16.2% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Gooding Joint School District 231, ID (1.17k out of 7.25k 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 Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 12 - 14 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Gooding Joint School District 231, ID is Two Or More, followed by Hispanic 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.