5.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in McGuire AFB, NJ (239 out of 4.12k 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 < 5, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in McGuire AFB, NJ is Black, 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.