Signature · 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts)
Dixie County, FL
Dixie County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of the book) alongside 8.6% low-access.
- 8.6%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 17.2%
- on SNAP
- 17K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Dixie County, FL
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-MODERATE 8.6% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -13.5 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-HEAVY 17.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 3.1% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 33% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Levy County ( -0.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Dixie County lands in the lower national band (8.6%, #2,587 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,587
- national by low-access %
- #59
- in FL
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 494
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts) .
How Dixie County compares nationally
Dixie County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 8.6% low-access share that beats 17% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,587).
Dixie County's lower-band USDA tier split
3 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
All 3 of Dixie County's tracts are rural in the USDA classification, so every one is judged on the 10-mile test: a resident counts as low-access only when the nearest supermarket is more than 10 miles away.
Dixie County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Broward 9.4
Broward 9.4%
9.4 % low-access
- Dixie 8.6
Dixie 8.6%
8.6 % low-access
- Levy 8.4
Levy 8.4%
8.4 % low-access
- Gulf 8
Gulf 8%
8 % low-access
- Lafayette 7.9
Lafayette 7.9%
7.9 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 3 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 16,422 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 1,412 |
| Low-Access Share | 8.6%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 494 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 17,058 |
| Median Household Income | $50,110 |
| Poverty Rate | 20.9%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 1,075 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 17.2%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.1%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 9.6% |
SNAP retailers in Dixie County
Dixie County has 21 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 11 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
3 towns share the 21 authorized stores; Cross City holds 48% of them. 1 of the 3 towns has no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Suwannee.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Cross City | 10 | 2 |
| Old Town | 10 | 1 |
| Suwannee | 1 | none |
Convenience Store · 11
- discount food mart, cross city
- grocery and smoke store, old town
- hammock food store, old town
- jiffy 1542, old town
- jiffy 1550, cross city
- jiffy 1569, old town
- jiffy food mart 1540, old town
- marathon, cross city
- star food mart, cross city
- suwannee waterfront market, suwannee
- two sisters country store, old town
Combination Grocery/Other · 7
- dollar general 4715, old town
- dollartree 10836, cross city
- dollar general 12382, cross city
- dollar general 18193, old town
- dollar general 30037, cross city
- dollar general 30566, old town
- family dollar 4268, cross city
Supermarket · 3
- old town family markets, old town
- save-a-lot 24796, cross city
- sunstop market 357, cross city
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Florida
One of 66 counties in Florida, 6 are shown here.
Compare Dixie County vs Alachua County → · All Florida counties →
Counties near Dixie County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Dixie County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside FL (8.6% here).
- Knox County, IN · 8.6% low-access
- Hardin County, IA · 8.6% low-access
- Johnson County, IA · 8.6% low-access
- Walker County, AL · 8.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (17.2% here).
- Wicomico County, MD · 17.2% SNAP
- Kay County, OK · 17.2% SNAP
- Schuylkill County, PA · 17.2% SNAP
- Decatur County, TN · 17.2% 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.
Florida among South Atlantic states
Florida ranks 4th of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Dixie County, at 8.6%, runs 16.5 pts below the Florida rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
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 Dixie County, FL are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 12029. 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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