low-income

American  

[loh-in-kuhm] / ˈloʊˈɪn kʌm /

adjective

1. of or relating to those with a relatively small income.

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Example Sentences

The transformation also has losers: renters outside big cities, where there are fewer new jobs and shrinking public services, and urban, low-income migrant communities that have historically been more dependent on the state.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

That drop came from all cohorts — wealthy, middle-class and low-income consumers.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

Congress created the program in 1992 to assist hospitals serving large numbers of low-income patients.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The development, which would replace a city parking lot with 120 units of housing for low-income and homeless people, was approved under Bonin but has stalled under Park, who opposes its completion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

And within months of her starting the job, tragedy struck: Harold Washington abruptly had a heart attack and died at his desk, thirty minutes after holding a press conference about low-income housing.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama