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