Mount Airy city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mount Airy 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
15.8%
2023
24.4%
Total change
+8.6 pp
% change
+54.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.8% | — |
| 2019 | 17.5% | +1.7 pp (10.8%) |
| 2020 | 22.9% | +5.4 pp (30.9%) |
| 2021 | 21.9% | -1.0 pp (-4.4%) |
| 2022 | 28.8% | +6.9 pp (31.5%) |
| 2023 | 24.4% | -4.4 pp (-15.3%) |