low-income community — Law Dictionary

15 U.S.C. § 9009b — in this section (2 versions over time)

The term “low-income community” has the meaning given the term in section 45D(e) of title 26.

20 U.S.C. § 1078 — in this section (9 versions over time)

The term “low-income community” means a school attendance area (as defined in section 6313(a)(2)(A) of this title)—

(A) in which 70 percent of households earn less than 85 percent of the State median household income; or

(B) that includes a school that qualifies under section 1087ee(a)(2)(A) of this title for loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a school.

26 U.S.C. § 45D — for purposes of this section (16 versions over time)

The term “low-income community” means any population census tract if—

(A) the poverty rate for such tract is at least 20 percent, or

(B)

(i) in the case of a tract not located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of statewide median family income, or

(ii) in the case of a tract located within a metropolitan area, the median family income for such tract does not exceed 80 percent of the greater of statewide median family income or the metropolitan area median family income.

26 U.S.C. § 1400Z-1 — for purposes of this section

The term “low-income community” means any population census tract if—

(A) such population census tract has a median family income that—

(i) in the case of a population census tract not located within a metropolitan area, does not exceed 70 percent of the statewide median family income, or

(ii) in the case of a population census tract located within a metropolitan area, does not exceed 70 percent of the metropolitan area median family income, or

(B) such population census tract—

(i) has a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, and

(ii) has a median family income that—

(I) in the case of a population census tract not located within a metropolitan area, does not exceed 125 percent of the statewide median family income, or

(II) in the case of a population census tract located within a metropolitan area, does not exceed 125 percent of the metropolitan area median family income.

33 U.S.C. § 2324 — in this section (3 versions over time)

The term “low income community” means—

(1) a community with a population of less than 20,000 which is located in a county with a per capita income less than the per capita income of two-thirds of the counties in the United States; or

(2) a regional water system that serves a population of less than 100,000, for which the per capita income is less than the per capita income of not less than 50 percent of the counties in the United States.