{"id":1749282,"date":"2022-11-07T10:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1749282"},"modified":"2025-09-24T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:25:47","slug":"mapping-low-income-communities-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/decision-support\/mapping-low-income-communities-in-the-us","title":{"rendered":"Mapping Low-Income Communities in the US"},"author":6461,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141],"tags":[31341,767672,268131,34821],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-1749282","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","tag-acs","tag-income","tag-living-atlas","tag-policy-maps","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"short_description":"Quickly visualize and assess low-income communities within your area using this ready-to-use 2020-based layer, map, and application.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

US policymakers face a constant challenge of how best to invest federal, state, and local funding for pressing infrastructure needs. Whether they are designing policy around housing, schools, transportation, or other infrastructure, they face the same question: where should funding be allocated? In recent years, multiple policies have been passed to prioritize funding into low-income communities, largely because these areas experience the greatest need.<\/p>\n

According to the IRS, a low-income community is a Census tract which meets certain requirements. According to Tax\u00a0Code Section 45D(e)<\/a>, low-income Census tracts are based on the following criteria:<\/p>\n