Melcher-Dallas city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Melcher-Dallas 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
16.8%
2023
8.2%
Total change
-8.6 pp
% change
-51.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.8% | — |
| 2019 | 10.4% | -6.4 pp (-38.1%) |
| 2020 | 14.1% | +3.7 pp (35.6%) |
| 2021 | 11.7% | -2.4 pp (-17%) |
| 2022 | 10.6% | -1.1 pp (-9.4%) |
| 2023 | 8.2% | -2.4 pp (-22.6%) |