Elmira city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Elmira 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
26.7%
2023
21.0%
Total change
-5.7 pp
% change
-21.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26.7% | — |
| 2019 | 21.6% | -5.1 pp (-19.1%) |
| 2020 | 20.2% | -1.4 pp (-6.5%) |
| 2021 | 20.9% | +0.7 pp (3.5%) |
| 2022 | 22.0% | +1.1 pp (5.3%) |
| 2023 | 21.0% | -1.0 pp (-4.5%) |