County food-access profile · Pennsylvania
Bucks County, PA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Bucks County residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 34.6%
- low-access pop.
- 8
- food-desert tracts
- 7.8%
- on SNAP
- 647K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
34.6% of Bucks County residents live in a low-access area, and 8 of its 142 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 73
- low-access tracts
- 28K
- food-desert residents
- 4.9%
- households, no vehicle
- 6.1%
- below poverty line
Low access = living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket. Food deserts add a low-income condition (USDA LILA, 1-and-10-mile measure).
USDA data puts Bucks County's low-access share at 34.6%, above the national share. 73 of the county's 142 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 216,361 people. 8 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 27,873 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Bucks County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Bucks County's 34.6% low-access share is elevated, higher than 80% of them and ranked #621 most-affected nationwide.
Bucks County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 142 census tracts in Bucks County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Bucks County vs. other Pennsylvania counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Pennsylvania
- Bucks
Bucks County, PA
34.6 % low-access
- Adams
Adams County, PA
15.9 % low-access
- Allegheny
Allegheny County, PA
26.4 % low-access
- Armstrong 5.2
Armstrong County, PA
5.2 % low-access
- Beaver
Beaver County, PA
32.5 % low-access
- Bedford
Bedford County, PA
22.7 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 142 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 625,249 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 73 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 8 |
| Low-Access Population | 216,361 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.6%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 27,873 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 647,461 |
| Median Household Income | $114,764 |
| Poverty Rate | 6.1%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 19,418 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 7.8%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.9%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.5% |
About 7.8% of Bucks County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 34.6% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 7.8% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 19,418 households here.
- 4.9% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 8 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Bucks County
above the national share
8 of Bucks County's 142 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 5.6% of all its tracts.
A further 65 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 73.
An estimated 216,361 residents, roughly 34.6% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 27,873 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 69 tracts (48.6%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Bucks County
Bucks County has 344 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 7 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 138 locations (40% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 138
- 7 eleven 15928a, feasterville trevose
- 7 eleven store 11372 g, southampton
- 7 eleven store 11393d, levittown
- 7 eleven store 26785d, levittown
- 7-eleven 11371a, morrisville
- 7-eleven 11376a, feasterville trevose
- 7-eleven inc f 29018d, doylestown
- 7-eleven store #11365f, morrisville
- 7-eleven store 11353b, bensalem
- 7-eleven store 11375f, bensalem
- 7-eleven store 1405-17760, richlandtown
- 7-eleven store 26112b, levittown
- 7-eleven 11370, levittown
- 7-eleven store #11346c 11346c, bensalem
- 7-eleven store #11366b 11366b, fairless hills
- 7-eleven store #15148g, warminster
