County food-access profile · New Jersey
Hudson County, NJ
Most of Hudson County sits within reach of a supermarket, better than most U.S. counties. This profile covers who, if anyone, qualifies as a food desert here, plus the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 0.7%
- low-access pop.
- 0
- food-desert tracts
- 14.7%
- on SNAP
- 718K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
0.7% of Hudson County residents live in a low-access area, though none of its tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold.
- 3
- low-access tracts
- 754
- food-desert residents
- 33.4%
- households, no vehicle
- 14.9%
- 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).
By the USDA's measure, Hudson County fares better than most: just 0.7% of residents live in a low-access tract, below the national share. Still, 3 of the county's 165 tracts meet that threshold, covering about 4,315 people who live far from a supermarket, and none of them meet the low-income condition that would additionally classify them as food deserts.
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 Hudson County compares nationally
Food access in Hudson County compares favorably nationally: its 0.7% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 3% of them (rank #3,037).
Hudson County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 165 census tracts in Hudson County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Hudson County vs. other New Jersey counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in New Jersey
- Hudson 0.7
Hudson County, NJ
0.7 % low-access
- Atlantic
Atlantic County, NJ
30.1 % low-access
- Bergen 10.3
Bergen County, NJ
10.3 % low-access
- Burlington
Burlington County, NJ
36.3 % low-access
- Camden
Camden County, NJ
20 % low-access
- Cape May
Cape May County, NJ
32.8 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 165 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 634,266 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 3 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 0 |
| Low-Access Population | 4,315 |
| Low-Access Share | 0.7%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 754 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 718,323 |
| Median Household Income | $91,795 |
| Poverty Rate | 14.9%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 44,096 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.7%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 33.4%well above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.1% |
About 14.7% of Hudson County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 0.7% of residents are low-access, below the national share for U.S. counties.
- 14.7% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 44,096 households here.
- 33.4% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- Median household income is $91,795 with a 14.9% poverty rate.
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 Hudson County
below the national share
A further 3 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 3.
An estimated 4,315 residents, roughly 0.7% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 754 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 162 tracts (98.2%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Hudson County
Hudson County has 562 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 184 locations (33% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 184
- 22 convenience store, union city
- 298 danforth llc, jersey city
- 7 eleven 2413 32260b, bayonne
- 7 eleven store 39277c, hoboken
- 7 heaven food mart, jersey city
- 7 heaven mart, jersey city
- 7 heaven mart, jersey city
- 7-eleven inc f 34182, west new york
- 7-eleven store 35294a, west new york
- 7-eleven inc f 32238b, bayonne
- 7-eleven inc f 39406a, union city
- 7-eleven inc f 39467a, jersey city
- 7-eleven inc f 39542a, west new york
- 7-eleven store #34338a 34338a, jersey city
- 7-eleven store #35055a, kearny
- 7-eleven store 32162d, bayonne
- 7-eleven store 38302b, north bergen
- 7-eleven store 38463a, jersey city
- 7-eleven store 38521a, union city
- a & j deli llc 1, kearny
