Watseka city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Watseka 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
16.5%
2023
16.6%
Total change
+0.1 pp
% change
+0.6%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.5% | — |
| 2019 | 11.3% | -5.2 pp (-31.5%) |
| 2020 | 6.7% | -4.6 pp (-40.7%) |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +0.1 pp (1.5%) |
| 2022 | 6.5% | -0.3 pp (-4.4%) |
| 2023 | 16.6% | +10.1 pp (155.4%) |