17.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in State Line City, IN (18 out of 103 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 16 - 17, followed by Males 15 and then Males 12 - 14.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in State Line City, IN is Black, followed by Other and Hispanic.

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.