Even as wealthy people flock to San Antonio, more of the city remains in poverty

By Elena Bruess of The San Antonio Express-News. This is a follow up on yesterday's post about national statistics on poverty and incomes. Excerpts:

"The U.S. Census Bureau’s one-year American Community Survey shows an increase from 2019 to 2021 in San Antonians living below the poverty line. The bureau did not release the survey for 2020 because of sampling problems owing to the pandemic."

"In 2021, 17 percent of the city lived in poverty, according to the bureau. That’s up almost a quarter of a percentage point from 2019."

"Adjusting for inflation, San Antonio residents in 2019 had a median household income of $56,963 in 2021 dollars. That dropped to $54,923 in 2021."

"Among major U.S. cities, San Antonio — the seventh-largest — has the sixth-highest poverty rate. Philadelphia, Houston, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, respectively, rank first through fifth. Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego and San Jose rank seventh through 10th." [this is only the 10 most populous cities-9 of them are above the national poverty rate of 11.6% mentioned in yesterday's post]

Philadelphia	22.8%
Houston	19.4%
New York City	18.0%
Chicago	17.1%
Los Angeles	17.1%
San Antonio	17.0%
Dallas	16.5%
Phoenix	14.9%
San Diego	11.7%
San Jose	7.4%

 

Related posts:

San Antonio, Poverty and Economic Segregation (2019)

San Antonio has highest credit card debt burden in US (2018) 

San Antonio cracks top 25 on U.S. News and World Report's "Best Places to Live" (2017)