As to income viability... The large government run National Household Education Survery which is the best data available shows little difference in homeschool

As to income viability... The large government run National Household Education Survery which is the best data available shows little difference in homeschool and public income demographics. Over the last 4 surveys('99,'03,'07,'11) homeschoolers have had ~20% in poverty and 50+% within 200% of poverty. http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/homeschooling-101/homeschool-demographics/ http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/homeschooling-101/ho... is a decent summary of the data with links to the most recent Department of Education surveys. http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Poverty2.png http://www.responsiblehomeschooling.org/wp-content/uploads/2... is a single graph of the above data from 2003