County food-access profile · Texas
Collin County, TX
Collin County's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 19.6%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 3.1%
- on SNAP
- 1.2M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
19.6% of Collin County residents live in a low-access area, and 4 of its 152 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 58
- low-access tracts
- 22K
- food-desert residents
- 3.2%
- households, no vehicle
- 6.2%
- 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).
Collin County's low-access share sits near the national share, at 19.6% per the USDA Atlas. 58 of the county's 152 census tracts are flagged low-access, covering roughly 152,980 residents who live far from a supermarket. 4 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 22,214 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 Collin County compares nationally
Collin County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 19.6% low-access share that beats 45% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,715).
Collin County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 152 census tracts in Collin County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Collin County vs. other Texas counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Texas
- Collin
Collin County, TX
19.6 % low-access
- Anderson
Anderson County, TX
43.8 % low-access
- Andrews
Andrews County, TX
26.8 % low-access
- Angelina
Angelina County, TX
26 % low-access
- Aransas
Aransas County, TX
31.7 % low-access
- Archer
Archer County, TX
18.3 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 152 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 782,341 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 58 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 152,980 |
| Low-Access Share | 19.6%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 22,214 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,163,337 |
| Median Household Income | $121,600 |
| Poverty Rate | 6.2%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 12,768 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 3.1%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.2%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.7% |
About 3.1% of Collin County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 19.6% of residents are low-access, near the national share for U.S. counties.
- 3.1% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 12,768 households here.
- 3.2% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 4 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 Collin County
near the national share
4 of Collin County's 152 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 2.6% of all its tracts.
A further 54 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 58.
An estimated 152,980 residents, roughly 19.6% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 22,214 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 94 tracts (61.8%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Collin County
Collin County has 516 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 132 locations (26% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 132
- braum's 104, plano
- braum's 119, plano
- braum's 177, allen
- braum's 263, dallas
- braum's 278, allen
- braum's 295, melissa
- braum's 322, princeton
- braum's 77, mckinney
- braum's 112, murphy
- braum's 300, mckinney
- braum's 86, mckinney
- cvs 10523, frisco
- cvs 10673, melissa
- cvs pharmacy inc 1104, allen
- cvs pharmacy inc 1792, plano
- cvs pharmacy inc 3200, plano
- cvs pharmacy inc 3718, allen
- cvs pharmacy inc 3724, plano
- cvs pharmacy inc 5799, mckinney
- cvs pharmacy inc 5965, plano
- cvs pharmacy inc 7287, plano
- cvs pharmacy 10027, murphy
- cvs pharmacy 10402, anna
- cvs pharmacy 10413, celina
- cvs pharmacy 10479, plano
- cvs pharmacy 10581, frisco
- cvs pharmacy 10641, prosper
- cvs pharmacy 10887, wylie
- cvs pharmacy 11297, plano
- cvs pharmacy 48589, dallas
- cvs pharmacy cvs11015, dallas
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 10016, princeton
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 2876, prosper
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 3292, wylie
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 334, mckinney
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5380, mckinney
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5952, mckinney
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7440, dallas
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7453, plano
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7562, frisco
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7623, dallas
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7751, frisco
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7804, plano
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7825, frisco
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8321, mckinney
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8393, plano
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8394, allen
- dollar general 10421, mckinney
- dollar general 1064, plano
- dollar general 3634, mckinney
- dollar general 3789, princeton
- dollar general 3908, plano
- dollar general 4200, allen
- dollar general 4398, farmersville
- dollar general 4780, wylie
- dollar general 8155, celina
- dollartree 10609, plano
- dollartree 11063, plano
- dollartree 8921, plano
- dollartree 9099, mckinney
- dollartree 9306, plano
- dollartree 9877, princeton
- dollartree plus 8862, anna
- dollar general 10085, lavon
- dollar general 14709, princeton
- dollar general 15121, mckinney
- dollar general 16207, neveda
- dollar general 20176, nevada
- dollar general 21227, josephine
- dollar general 23156, farmersville
- dollar general 23519, anna
- dollar general 24245, mckinney
- dollar general 24335, allen
- dollar general 24382, frisco
- dollar general 24453, prosper
- dollar general 24505, wylie
- dollar general 24662, plano
- dollar general 25810, mckinney
- dollar general 25929, princeton
- dollar general 25960, plano
- dollar general 7515, blue ridge
- dollar general store 16151, melissa
- dollar tree 1188, plano
- dollar tree 2224, allen
- dollar tree 2352, plano
- dollar tree 3294, mckinney
- dollar tree 4097, frisco
- dollar tree 4341, allen
- dollar tree 4539, wylie
- dollar tree 4580, mckinney
- dollar tree 5875, mckinney
