Among those with household incomes less than $40,000, 57% are grouped as having low-access to the Internet and 43% are high-access. Among those in households earning $40,000 and up, 19% are low-access and 81% are high-access, according to the Pew Internet Project. By education: half of those with at most a high school degree (52%) are low-access, while only 18% of those with a college degree fall into the category. By race and ethnicity: African-Americans are much more likely to be low-access: 48% have such limited access, compared with 52% who have high-access.
| % of group in each category | Total Low-access | No Access | Dial-up only | High-access |
| Income < $40,000 | 57% | 39% | 18% | 43% |
| Income $40,000+ | 19% | 9% | 10% | 81% |
| High School diploma or less | 52% | 39% | 13% | 48% |
| Some college | 29% | 15% | 14% | 71% |
| College degree or more | 18% | 7% | 11% | 82% |
| African-Americans | 48% | 32% | 16% | 52% |
| Generation Y (Age 18-30) | 20% | 9% | 12% | 80% |
| Generation X (31-42) | 21% | 10% | 11% | 79% |
| Baby Boomers (43-61) | 36% | 21% | 15% | 64% |
| Matures (62-71) | 61% | 44% | 17% | 39% |
| After Work (72+) | 80% | 71% | 9% | 20% |