ALICE households in New York

PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW ALICE THRESHOLD IN THE LARGEST CITIES AND TOWNS IN 2014

35-44%

45-54%

New York

55% and greater

Niagara Falls: 57%

Tonawanda: 35%

Irondequoit: 39%

Utica: 61%

Syracuse: 60%

Schenectady: 63%

Rochester: 69%

Buffalo: 60%

Albany: 52%

Cheektowaga: 43%

ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) is a way to measure poverty. It defines the population as a household with income above the official federal poverty level but below a newly defined basic survival income level.

White Plains: 36%

Yonkers: 45%

Mount Vernon: 55%

New Rochelle: 40%

New York: 52%

PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW ALICE THRESHOLD IN THE LARGEST CITIES AND TOWNS IN 2014

35-44%

45-54%

New York

55% and greater

Niagara Falls: 57%

Irondequoit: 39%

Tonawanda: 35%

Utica: 61%

Syracuse: 60%

Schenectady: 63%

Rochester: 69%

Buffalo: 60%

Albany: 52%

Cheektowaga: 43%

ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) is a way to measure poverty. It defines the population as a household with income above the official federal poverty level but below a newly defined basic survival income level.

Yonkers: 45%

White Plains: 36%

Mount Vernon: 55%

New Rochelle: 40%

New York: 52%

PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS BELOW ALICE THRESHOLD IN THE LARGEST CITIES AND TOWNS IN 2014

55% and greater

45-54%

35-44%

New

York

Niagara Falls: 57%

Tonawanda: 35%

Syracuse: 60%

Irondequoit: 39%

Utica: 61%

Schenectady: 63%

Rochester: 69%

Cheektowaga: 43%

Albany: 52%

Buffalo: 60%

White Plains: 36%

Yonkers: 45%

Mount Vernon: 55%

New York: 52%

New Rochelle: 40%

ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) is a way to measure poverty. It defines the population as a household with income above the official federal poverty level but below a newly defined basic survival income level.

Source: United Way of New York Peter Allen | pallen@syracuse.com