Waterloo city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Waterloo 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
13.3%
2023
11.5%
Total change
-1.8 pp
% change
-13.5%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 13.3% | — |
| 2019 | 13.0% | -0.3 pp (-2.3%) |
| 2020 | 13.6% | +0.6 pp (4.6%) |
| 2021 | 12.6% | -1.0 pp (-7.4%) |
| 2022 | 12.6% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 11.5% | -1.1 pp (-8.7%) |