- a-1 deli & groceries llc, jersey city
- american east/west indian grocery, jersey city
- avenue a deli, bayonne
- acapulco plaza grocery & deli, bayonne
- ahmad grocery & varitey inc (old), jersey city
- aik grocery & dollar store, jersey city
- ak food mart llc, jersey city
- alpit convenience store, jersey city
- ana deli grocery llc, jersey city
- anavels grocery, union city
- andres quick stop delki, jersey city
- andry grocery & deli, west new york
- angel mini market, jersey city
- auntie betty's, jersey city
- ayala grocery & deli, west new york
- b-line deli grocery & store llc, guttenberg
- bergen supermarket, jersey city
- broadway deli, bayonne
- baldwin fruit & grocery, jersey city
- bani deli & grocery 1, union city
- bergen park deli, bayonne
- blue ribbon grocery, hoboken
- borinquen corner llc, jersey city
- bowers grocery, jersey city
- caracas grocery, union city
- cuba mini supermarket, west new york
- camila grocery mini market, jersey city
- canela deli & grocery, west new york
- carinos deli & grocery, west new york
- carteret grocery & deli, jersey city
- casa bodega, west new york
- cc mini market llc, west new york
- chiquita bodega llc, north bergen
- cholula deli & grocery, harrison
- chuy deli mini market, jersey city
- city news, jersey city
- collado urena grocery and deli, union city
- coquito meat market and deli corporation, north bergen
- d&p deli and grocery, jersey city
- d&y continental fruit & vegetables, jersey city
- danforth deli, jersey city
- daisy deli and grocery inc, weehawken
- delicias del cibao deli & grocery, north bergen
- desi deli grocery, jersey city
- dharyanna grocery & fast food, jersey city
- diaz deli grocery, union city
- dollar plus, bayonne
- dollar ruby, jersey city
- dollar zone of bayonne 8, bayonne
- duncan grocery, jersey city
- e & g convenience, hoboken
- e&w multiservices & mini grocery, west new york
- earle cafe, jersey city
- el caracol deli and grocery, jersey city
- el mana mini market corp, jersey city
- el paisano grocery deli, union city
- eliza mini market, jersey city
- extra grocery, kearny
- feliciano deli, jersey city
- fiji 24 hour food store, union city
- galord food, jersey city
- gamila grocery and guill llc, jersey city
- garcia grocery and deli, jersey city
- garden state news, bayonne
- garden state news, union city
- generes minimarket, jersey city
- golden city meat market grocery & deli, jersey city
- good point grocery 2, jersey city
- grand food mart, north bergen
- gray deli and grocery, jersey city
- guadalupana grocery multiservices, bayonne
- h h & d sons corporation, hoboken
- harmony mini market and deli, jersey city
- harrison supermarket, harrison
- harry's pharmacy dept., north bergen
- heights pharmacy, jersey city
- henry's polish delicatessen, bayonne
- hernandez no 2 grocery and deli, jersey city
- honest deli and grocery, jersey city
- i a dollar plus, jersey city
- international mini market and deli, union city
- j & a deli and grocery llc, jersey city
- j & c grocery, union city
- j & e variety deli grocery 2 llc, jersey city
- j & j grocery and deli, jersey city
- j&j deli grocery, jersey city
- jersey grocery, jersey city
- jackson mini mart llc 313, hoboken
- jay ambe enterprise llc, union city
- jay supermarket & deli, jersey city
- jenny and rachell deli llc, jersey city
- jerseys deli and grocery llc, jersey city
- john's liquors and deli, kearny
- joseilys deli grocery llc, jersey city
- joy market, jersey city
- js market, union city
- k & r food corp, union city
- k 1 food store llc, hoboken
- k 1 grocery, jersey city
- k&s deli, jersey city
- k.r.s food inc, west new york
- kaelyn deli grocery llc, jersey city
- kari west side grocery and deli, jersey city
- kea grocery 2, jersey city
- kea grocery and deli, west new york
- kearny mart 2, kearny
- kenia supermarket, jersey city
- kennedy discount, jersey city
- kennedy gasoline inc, jersey city
- kennedy news, north bergen
- kwick discount center, jersey city
- l's deli & grocery, union city
- la chiquita deli, jersey city
- lucky bills, jersey city
- la catrina deli & grocery, union city
- la jefa grocery, union city
- la mia grocery, jersey city
