16% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cal Community School District, IA (294 out of 1.84k 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 45 - 54, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cal Community School District, IA 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.