2022 | 4.0% | +0.3 pp (8.1%) |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -1.3 pp (-32.5%) |