Muscle Shoals city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Muscle Shoals 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
6.2%
2023
10.7%
Total change
+4.5 pp
% change
+72.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6.2% | — |
| 2019 | 3.9% | -2.3 pp (-37.1%) |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -0.1 pp (-2.6%) |
| 2021 | 3.7% | -0.1 pp (-2.6%) |
| 2022 | 5.9% | +2.2 pp (59.5%) |
| 2023 | 10.7% | +4.8 pp (81.4%) |