Springfield city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Springfield 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
11.4%
2023
4.6%
Total change
-6.8 pp
% change
-59.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 11.4% | — |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -9.3 pp (-81.6%) |
| 2020 | 1.9% | -0.2 pp (-9.5%) |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -1.0 pp (-52.6%) |
| 2022 | 3.4% | +2.5 pp (277.8%) |
| 2023 | 4.6% | +1.2 pp (35.3%) |