Hunger and Poverty in Lynchburg

10 schools eligible in 2016-17

Source: Lynchburg

GIS and Mapping

Office; USDA, ERS

Average household

income: $25K.

Average poverty

rate: 33.4%

Tract 8.02:

$38K, 17%

Tract 9:

$39K, 27%

Tract 16:

$44K, 41%

Lynchburg:

Median

household

income:

$39,589

Poverty rate:

24.8%

Low access

standard: 1 mile

Urban core

Define Lynchburg’s

urban core to consist

of census tracts:

4: Daniel’s Hill,

Rivermont Ave.

5: Downtown (business

district)

6: College Hill,

Tinbridge Hill, Garland

Hill

7: Dearington, Fort

Ave.

11: Diamond Hill

19: White Rock, James

Crossing Apts, Winston

Ridge

Downtown groceries and

pharmacies; circa 1965…

J

C/R

P

K

S

A&PAPW

600-700

block Main

Street,

downtown

Lynchburg

1920s

Main Street

1940s

Patterson’s Drug Store

sit-in. December 14, 1960

l-r Barbara Thomas, Rebecca Owen,

Mary Bentley, James Hunter, Terrill

Brumback, Kenneth Greene Note: Feb. 1, 1960,

Woolworths lunch counter

sit-in, Greensboro, NC

First Freedom Ride:

Departed Washington

DC, May 1, 1961

Lynchburg

population:

White: 65.1%

Black: 28.4%

Hispanic: 3.3%

Asian:2.8%

Other: 0.4%

Lynchburg

median

household

income:

$39,589

City resources:

Map of food access and

low-income in

Lynchburg:

http://bit.ly/FoodAccess

AndPoverty

Poverty to progress

initiative website:

http://www.lynchburgva

.gov/povertytoprogress

Other resources:

Video/blog The hunger-

poverty nexus. Food? What

is its proper role? Case

study of Lynchburg,

Virginia.

http://lynchburgfood.go.ran

dolphcollege.edu/

VSSJ article: The Hunger-

Poverty Nexus and Local

Food Solutions: Case

Study of Lynchburg,

Virginia.

http://jabell.go.randolphcol

lege.edu/files/2015/04/VSS

J_hpnexus_final.pdf