12.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Brimley Area Schools, MI (438 out of 3.48k 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 Males < 5, followed by Females 35 - 44 and then Females < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Brimley Area Schools, MI is Native American, followed by White and Two Or More.

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.