Piedmont city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Piedmont 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
21.5%
2023
9.6%
Total change
-11.9 pp
% change
-55.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21.5% | — |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -7.4 pp (-34.4%) |
| 2020 | 10.9% | -3.2 pp (-22.7%) |
| 2021 | 11.1% | +0.2 pp (1.8%) |
| 2022 | 6.2% | -4.9 pp (-44.1%) |
| 2023 | 9.6% | +3.4 pp (54.8%) |