Morgantown, WV Metro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Morgantown, WV 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
10.4%
2023
10.3%
Total change
-0.1 pp
% change
-1%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10.4% | — |
| 2019 | 9.2% | -1.2 pp (-11.5%) |
| 2020 | 9.1% | -0.1 pp (-1.1%) |
| 2021 | 8.5% | -0.6 pp (-6.6%) |
| 2022 | 9.7% | +1.2 pp (14.1%) |
| 2023 | 10.3% | +0.6 pp (6.2%) |