14.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Edison School District 54-JT, CO (46 out of 323 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 Females 16 - 17 and then Males 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Edison School District 54-JT, CO is White, followed by Black and Native American.

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.