- dollar tree 6032, wylie
- dollar tree 6083, plano
- dollar tree 6293, frisco
- dollar tree 6814, princeton
- dollar tree 7341, mckinney
- dollar tree 8264, mckinney
- dollar tree 8541, plano
- er african market n/a, allen
- family dollar 3242, plano
- family dollar 5443, dallas
- family dollar 6441, farmersville
- family dollar 9397, plano
- frisco grocery llc dba patel brothers, frisco
- harar grocery, llc., murphy
- hareli fresh market, frisco
- india bazaar, frisco
- premier meat bazaar, plano
- seinyaa african food n/a, mckinney
- walgreens 03911, plano
- walgreens 04292, plano
- walgreens 04315, plano
- walgreens 04663, mckinney
- walgreens 04787, allen
- walgreens 04860, allen
- walgreens 06329, wylie
- walgreens 09908, mckinney
- walgreens 11770, plano
- walgreens 4577, plano
- walgreens 04786, frisco
- walgreens 05508, plano
- walgreens 05710, dallas
- walgreens 06663, richardson
- walgreens 06829, allen
- walgreens 07195, mckinney
- walgreens 09121, allen
- walgreens 11908, mckinney
- walgreens 12292, frisco
- walgreens 12907, plano
- walgreens 15620, plano
- walgreens 16031, mckinney
- walgreens 21431, anna
Convenience Store · 115
- 7 eleven 38244b, plano
- 7 eleven convenience store 33621, wylie
- 7 eleven convenience store 34171b, plano
- 7 eleven convenience store 35515b, plano
- 7 eleven convenience store 35983b, allen
- 7 eleven convenience store 38387a, lavon
- 7 eleven inc 33276, mckinney
- 7-eleven, mckinney
- 7-eleven 25080, dallas
- 7-eleven 32811, mckinney
- 7-eleven 36774j, richardson
- 7-eleven 38694h, prosper
- 7-eleven 41269h, princeton
- 7-eleven 41935h, plano
- 7-eleven convenience 34109c, allen
- 7-eleven convenience store 25576, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 29234b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 32242d, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 33127, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 33302a, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 33620b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 34041c, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 34085b, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 34110b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 34703, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 35380a, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 37170a, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 38224a, prosper
- 7-eleven convenience store 38447a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 39032c, allen
- 7-eleven convenience store 39216a, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 39941a, celina
- 7-eleven store 33117a, frisco
- 7-eleven, inc. 12189k, plano
- 7-eleven, inc. 26264j, allen
- 7-eleven, inc. 37637, frisco
- 7-eleven, inc. 42113, allen
- 7-eleven, inc. 42302h, allen
- 7-eleven 27529, dallas
- 7-eleven 33130, allen
- 7-eleven 34118a, plano
- 7-eleven 34197, plano
- 7-eleven 34536, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 20767b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 26771c, dallas
- 7-eleven convenience store 30418c, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 32329b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 32870b, allen
- 7-eleven convenience store 32912b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 33066c, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 33119a, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 33174b, murphy
- 7-eleven convenience store 33494b, dallas
- 7-eleven convenience store 33654b, murphy
- 7-eleven convenience store 33697b, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 34108, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 34222b, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 34482c, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 34650, prosper
- 7-eleven convenience store 35366c, richardson
- 7-eleven convenience store 35417b, allen
- 7-eleven convenience store 35428, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 35679, allen
- 7-eleven convenience store 35680, celina
- 7-eleven convenience store 36361a, dallas
- 7-eleven convenience store 36801b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 37185a, anna
- 7-eleven convenience store 37296a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 37609a, princeton
- 7-eleven convenience store 37930b, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 38030a, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 38091a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 38108a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 38376b, prosper
- 7-eleven convenience store 39165d, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 39311a, frisco
- 7-eleven convenience store 39942a, celina
- 7-eleven convenience store 41241a, plano
- 7-eleven convenience store 41244a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 41378a, mckinney
- 7-eleven convenience store 41927a, murphy
- allsups 318, princeton
- amba, plano
- anna express, anna
- anna food mart, anna
- break time, plano
- byrds drive in, plano
- casey's 4490, princeton
- casey's 4500, van alstyne
- circle k 1879, mckinney
- circle k 2802, frisco
- circle k 2742372, plano
- circle k 2742417, dallas
- circle k management ck 130, mckinney
- ck 126, plano
- ck116, mckinney
- cool business inc., allen
- corner store 1770, wylie
- corner store 2741565, plano
- corner store 2741567, frisco
- corner store 2741568, frisco
- corner store 2741580, prosper
- corner store 2741583, mckinney
- corner store 2741585, mckinney
- corner store 2741599, melissa
- corner store 2741759, mckinney
- crossroads quik stop, nevada
- desi brothers, wylie
- dgc realty solutions, llc 33118b, mckinney
- express shell, plano
- farmersville texaco, farmersville
- gitty up & go, nevada
- grab n go no, wylie
- handymart food & grocery store, mckinney
- hazel food mart, plano
Bakery Specialty · 3
- papa murphy's tx089, richardson
- papa murphy's take 'n' bake pizza 121, mckinney
- papa murphy's take 'n' bake pizza 164, plano
Showing 250 of 516 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Texas
Compare Collin County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Food access nationally, Texas in context
Collin County sits inside Texas (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
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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).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.