Melrose Park CDP: Poverty Rate Trend
How Melrose Park CDP'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
4.0%
2023
5.6%
Total change
+1.6 pp
% change
+40%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.0% | — |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -1.8 pp (-45%) |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +1.9 pp (86.4%) |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -1.0 pp (-24.4%) |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -1.4 pp (-45.2%) |
| 2023 | 5.6% | +3.9 pp (229.4%) |