Greensboro city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Greensboro 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
33.8%
2023
14.4%
Total change
-19.4 pp
% change
-57.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 33.8% | — |
| 2019 | 22.6% | -11.2 pp (-33.1%) |
| 2020 | 15.3% | -7.3 pp (-32.3%) |
| 2021 | 11.2% | -4.1 pp (-26.8%) |
| 2022 | 15.0% | +3.8 pp (33.9%) |
| 2023 | 14.4% | -0.6 pp (-4%) |