Empire CDP: Poverty Rate Trend
How Empire CDP'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
31.1%
2023
25.5%
Total change
-5.6 pp
% change
-18%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 31.1% | — |
| 2019 | 22.7% | -8.4 pp (-27%) |
| 2020 | 15.1% | -7.6 pp (-33.5%) |
| 2021 | 14.6% | -0.5 pp (-3.3%) |
| 2022 | 22.2% | +7.6 pp (52.1%) |
| 2023 | 25.5% | +3.3 pp (14.9%) |