Signature · 8.3% SNAP (14th pct in TN)
Davidson County, TN
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Davidson 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).
- 26.6%
- low-access pop.
- 29
- food-desert tracts
- 8.3%
- on SNAP
- 715K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Davidson County, TN
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 26.6% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +4.5 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 29 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 8.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 18% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Cumberland County (+ 0.3 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Davidson County ranks #1,177 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #21 of 93 counties in TN (26.6% low-access; 29 food-desert tracts).
- #1,177
- national by low-access %
- #21
- in TN
- 74
- low-access tracts
- 51K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 8.3% SNAP (14th pct in TN) (-3.8 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Davidson County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Davidson County's 26.6% low-access share is elevated, higher than 62% of them and ranked #1,181 most-affected nationwide.
Davidson County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
159 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 29 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Davidson County has 148 urban and 11 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.
Davidson County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Tennessee, not a full county-board reprint
- Montgomery
Montgomery 47%
47 % low-access
- Dyer
Dyer 27.5%
27.5 % low-access
- Cumberland
Cumberland 26.9%
26.9 % low-access
- Davidson
Davidson 26.6%
26.6 % low-access
- Washington
Washington 26.2%
26.2 % low-access
- Maury
Maury 25.6%
25.6 % low-access
- Grainger 0
Grainger 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 159 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 626,681 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 74 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 29 |
| Low-Access Population | 166,533 |
| Low-Access Share | 26.6%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 51,455 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 715,388 |
| Median Household Income | $77,853 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.9%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 26,860 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 8.3%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.5%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.9% |
Thick SNAP store book in Davidson County
Davidson County has 555 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 159 locations (29% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 159
- africans empire store, antioch
- antioch market inc, antioch
- cvs pharmacy 6427, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 6435, hermitage
- cvs pharmacy 6044, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 6398, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 6412, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 6424, madison
- cvs pharmacy 6433, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 6437, nashville
- cvs pharmacy 7608, nashville
- central market, nashville
- chin cherry international market, antioch
- dollar general 10393, antioch
- dollar general 13669, nashville
- dollar general 14397, antioch
- dollar general 150, old hickory
- dollar general 1901, old hickory
- dollar general 19742, antioch
- dollar general 1990, nashville
- dollar general 2117, nashville
- dollar general 2158, nashville
- dollar general 2360, hermitage
- dollar general 2392, madison
- dollar general 2443, nashville
- dollar general 2595, antioch
- dollar general 2731, nashville
- dollar general 2915, antioch
- dollar general 3292, nashville
- dollar general 4400, nashville
- dollar general 6311, nashville
- dollar general 6680, nashville
- dollar general 6785, nashville
- dollar general 7621, goodlettsville
- dollar general 7914, madison
- dollar general 8347, madison
- dollar general 9232, nashville
- dollar general 9630, madison
- dollar tree 4629, nashville
- dollar tree 4782, nashville
- dollartree 9708, goodlettsville
- dollar general 11816, nashville
- dollar general 11817, madison
- dollar general 12580, goodlettsville
- dollar general 12708, nashville
- dollar general 13039, nashville
- dollar general 14879, nashville
- dollar general 15496, nashville
- dollar general 16369, nashville
- dollar general 17978, old hickory
- dollar general 18252, nashville
- dollar general 21334, nashville
- dollar general 24369, nashville
- dollar tree 1015, nashville
- dollar tree 1197, nashville
- dollar tree 1764, madison
- dollar tree 2157, antioch
- dollar tree 2221, nashville
- dollar tree 3326, nashville
- dollar tree 4245, nashville
- dollar tree 5322, nashville
- dollar tree 6020, nashville
- dollar tree 6118, madison
- dollar tree 6137, hermitage
- dollar tree 6512, nashville
- dollar tree 6535, nashville
- dollar tree 6654, old hickory
- dollar tree 7487, nashville
- dollar tree 8287, nashville
- dollar general 14393, joelton
- eko african market, nashville
- family dollar 1033, nashville
- family dollar 1949, nashville
- family dollar 8967, antioch
- family dollar store 2627, nashville
- feedel international market, nashville
- fiziland market c, nashville
- king market & cafe, antioch
- lucy market, llc, nashville
- maleda market, antioch
- maximum, nashville
- merkato, nashville
- plaza chapina, madison
- rajdhani groceries and cafe, nashville
- sudden service 17, nashville
- sudden service 43, nashville
- sudden service 6115, whites creek
- sudden service 6322, nashville
- sudden service 6604, nashville
- sudden service 6607, madison
- sudden service 6608, nashville
- sudden service 6615, brentwood
- sudden service 6645, nashville
