Forest city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Forest 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
28.5%
2023
20.6%
Total change
-7.9 pp
% change
-27.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 28.5% | — |
| 2019 | 20.4% | -8.1 pp (-28.4%) |
| 2020 | 17.3% | -3.1 pp (-15.2%) |
| 2021 | 17.3% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2022 | 17.3% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 20.6% | +3.3 pp (19.1%) |