19.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Banquete Independent School District, TX (760 out of 3.86k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females < 5, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Banquete Independent School District, TX is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.