- sudden service 6653, nashville
- sudden service 7204, nashville
- sudden service 7206, brentwood
- sudden service 7218, hermitage
- sudden service 8050, joelton
- sudden service 8126, nashville
- sudden service 8235, nashville
- sudden service 8801, nashville
- sudden service 8897, nashville
- tennessee oriental grocery, nashville
- the turnip truck, nashville
- twice daily 60, nashville
- twice daily 6120, nashville
- twice daily 6227, nashville
- twice daily 6602, nashville
- twice daily 6603, goodlettsville
- twice daily 6641, nashville
- twice daily 6659, nashville
- twice daily 7100, nashville
- twice daily 7111, antioch
- twice daily 7114, nashville
- twice daily 7122, nashville
- twice daily 7150, brentwood
- twice daily 7718, hermitage
- twice daily 8029, nashville
- twice daily 8081, whites creek
- twice daily 8085, nashville
- twice daily 8825, nashville
- twice daily 8835, nashville
- twice daily 8863, nashville
- twice daily 9, goodlettsville
- twice daily/white bison 6184, nashville
- uptown fresh market, antioch
- uptown fruit market, nashville
- walgreen 05065, hermitage
- walgreen 05563, hermitage
- walgreen 09546, nashville
- walgreen 09778, nashville
- walgreens 04904, nashville
- walgreens 05166, nashville
- walgreens 05395, nashville
- walgreens 06211, antioch
- walgreens 11701, nashville
- walgreens 13929, nashville
- walgreens 3221 3221, madison
- walgreens 3401, nashville
- walgreens 4456, hermitage
- walgreens 4677, nashville
- walgreens 4707, nashville
- walgreens 5869, nashville
- walgreens 6853, nashville
- walgreens 696, nashville
- walgreens 7076, antioch
- walgreens 7302, goodlettsville
- walgreens 7689, nashville
- walgreens 04346, bellevue
- walgreens 05091, nashville
- walgreens 07316, nashville
- walgreens 18085, nashville
- walgreens 19382, nashville
- walgreens 4158, nashville
- walgreens 4872, nashville
- walgreens 5028, nashville
- walgreens 7535, nashville
- walgreens 9762, antioch
- walgreens 9907, brentwood
Convenience Store · 87
- 4 brothers market, nashville
- 5 star market inc, madison
- 59 shell, antioch
- 62 shell 3, antioch
- 7-eleven 41042h, nashville
- 7-eleven 41713h, brentwood
- 7-eleven 41902, antioch
- 7-eleven 41938h, nashville
- 7-eleven 41963h, goodlettsville
- 7-eleven 42174h, nashville
- 7-eleven, inc. 42222, nashville
- 7-eleven, inc. 42262h, hermitage
- apjp llc, nashville
- aplus 285, nashville
- aplus 286, nashville
- am express 5, nashville
- antioch shell, nashville
- avalon station, goodlettsville
- baker's market, goodlettsville
- best stop market, hermitage
- bordeaux market, nashville
- buy n save market inc, nashville
- buy the way, antioch
- casey's 4225, nashville
- circle k 4703905, nashville
- circle k 4703922, nashville
- circle k 4703924, nashville
- circle k 4703926, nashville
- circle k 4703928, nashville
- circle k 4703933, nashville
- circle k 4703934, nashville
- circle k 4703935, nashville
- circle k 4703936, old hickory
- circle k 4703937, nashville
- circle k 4703938, nashville
- circle k 4703942, hermitage
- circle k 4703945, antioch
- circle k 4703946, nashville
- circle k 4703949, hermitage
- circle k 4703950, madison
- circle k 4703952, nashville
- circle k 4703953, nashville
- circle k 4703956, antioch
- circle k 4703958, nashville
- circle k 4703959, nashville
- circle k 4703962, nashville
- charlotte ave market, nashville
- chris gas station llc, nashville
- circle k 4703680, nashville
- circle k 4703681, nashville
- circle k 4703694, nashville
- community market, nashville
- d and k petromart, hermitage
- d&m discount tobacco, nashville
- diamond investment 1 llc, hermitage
- dickerson rd citgo, nashville
- discount tobacco beer grocery 1, hermitage
- dollar city enterprises 1, nashville
- e & m market, nashville
- et market discount tobacco & beer, nashville
- express mart, nashville
- elysian market, nashville
- express food mart, nashville
- express mart, nashville
- ez mart, nashville
- fatherland st market 01, nashville
- fill n go uno, madison
- first one market, madison
- food mart 01, nashville
- foster market, nashville
- four daughters market, nashville
- g-dragon mart, nashville
- galbreath shop rite, goodlettsville
- gallatin pike shell, nashville
- gallatin rd market, nashville
- garfield market llc, nashville
- gogo market 1, nashville
- golden bear 4, whites creek
- green express food mart, nashville
- h & a trade llc, nashville
- h and s market llc 01, nashville
- hannah's mart, nashville
- heritage travel center, joelton
- hermitage discount tobacco and be, nashville
- hermitage z mart inc, hermitage
- hickory market, old hickory
- honeysuckle 11, nashville
Bakery Specialty · 4
- la espiga bakery, nashville
- number 1 bakery abigailmu, nashville
- papa murphy's pizza tn037, hermitage
- sam bakery, antioch
Showing 250 of 555 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 Tennessee
One of 94 counties in Tennessee, 6 are shown here.
Compare Davidson County vs Anderson County → · All Tennessee counties →
Nationwide peers for Davidson County's low-access or SNAP share
SNAP-led peer set first for Davidson County (8.3%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Tennessee.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TN (26.6% here).
- Weber County, UT · 26.6% low-access
- Weber County, UT · 26.6% low-access
- Grant County, NM · 26.6% low-access
- Grant County, NM · 26.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TN (8.3% here).
- Grayson County, TX · 8.3% SNAP
- Grayson County, TX · 8.3% SNAP
- Lavaca County, TX · 8.3% SNAP
- Lavaca County, TX · 8.3% 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.
Food access nationally, Tennessee in context
Davidson County sits inside Tennessee (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 .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Davidson County, TN are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 47037. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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