Lynchburg city: Poverty Rate Trend
How Lynchburg 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
16.3%
2023
11.7%
Total change
-4.6 pp
% change
-28.2%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 11.9% | -4.4 pp (-27%) |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2021 | 11.2% | — |
| 2022 | 11.2% | +0.0 pp (0%) |
| 2023 | 11.7% | +0.5 pp (4.5%) |