7.91% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Eureka Community Unit District 140, IL (762 out of 9.64k 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 18 - 24, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Males 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Eureka Community Unit District 140, IL is White, followed by Hispanic 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.