Hale Center city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Hale Center 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
16.3%
2023
5.7%
Total change
-10.6 pp
% change
-65%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 17.4% | +1.1 pp (6.7%) |
| 2020 | 10.2% | -7.2 pp (-41.4%) |
| 2021 | 12.0% | +1.8 pp (17.6%) |
| 2022 | 9.3% | -2.7 pp (-22.5%) |
| 2023 | 5.7% | -3.6 pp (-38.7%) |