Mount Vernon city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mount Vernon 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
11.9%
2023
11.4%
Total change
-0.5 pp
% change
-4.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.9% | — |
| 2019 | 9.8% | -2.1 pp (-17.6%) |
| 2020 | 11.2% | +1.4 pp (14.3%) |
| 2021 | 12.6% | +1.4 pp (12.5%) |
| 2022 | 12.2% | -0.4 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2023 | 11.4% | -0.8 pp (-6.6%) |