I've never heard of this. I always thought that the entire tract is assigned an income level.
Geocode an address using the FFIEC's geocoding system. Once you get the result, click on the button that says "Get Census Demographic." Once on that next page,you will see it will shows tract income level. At the bottom of the box, click on the link for income data and you will see more information but it is based on the tract.
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