5.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Lyme School District, CT (981 out of 17.8k 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 75+, followed by Males 65 - 74 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Lyme School District, CT is White, followed by Other and Asian.

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.