Mount Airy, NC Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How Mount Airy, NC Micro 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
12.4%
2023
13.3%
Total change
+0.9 pp
% change
+7.3%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 12.4% | — |
| 2019 | 10.9% | -1.5 pp (-12.1%) |
| 2020 | 11.5% | +0.6 pp (5.5%) |
| 2021 | 11.6% | +0.1 pp (0.9%) |
| 2022 | 13.6% | +2.0 pp (17.2%) |
| 2023 | 13.3% | -0.3 pp (-2.2%) |