According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 24.1% of the District's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level [https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines] as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the Blue Mountain School District residents’ per capita income was $21,212, while the median family income was $36,276. In Schuylkill County, the median household income was $45,012. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,985 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.