Port Townsend city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Port Townsend 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
8.7%
2023
8.4%
Total change
-0.3 pp
% change
-3.4%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8.7% | — |
| 2019 | 11.5% | +2.8 pp (32.2%) |
| 2020 | 8.2% | -3.3 pp (-28.7%) |
| 2021 | 9.0% | +0.8 pp (9.8%) |
| 2022 | 7.9% | -1.1 pp (-12.2%) |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +0.5 pp (6.3%) |