Pigeon Forge city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Pigeon Forge 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
9.8%
2023
20.4%
Total change
+10.6 pp
% change
+108.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.8% | — |
| 2019 | 9.1% | -0.7 pp (-7.1%) |
| 2020 | 15.5% | +6.4 pp (70.3%) |
| 2021 | 16.6% | +1.1 pp (7.1%) |
| 2022 | 19.9% | +3.3 pp (19.9%) |
| 2023 | 20.4% | +0.5 pp (2.5%) |