Indicator Category
Poverty
The economic security of individuals and families is essential to achieving the values of a vital and equitable region. As a community committed to fostering upward mobility for all of our citizens, indicators about our residents living at or below the poverty line are reasonable launching points for understanding community well-being.
For more nuanced indicators related to upward mobility, see Mobility Metrics and consider Urban Institute’s Upward Mobility Framework. At a more local level, the Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative has adopted the framework and customized it for our community.
In addition to indicators here, be sure to read our Brain Food posts tagged with ‘Poverty’ for associated narrative.
Poverty Threshold
Poverty thresholds are listen in the indicator definitions in the dark blue section of the Poverty Indicator Page. In 2023, the poverty rate threshold for a family of 4 (2 children, 2 adults) is about $30,000.
Mobility Metrics
The Rochester-Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative has published their dashboard: https://rmapiny.org/mobility-metrics/
Upward Mobility
Learn about Urban Institute’s work on Upward Mobility on their dashboard published in 2024: https://upward-mobility.urban.org/dashboard
Poverty Indicators