Middletown town: Poverty Rate Trend
How Middletown town'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
6.0%
2023
7.8%
Total change
+1.8 pp
% change
+30%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.0% | — |
| 2019 | 4.8% | -1.2 pp (-20%) |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +2.7 pp (56.3%) |
| 2021 | 9.0% | +1.5 pp (20%) |
| 2022 | 7.6% | -1.4 pp (-15.6%) |
| 2023 | 7.8% | +0.2 pp (2.6%) |