Medicine Lodge city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Medicine Lodge 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
15.7%
2023
8.9%
Total change
-6.8 pp
% change
-43.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.7% | — |
| 2019 | 12.2% | -3.5 pp (-22.3%) |
| 2020 | 13.7% | +1.5 pp (12.3%) |
| 2021 | 13.1% | -0.6 pp (-4.4%) |
| 2022 | 10.2% | -2.9 pp (-22.1%) |
| 2023 | 8.9% | -1.3 pp (-12.7%) |