- 7-eleven store #23853d 23853d, levittown
- 7-eleven store #25379d, fairless hills
- 7-eleven store #25415c 25415c, langhorne
- 7-eleven store #29075d 29075d, warminster
- 7-eleven store #32639c, langhorne
- 7-eleven store #40097a 40097a, richboro
- 7-eleven store 11341b, bristol
- 7-eleven store 11381e 11381e, warminster
- 7-eleven store 11399b, hatboro
- 7-eleven store 2405 11379e, levittown
- 7-eleven store 2405 27731e, warminster
- 7-eleven store 2405-11358b 11358b, bensalem
- 7-eleven store 2405-19249d 19249d, doylestown
- 7-eleven store 2405-27531c 27531c, morrisville
- 7-eleven store 25855c 25855c, newtown
- b&d wholesale food distribution llc, feasterville trevose
- best harvest greens, llc, levittown
- borough beer and mart no, bristol
- bp convineance store na, levittown
- bristol food mart, bristol
- bristol smoke & more, bristol
- c&d deli, inc, warminster
- circle k, telford
- circle k 2655858, washington crossing
- croydon news agency, croydon
- davisville sunoco, warminster
- diamond dollar deals inc., levittown
- friendly mart store, morrisville
- g fuel, bristol
- jv hardware and newsstand, levittown
- jashan convenience llc, sellersville
- jayawi inc, levittown
- joe's kwik mart 1046, richboro
- joe's kwik marts 1048, perkasie
- langhorne foodie farms, langhorne
- lucky 7 deli, bristol
- lukoil, langhorne
- mazzanti's market, bristol
- mike's deli & foodmart, croydon
- miles city wsd llc. 1, warrington
- olde towne convenience store, perkasie
- one hope mart, warminster
- one hope mart, southampton
- pantry 1 food mart, langhorne
- pantry 1 food mart, croydon
- pantry mart, fairless hills
- penn jersey ottsville inc., ottsville
- penndel gas, langhorne
- puff & stuff, morrisville
- quakertown foodmart 1, quakertown
- quakertown news agency, quakertown
- quick stop mini mart, croydon
- quick stop perkasie llc, perkasie
- ranks's aplus mini market inc 60311, quakertown
- red lion mart, levittown
- ricciardi's, llc, bensalem
- rr & sons deli llc, levittown
- sunoco mini mart, croydon
- san antonio mexican grocery, quakertown
- shreeji convenience vape llc, warrington
- sparta, doylestown
- sparta, doylestown
- speedway 6729, bristol
- speedway 6733, quakertown
- speedway 6805, southampton
- sunoco, levittown
- sunoco a 5052, line lexington
- sunoco a plus, bensalem
- sunoco a-plus, bristol
- sunoco aplus 9048, feasterville trevose
- sunoco mill creek, levittown
- the market at villageshires, southampton
- the terrace store, bristol
- tienda la nena inc, new hope
- top star express 104, quakertown
- turkey hill minit markets 950293, ottsville
- uncle bill deli /red lion mart, levittown
- united mart, feasterville trevose
- village market, sellersville
- village mart llc, levittown
- wawa 128, holland
- wawa 149, warminster
- wawa 165, bensalem
- wawa 185, new hope
- wawa 196, bristol
- wawa 215, buckingham
- wawa 219, bristol
- wawa 267, bensalem
- wawa 272, quakertown
- wawa 277, trevose
- wawa 288, pipersville
- wawa 38, trevose
- wawa 45, andalusia
- wawa 59, yardley
- wawa 70, langhorne
- wawa 77, bensalem
- wawa 8008, souderton
- wawa 8021, quakertown
- wawa 8044, quakertown
- wawa store 8076, morrisville
- wawa store 8163, levittown
- wawa 8055, warminster
- wawa 8004, levittown
- wawa 8020, levittown
- wawa 8022, jamison
- wawa 8072, bensalem
- wawa 8121, richboro
- wawa 8139, perkasie
- wawa food market 142, morrisville
- wawa food market 268, bristol
- wawa store 8075, feasterville
- wawa store 8096, doylestown
- wawa store 8107, bristol
- wawa store 8117, warrington
- wawa store 8125, doylestown
- wawa store 8127, levittown
- wawa store 8136, lower southampton
- wawa store 8147, chalfont
- wawa store 8157, langhorne
- wawa store 8159, newtown
- wawa store 8168, fairless hills
- wawa store 8216, southampton
Combination Grocery/Other · 82
- american crab co., trevose
- big lots 3071, fairless hills
- cvs 1281, bensalem
- cvs 295, fairless hills
- cvs 4662, hatboro
- cvs 5241, chalfont
- cvs 5490, yardley
- cvs 5914, warminster
