Waukegan city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Waukegan 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
16.0%
2023
10.9%
Total change
-5.1 pp
% change
-31.9%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.0% | — |
| 2019 | 15.7% | -0.3 pp (-1.9%) |
| 2020 | 12.6% | -3.1 pp (-19.7%) |
| 2021 | 11.9% | -0.7 pp (-5.6%) |
| 2022 | 11.1% | -0.8 pp (-6.7%) |
| 2023 | 10.9% | -0.2 pp (-1.8%) |