3.73% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in East Williston Union Free School District, NY (354 out of 9.48k 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 18 - 24, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in East Williston Union Free School District, NY is White, followed by Asian 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.