- cvs 6043, new hope
- cvs 8967, ottsville
- cvs pharmacy 1315, quakertown
- cvs pharmacy 1207, langhorne
- cvs pharmacy 1376, perkasie
- cvs pharmacy 1731, bensalem
- cvs pharmacy 1947, yardley
- cvs pharmacy 2040, jamison
- cvs pharmacy 2131, bensalem
- cvs pharmacy 2223, yardley
- cvs pharmacy 2458, chalfont
- cvs pharmacy 2524, feasterville trevose
- cvs pharmacy 2554, levittown
- cvs pharmacy 2568, morrisville
- cvs pharmacy 2782, doylestown
- cvs pharmacy 2879, souderton
- cvs pharmacy 2880, croydon
- cvs pharmacy 48564, warminster
- cvs pharmacy 5447, newtown
- cvs pharmacy 6763, perkasie
- cvs pharmacy 7189, newtown
- cvs pharmacy 7863, doylestown
- cvs pharmacy 813, richboro
- cvs pharmacy 956, doylestown
- dollar general 17970, morrisville
- dollar general 232, dublin
- dollar general 6610, bensalem
- dollartree 10601, quakertown
- dollartree 10654, warrington
- dollartree 11503, levittown
- dollartree 9251, morrisville
- dollar general 0987, plumsteadville
- dollar general 11047, bristol
- dollar general 19272, levittown
- dollar general 19275, morrisville
- dollar general 22829, ottsville
- dollar general 25447, bensalem
- dollar general 31395, huntingdon valley
- dollar general 8403, langhorne
- dollar tree 1602, morrisville
- dollar tree 1603, hatboro
- dollar tree 1614, bensalem
- dollar tree 1621, levittown
- dollar tree 1622, richboro
- dollar tree 1642, quakertown
- dollar tree 1648, hatfield
- dollar tree 1663, feasterville trevose
- dollar tree 1693, warrington
- dollar tree 2252, fairless hills
- dollar tree 3930, doylestown
- dollar tree 4048, levittown
- dollar tree 5320, fairless hills
- dollar tree 5514, perkasie
- dollar tree 5523, levittown
- dollar tree 588, bristol
- dollar tree 6038, southampton
- dollar tree 6130, bensalem
- family dollar 12230, levittown
- family dollar 12598, bristol
- family dollar 13915, levittown
- family dollar store 10492, feasterville trevose
- mamba west african market llc, levittown
- musu michaels clothing & general merchandise, levittown
- ocean state job lot 605, warminster
- romas, feasterville trevose
- walgreens 02014, levittown
- walgreens 04214, levittown
- walgreens 04356, warminster
- walgreens 06319, bensalem
- walgreens 07000, warrington
- walgreens 07590, feasterville trevose
- walgreens 09078, jamison
- walgreens 09672, levittown
- walgreens 13942, richboro
Medium Grocery Store · 11
- chance to save bargain outlet, levittown
- fairless hills produce center, fairless hills
- hamza & bilal llc/super value household warehouse, bensalem
- kazi's asian grocery and halal meat, bensalem
- kwahu market, bensalem
- la mexicana 1, bristol
- la mexicana 3, bensalem
- lomilis market, richboro
- mediterranean food market, levittown
- suzangaron market, feasterville trevose
- warehouse outlet, inc, quakertown
Large Grocery Store · 7
- el primo plaza, bensalem
- hampton food market #1, southampton
- holland produce & deli, holland
- lou's farm mart inc, bensalem
- muluh international grocery 2, bensalem
- wonder foods, southampton
- wonder foods warminster, warminster
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 7
- asian halal meat market, bensalem
- davis meats 2155381811, quakertown
- emporium meat market, warminster
- frederick's downtown market, quakertown
- neshaminy 9092, bensalem
- ra's delicatessen, quakertown
- willauer farm, quakertown
Farmers' Market · 3
- doylestown farmers market, doylestown
- wrightstown farmers market, newtown
- yardley farmers market 1, yardley
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 2
- j g produce inc, quakertown
- produce junction-bensalem, bensalem
Showing 250 of 344 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Pennsylvania
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Food access nationally, Pennsylvania in context
Bucks County sits inside Pennsylvania (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Understand the Data
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
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