8.34% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100, IL (236 out of 2.83k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females < 5 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Cerro Gordo Community Unit School District 100, IL is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

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.