Wooster city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Wooster 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
14.2%
2023
5.0%
Total change
-9.2 pp
% change
-64.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.2% | — |
| 2019 | 9.6% | -4.6 pp (-32.4%) |
| 2020 | 7.1% | -2.5 pp (-26%) |
| 2021 | 6.4% | -0.7 pp (-9.9%) |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -1.0 pp (-15.6%) |
| 2023 | 5.0% | -0.4 pp (-7.4%) |