sentences:  About 13.5% of families and 16.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.4% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.Van Buren is home to many large corporations within the state and employs a great deal of the city's population within its Port and Industrial Park district.Manufacturing, food processing, and medicine are sustaining industries in Van Buren.