Signature · 35.4% low-access (82nd pct)
Dauphin County, PA
Dauphin County sits in the upper national band on low-access (35.4%, +13.3 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 35.4%
- low-access pop.
- 6
- food-desert tracts
- 13.3%
- on SNAP
- 290K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Dauphin County, PA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-ELEVATED 35.4% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +13.3 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 6 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.3% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 9.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 9% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Bucks County ( -0.8 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Dauphin County sits in the upper national band (35.4%, #573 of 3,079) with 6 LILA tracts.
- #573
- national by low-access %
- #3
- in PA
- 31
- low-access tracts
- 23K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 35.4% low-access (82nd pct) (+13.3 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Dauphin County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Dauphin County's 35.4% low-access share is elevated, higher than 82% of them and ranked #574 most-affected nationwide.
Dauphin County's elevated USDA tier split
65 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 6 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Dauphin County has 59 urban and 6 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Dauphin County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Pennsylvania, not a full county-board reprint
- Chester
Chester 45.1%
45.1 % low-access
- Dauphin
Dauphin 35.4%
35.4 % low-access
- Bucks
Bucks 34.6%
34.6 % low-access
- Sullivan
Sullivan 34.4%
34.4 % low-access
- Washington
Washington 34.4%
34.4 % low-access
- Erie
Erie 34%
34 % low-access
- Wyoming 0.9
Wyoming 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 65 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 268,100 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 31 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 6 |
| Low-Access Population | 94,784 |
| Low-Access Share | 35.4%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 22,723 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 289,593 |
| Median Household Income | $76,242 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.9%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 16,085 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.3%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 9.4%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Dauphin County
Dauphin County has 260 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 118 locations (45% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 118
- 6th street market, harrisburg
- 7 eleven store 11402d, middletown
- 7-eleven 40283, middletown
- 7-eleven store #11417b, harrisburg
- 7-eleven store #21439e, harrisburg
- 7-eleven store #40146a 40146a, harrisburg
- 7-eleven store 2405-35602a 35602a, hummelstown
- 7-eleven store 40136a, harrisburg
- all in mart, harrisburg
- brookwood mart 2, harrisburg
- choice cigarette outlet, harrisburg
- canario mini market llc, harrisburg
- chens grocery inc., harrisburg
- city gas and diesel, harrisburg
- community supermarket & pizza llc, harrisburg
- d jesus grocery, harrisburg
- daily mart, harrisburg
- dollar dreamz, harrisburg
- dr. k's food mart 1, highspire
- duke's, harrisburg
- e seven food llc, harrisburg
- e-z discount, harrisburg
- eisenhower sunoco 1, harrisburg
- eniola african store llc, harrisburg
- everest food mart, highspire
- funcks exxon, grantville
- h j food mart, harrisburg
- hamilton food store, harrisburg
- jigs store, harrisburg
- khan foods, harrisburg
- king food market, harrisburg
- kissqueya grocery llc, harrisburg
- koppy's on the square, elizabethville
- la familia mercado mini market llc, harrisburg
- lola grocery deli llc, harrisburg
- love's travel stop 535, middletown
- luckymart sunoco, harrisburg
- m & d grocery store corp., harrisburg
- m & z quick pick mart, steelton
- m&d convenient store llc, steelton
- m&h corner store, harrisburg
- mahatam mini mart, harrisburg
