7.89% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Chase County Unified School District 284, KS (202 out of 2.56k 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 Males < 5, followed by Females 18 - 24 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Chase County Unified School District 284, KS is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

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.