Paola city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Paola 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
7.4%
2023
2.5%
Total change
-4.9 pp
% change
-66.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7.4% | — |
| 2019 | 4.2% | -3.2 pp (-43.2%) |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -0.4 pp (-9.5%) |
| 2021 | 3.0% | -0.8 pp (-21.1%) |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -1.3 pp (-43.3%) |
| 2023 | 2.5% | +0.8 pp (47.1%) |