Hometown city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Hometown 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
10.3%
2023
0.9%
Total change
-9.4 pp
% change
-91.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.3% | — |
| 2019 | 6.0% | -4.3 pp (-41.7%) |
| 2020 | 1.5% | -4.5 pp (-75%) |
| 2021 | 1.6% | +0.1 pp (6.7%) |
| 2022 | 1.0% | -0.6 pp (-37.5%) |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -0.1 pp (-10%) |