Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area'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
12.7%
2023
11.2%
Total change
-1.5 pp
% change
-11.8%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.7% | — |
| 2019 | 12.1% | -0.6 pp (-4.7%) |
| 2020 | 11.6% | -0.5 pp (-4.1%) |
| 2021 | 11.1% | -0.5 pp (-4.3%) |
| 2022 | 11.5% | +0.4 pp (3.6%) |
| 2023 | 11.2% | -0.3 pp (-2.6%) |