25.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Otero School District R-1, CO (2.12k out of 8.21k 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 55 - 64, followed by Males < 5 and then Males 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Otero School District R-1, CO is Hispanic, followed by Other 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.