68.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Fork, AZ (647 out of 945 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 Males 35 - 44 and then Males 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Fork, AZ is Native American, followed by Hispanic 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.