15.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Graham County Unified School District 281, KS (348 out of 2.23k 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 18 - 24, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Males 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Graham County Unified School District 281, KS is White, followed by Hispanic 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.