- la parada ecuatoriana, union city
- la providencia mexican grocery, union city
- la union mini market grocery, jersey city
- las americas mini market, west new york
- latino market, union city
- likkle ochi deli, jersey city
- lion grocery, union city
- los montones mini market llc, jersey city
- los socios deli grocery llc, union city
- lucky grocery store, west new york
- luisyis deli & grocery corporation, jersey city
- lunas deli & grocery, jersey city
- mjr convenience & deli, jersey city
- mashaallah grocery, jersey city
- metro convenience, jersey city
- mi consentida mini market, union city
- mi dollar plus grocery llc, jersey city
- mi tierra deli grocery, jersey city
- mini mart deli & grocery, union city
- mlk supermarket, jersey city
- mnjc store, jersey city
- montgomery food shop inc, jersey city
- morazan grocery, union city
- mother of light, bayonne
- mr deli grocery, union city
- msrk services corp, north bergen
- naha deli & grocery, north bergen
- nina exxon, jersey city
- nadee grocery, jersey city
- namaste grocery, jersey city
- nashla deli grocery, union city
- nathaniel mini market, north bergen
- national food store, jersey city
- neighborhood variety store, west new york
- new mini market, jersey city
- new shop smart, bayonne
- north deli and grocery, jersey city
- ocean coffee deli & mini mart, jersey city
- one hope mini market, jersey city
- one hope mini mart, west new york
- one stop, jersey city
- one stop deli & grocery, north bergen
- oscar grocery, jersey city
- p & p food mart, jersey city
- p&p food mart ii, jersey city
- palisade deli & market, west new york
- papi & mami's deli corp, jersey city
Combination Grocery/Other · 66
- 99 cents value, jersey city
- al ferdous halal poultry, union city
- al ryan halal poultry, union city
- artesania la fe, union city
- bunnys corporation, jersey city
- carniceria latina, west new york
- cvs pharmacy 1124, w new york
- cvs pharmacy 2753, bayonne
- cvs pharmacy 4615, union city
- cvs pharmacy inc 478, north bergen
- cvs pharmacy 11088, jersey city
- cvs pharmacy 11135, jersey city
- cvs pharmacy 11203, bayonne
- cvs pharmacy 1928, hoboken
- cvs pharmacy 2209, hoboken
- cvs pharmacy 385, kearny
- cvs pharmacy 4443, hoboken
- cvs pharmacy 7400, union city
- cvs pharmacy 808, secaucus
- dollartree 5262, union city
- dollartree 6498, north bergen
- dollartree 9916, west new york
- deli grocery un pedacito del cibao llc, west new york
- dollar general 12107, union city
- dollar general 22937, union city
- dollar tree 5011, kearny
- dollar tree 5469, jersey city
- dollar tree 7121, bayonne
- duane reade 14303, jersey city
- duane reade 14306, jersey city
- emiliano seafoods llc, union city
- family dollar 10020, union city
- family dollar 2010, bayonne
- family dollar 4859, bayonne
- family dollar 7114, jersey city
- family dollar 9287, jersey city
- jfk grocery, jersey city
- manorath siddhi grocery, jersey city
- quick chek corp 94, west new york
- quick chek food stores 080, harrison
- quick chek food stores 084, north bergen
- quick chek food stores 111, north bergen
- quick chek food stores 92, kearny
- quick chek 124, bayonne
- quick chek food stores 093, bayonne
- quickchek 16, bayonne
- siya cash and carry llc, jersey city
- summit grocery market, jersey city
- walgreens 05463, bayonne
- walgreens 03197, jersey city
- walgreens 04705, jersey city
- walgreens 05333, union city
- walgreens 05343, west new york
- walgreens 06253, jersey city
- walgreens 11774, north bergen
- walgreens 12406, north bergen
- walgreens 12442, union city
- walgreens 14402, jersey city
- walgreens 15368, bayonne
- walgreens 15594, kearny
- walgreens 17797, harrison
- walgreens 18372, west new york
- walgreens 19517, jersey city
- walgreens 19690, bayonne
- walgreens 19822, hoboken
- walgreens 19963, hoboken
Showing 250 of 562 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in New Jersey
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Food access nationally, New Jersey in context
Hudson County sits inside New Jersey (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).
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.