It depends on how you define low income, but I would assume Federal Poverty level would be
the best option here. The ACS 5-year estimates have data for poverty by tract – Table
B17001 and Table C17002 (type the table number into the search at
Http://data.census.gov),
Table C17002 will let you get various levels above and below the federal poverty level.
You can also get household income ranges from table B19001.
2018 5-year is the most recent ACS data there.
DrCOG could be another good resource for help with acquiring Census data
https://data.drcog.org/
==============
Jami Dennis, GISP
From: Weinberger Penelope <pweinberger(a)aashto.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 10:58 AM
To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net
Subject: [CTPP] FW: Question Regarding Mapping Low Income Population by Census Tract
Hey CTPPers, I received this query, I welcome your thoughts.
We are currently looking at environmental justice factors on Urban Arterials in the Denver
Metro area, and I was wondering if you might have any insights into mapping low income
population by census tract. The only data I have been able to find includes low and
moderate income (from HUD), and I am having trouble even finding that data at the tract
level. Do you know of a good data source for this? Any help or insights would be greatly
appreciated.