Salisbury city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Salisbury 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
19.3%
2023
14.8%
Total change
-4.5 pp
% change
-23.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 19.3% | — |
| 2019 | 14.3% | -5.0 pp (-25.9%) |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +0.2 pp (1.4%) |
| 2021 | 14.1% | -0.4 pp (-2.8%) |
| 2022 | 13.2% | -0.9 pp (-6.4%) |
| 2023 | 14.8% | +1.6 pp (12.1%) |