Gainesville city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Gainesville 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
20.8%
2023
17.1%
Total change
-3.7 pp
% change
-17.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 20.8% | — |
| 2019 | 20.0% | -0.8 pp (-3.8%) |
| 2020 | 20.2% | +0.2 pp (1%) |
| 2021 | 20.2% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2022 | 18.7% | -1.5 pp (-7.4%) |
| 2023 | 17.1% | -1.6 pp (-8.6%) |