Waco city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Waco 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
18.7%
2023
15.2%
Total change
-3.5 pp
% change
-18.7%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 18.7% | — |
| 2019 | 18.1% | -0.6 pp (-3.2%) |
| 2020 | 17.9% | -0.2 pp (-1.1%) |
| 2021 | 18.2% | +0.3 pp (1.7%) |
| 2022 | 16.4% | -1.8 pp (-9.9%) |
| 2023 | 15.2% | -1.2 pp (-7.3%) |