North Wilkesboro, NC Micro Area: Poverty Rate Trend
How North Wilkesboro, 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
16.3%
2023
12.4%
Total change
-3.9 pp
% change
-23.9%
| Year | Poverty Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 16.3% | — |
| 2019 | 12.8% | -3.5 pp (-21.5%) |
| 2020 | 12.2% | -0.6 pp (-4.7%) |
| 2021 | 12.7% | +0.5 pp (4.1%) |
| 2022 | 12.5% | -0.2 pp (-1.6%) |
| 2023 | 12.4% | -0.1 pp (-0.8%) |