- major league grocery del llc, harrisburg
- marco gas station, harrisburg
- market on market 1, harrisburg
- munchies markette, harrisburg
- munchies markette 2, harrisburg
- nemo's quickstop 3, harrisburg
- nemo's quickstop 4, harrisburg
- one stop no, harrisburg
- penn jersey, lykens
- penn jersey mart 1, millersburg
- pilot travel center 245, harrisburg
- pilot travel center 4563, harrisburg
- pilot travel center 517, duncannon
- polanco's grocery llc, harrisburg
- quality food market, harrisburg
- quick serv enterprises, inc., steelton
- royal mart, highspire
- rana food mart, harrisburg
- reyansh rana 2 llc, harrisburg
- rutter's 77, duncannon
- rutters 20, middletown
- rutters 27, hummelstown
- sam's fresh mart halifax, halifax
- sam's fresh mart lykens, lykens
- sazon mini market llc, harrisburg
- seans convenience store llc, harrisburg
- shakti grocery, harrisburg
- sheetz 219, harrisburg
- sheetz 228, halifax
- sheetz 351, hummelstown
- sheetz 374, harrisburg
- sheetz 412, harrisburg
- sheetz 449, harrisburg
- sheetz 461, duncannon
- sheetz 523, harrisburg
- sheetz 574, middletown
- sheetz 580, harrisburg
- sheetz 616, hummelstown
- sheetz 628, harrisburg
- sheetz 651, grantville
- shop n drive, harrisburg
- shree laxmi krupa llc, dauphin
- sixth street gas llc, harrisburg
- sk mini mart llc, highspire
- souder mini market, middletown
- speedway 6763, harrisburg
- sunoco, harrisburg
- sunoco a - plus, harrisburg
- sunoco a plus, harrisburg
- ta harrisburg 012, harrisburg
- tabish foods market, harrisburg
- the grace food mart llc, grantville
- top star express 116, lykens
- turkey hill mini market 950227, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit market 950034, middletown
- turkey hill minit market 950088, hershey
- turkey hill minit market 950090, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit market 950125, highspire
- turkey hill minit market 950222, hershey
- turkey hill minit market 950265, hummelstown
- turkey hill minit market 950282, hummelstown
- turkey hill minit market 950296, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit markets 950094, oberlin
- turkey hill minit markets 950095, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit markets 950098, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit markets 950186, steelton
- turkey hill minit markets 950234, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit markets 950266, harrisburg
- turkey hill minit markets 950279, harrisburg
- u mart, harrisburg
- umies market, williamstown
- uni-mart 3125, harrisburg
- us super food mart llc, harrisburg
- walnut food mart, harrisburg
- wawa store 8195, middletown
- youngs grocery, harrisburg
Combination Grocery/Other · 50
- aci market, harrisburg
- cvs 1922, harrisburg
- cvs pharmacy 1625, middletown
- cvs pharmacy 1640, elizabeth
- cvs pharmacy 1917, harrisburg
- cvs pharmacy 2370, harrisburg
- cvs pharmacy 01624, harrisburg
- cvs pharmacy 11040, hummelstown
- cvs pharmacy 1637, millersburg
- cvs pharmacy 1641, harrisburg
- cvs pharmacy 1650, hershey
- cvs pharmacy 8979, harrisburg
- dollar general 11255, harrisburg
- dollar general 14049, highspire
- dollar general 19269, harrisburg
- dollar general 3797, harrisburg
- dollar general 7481, harrisburg
- dollar general 8914, halifax
- dollar tree 1689, harrisburg
- dollar tree 781, harrisburg
- dollartree 11512, harrisburg
- dollar general 13046, williamstown
- dollar general 17358, dauphin
- dollar general 19270, harrisburg
- dollar general 21530, steelton
- dollar general 23334, grantville
- dollar general 23508, harrisburg
- dollar general 24951, harrisburg
- dollar general 31646, lykens
- dollar general 6028, linglestown
- dollar general 8599, millersburg
- dollar general store 17156, berrysburg
- dollar tree 2256, middletown
- dollar tree 5418, harrisburg
- dollar tree 721, harrisburg
- dollar tree 7572, harrisburg
- dollar tree 7806, harrisburg
- dollar tree 8378, harrisburg
- family dollar store 11200, harrisburg
- family dollar 10554, harrisburg
- family dollar 9355, harrisburg
- family dollar store 1059, harrisburg
- family dollar store 2576, steelton
- family dollar store 6719, harrisburg
- farmstead foods, gratz
- flea flickers llc 01, elizabethville
- fresh 2 go, harrisburg
