7.74% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Gonzales Unified School District, CA (681 out of 8.8k 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 35 - 44, followed by Females < 5 and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Gonzales Unified School District, CA is Hispanic, followed by Other and Two Or More.

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.