Dover city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Dover 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
25.1%
2023
8.6%
Total change
-16.5 pp
% change
-65.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 25.1% | — |
| 2019 | 14.2% | -10.9 pp (-43.4%) |
| 2020 | 15.6% | +1.4 pp (9.9%) |
| 2021 | 14.0% | -1.6 pp (-10.3%) |
| 2022 | 13.6% | -0.4 pp (-2.9%) |
| 2023 | 8.6% | -5.0 pp (-36.8%) |