- harrisburg meat market llc, harrisburg
- namaste grocery 1 llc, harrisburg
- ocean state job lot 613, harrisburg
Medium Grocery Store · 28
- a joke african food market llc, harrisburg
- asian food and vegetables store, harrisburg
- best indian and nepali grocery llc, harrisburg
- best of asia llc, harrisburg
- bnn international supermarket llc, harrisburg
- el gallito mexican bakery i i i, steelton
- elamana halal meat and grocery, harrisburg
- express friend store, harrisburg
- fresh mini mart, harrisburg
- global grocery store llc, harrisburg
- julie's special 1, harrisburg
- laliguras grocery, harrisburg
- mnk grocery, llc n/a, harrisburg
- naya oriental market llc, harrisburg
- nepali grocery llc dba sabzi bazar, harrisburg
- nepali store llc, harrisburg
- oumbaraka international market llc, harrisburg
- r & m variety shop, harrisburg
- radish & rye food hub, harrisburg
- rgs market llc, harrisburg
- superior stores co, harrisburg
- saru grocery, llc, harrisburg
- sister's international grocery, llc, harrisburg
- south asian grocery store 1, harrisburg
- themal bazar, harrisburg
- tres hermanos mexican store & restaurant, harrisburg
- tudo, harrisburg
- y&c sayford supermarket llc 426, harrisburg
Small Grocery Store · 21
- adriel mini market llc, harrisburg
- chubbs mkt, highspire
- comercial mexican store llc okay, harrisburg
- crescencio ramon mendez perez, harrisburg
- europa market llc no, harrisburg
- family grocery ii, harrisburg
- fresh mart, harrisburg
- green valley mini market llc, harrisburg
- ire african market llc, harrisburg
- keila mini market llc, harrisburg
- lahore foods, harrisburg
- lucila grocery & deli, harrisburg
- m&g mini market llc, harrisburg
- midtown sayford supermarket inc., harrisburg
- phoenix mini market inc, steelton
- sara food market llc, harrisburg
- sayapatri nepali & indian grocery llc., harrisburg
- sazon deli & grocery llc, harrisburg
- shop n' drive, harrisburg
- to go supermarket, harrisburg
- young's market, harrisburg
Super Store · 12
- costco wholesale 0327, harrisburg
- karns quality foods, hershey
- karns quality foods, middletown
- karns quality foods 2, harrisburg
- lidl 1566, harrisburg
- pricerite of harrisburg 404, harrisburg
- sam's club 8175, harrisburg
- the sharp shopper inc, middletown
- target 2186, harrisburg
- target store 1254, harrisburg
- walmart 3412, elizabethville
- walmart supercenter 1591, harrisburg
Supermarket · 11
- aldi 71098, harrisburg
- aldi 77, harrisburg
- aldi 71087, colonial park
- boyer's food markets, inc. 3597, lykens
- derry family supermarket, harrisburg
- giant food store 6006, harrisburg
- giant food store 6088, middletown
- giant food store 6090, halifax
- giant food store 6097, hershey
- giant food store 6279, hummelstown
- giant food store 6304, harrisburg
Large Grocery Store · 4
- little saigon food market, llc, harrisburg
- market fresh, harrisburg
- y&f supermarket llc, harrisburg
- yfsupermarket 2 2, harrisburg
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 3
- bixler's country meats - gratz, gratz
- brook meadow fresh farm, llc, harrisburg
- r.g. hummer meats and cheese, llc, harrisburg
Delivery Route · 2
- pennsylvania prime steak and seafood, hershey
- town and country, hummelstown
Seafood Specialty · 1
- harbour house crabs 1, harrisburg
Showing 250 of 260 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Pennsylvania
One of 66 counties in Pennsylvania, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Dauphin County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Dauphin County, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside PA (35.4% here).
- Madison County, IN · 35.4% low-access
- Madison County, IN · 35.4% low-access
- Mahoning County, OH · 35.5% low-access
- Roberts County, SD · 35.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside PA (13.3% here).
- Benton County, OR · 13.3% SNAP
- Benton County, OR · 13.3% SNAP
- Chester County, TN · 13.3% SNAP
- Chester County, TN · 13.3% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Dauphin County inside a higher low-access state context
Dauphin County sits inside Pennsylvania (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
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