Poverty is rising faster in American suburbs as lower-income people are pushed out of big cities

• The rate of suburban poverty rose three times faster than urban poverty between 2019 and 2022. 
• Suburbs in major metros in the South, West, and Midwest saw some of the biggest jumps in poverty. 
• The skyrocketing cost of housing in major cities is one factor pushing lower-income people out of cities.

Poverty has been on the rise in American suburbs for the last two decades. But the pandemic has accelerated the trend of suburban poverty rising at a faster rate than urban poverty, according to new US Census data.