Signature · 235 SNAP-authorized stores
Lubbock County, TX
Lubbock 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.
- 18.2%
- low-access pop.
- 12
- food-desert tracts
- 10.7%
- on SNAP
- 319K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Lubbock County, TX
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 18.2% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -3.9 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 12 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 10.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 18% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Limestone County ( -0.1 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Lubbock County ranks #1,839 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #179 of 252 counties in TX (18.2% low-access; 12 food-desert tracts).
- #1,839
- national by low-access %
- #179
- in TX
- 18
- low-access tracts
- 23K
- 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: 235 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Lubbock County compares nationally
Lubbock County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 18.2% low-access share that beats 41% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,843).
Lubbock County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
67 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 12 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Lubbock County has 56 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.
Lubbock County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Motley 18.5
Motley 18.5%
18.5 % low-access
- Archer 18.3
Archer 18.3%
18.3 % low-access
- Henderson 18.3
Henderson 18.3%
18.3 % low-access
- Lubbock 18.2
Lubbock 18.2%
18.2 % low-access
- Limestone 18.1
Limestone 18.1%
18.1 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 67 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 278,831 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 18 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 12 |
| Low-Access Population | 50,764 |
| Low-Access Share | 18.2%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 22,833 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 318,884 |
| Median Household Income | $64,155 |
| Poverty Rate | 17.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 13,478 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.7%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.8%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 4.2% |
Thick SNAP store book in Lubbock County
Lubbock County has 235 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 118 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 118
- 7-eleven 401, lubbock
- 7-eleven 402, lubbock
- 7-eleven 404, lubbock
- 7-eleven 405, lubbock
- 7-eleven 409, lubbock
- 7-eleven 411, lubbock
- 7-eleven 412, lubbock
- 7-eleven 414, lubbock
- 7-eleven 416, lubbock
- 7-eleven 417, lubbock
- 7-eleven 418, lubbock
- 7-eleven 424, lubbock
- 7-eleven 413, lubbock
- 7-eleven 421, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42431, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42432, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42482, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42501, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42502, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42503, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42517, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42519, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42523, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42525, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42526, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42564, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42574, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42592, lubbock
- 7-eleven, inc. 42593, lubbock
- a taste of market 543, lubbock
- allsup's 102366, slaton
- allsup's 102396, wolfforth
- allsup's 102480, lubbock
- allsups 043, idalou
- allsups 103001, lubbock
- boston kwik mart llc, lubbock
- charge up 8, lubbock
- circle k 2704485, lubbock
- circle k 2704486, lubbock
- circle k 2709057, lubbock
- circle k 2709093, lubbock
- circle k 2709094, lubbock
- circle k 2709095, lubbock
- circle k 2709096, lubbock
- circle k 2709266, lubbock
- circle k 2709949, lubbock
- circle k 2709950, lubbock
- daas mart, lubbock
- e z mart 4257, lubbock
- e z mart 4287, lubbock
- e-z mart 4256, lubbock
- e-z mart 4417, lubbock
- fast stop, lubbock
- horseshoe 2, lubbock
- jack's market & grill 3, lubbock
- kwik stop grocery beer wine, lubbock
- lama 66 00001, lubbock
- lama 69 00002, lubbock
- love's travel stop 589, lubbock
- m j grocery, beer & wine, lubbock
- murphy express 8600, lubbock
- murphy express 8689, lubbock
- murphy express 8913, lubbock
- murphy express 8933, lubbock
- murphy express 8985, lubbock
- murphy express 8997, lubbock
- murphy usa 7427, lubbock
- murphy usa 7678, lubbock
- murphy usa 7864, lubbock
- murphy usa 8655, lubbock
- nick stop, lubbock
- one stop 1, lubbock
- pak-a-sak 23, lubbock
- pak-a-sak 24, lubbock
- pak-a-sak 26, lubbock
- pak-a-sak 27, lubbock
- passport #18 1, lubbock
- passport #19 2, lubbock
- passport #20 3, lubbock
- pema c shrestha dba sonik mart, lubbock
- pilot travel center 733, lubbock
- pronto mart, lubbock
- q stop, lubbock
- quick track #70, lubbock
- quick track 65, lubbock
- quick track 67, lubbock
- quick track 68, lubbock
- quick track 71, lubbock
- race runner 19, new deal
- road ranger llc 284, new deal
- s h food mart, lubbock
- sonik food mart, lubbock
- the grocery store, shallowater
- toot'n totum 132, lubbock
- toot'n totum 133, lubbock
- toot'n totum 134, lubbock
- toot'n totum 136, lubbock
- toot'n totum 137, lubbock
- toot'n totum 138, lubbock
- toot'n totum 141, lubbock
- toot'n totum 144, lubbock
- toot'n totum 146, lubbock
- toot'n totum 147, lubbock
- un2 mart #1 1, lubbock
- un2 mart #2 2, lubbock
- un2 mart #4 4, lubbock
- un2 mart #5 5, lubbock
- un2 mart 3, lubbock
- united express 552, lubbock
- united express 553, lubbock
- united express 555, lubbock
- united express 657, lubbock
- united express 689, wolforth
- yesway 1124, lubbock
- yesway 1125, lubbock
- yesway 1153, shallowater
- yesway 1156, lubbock
- yesway 1158, lubbock
Combination Grocery/Other · 75
- braum's 287, lubbock
- braum's 288, wolfforth
- braum's 293, lubbock
- braum's 64, lubbock
- braum's 195, lubbock
- cvs pharmacy inc 7272, lubbock
- cvs pharmacy inc 7274, lubbock
- cvs pharmacy 10521, lubbock
- cvs pharmacy 4783, lubbuck
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7277, lubbock
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7811, lubbock
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7830, lubbock
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8340, lubbock
- dollar general 0574, lubbock
- dollar general 10560, lubbock
- dollar general 12040, lubbock
- dollar general 14228, lubbock
- dollar general 1628, lubbock
- dollar general 1640, slaton
- dollar general 1805, lubbock
- dollar general 1875, lubbock
- dollar general 19354, lubbock
- dollar general 19355, lubbock
- dollar general 1964, abernathy
- dollar general 3213, lubbock
- dollar general 4074, lubbock
- dollar general 6267, idalou
- dollar general 8234, lubbock
- dollar general 8801, wolfforth
- dollartree 7354, lubbock
- dollartree 9003, lubbock
- dollartree 9499, lubbock
- dollartree 9785, lubbock
- dollartree 9863, lubbock
- dollar general 10144, lubbock
- dollar general 11614, shallowater
- dollar general 12125, lubbock
- dollar general 13642, lubbock
- dollar general 14889, lubbock
- dollar general 1701, lubbock
- dollar general 17209, lubbock
- dollar general 17934, lubbock
- dollar general 21474, lubbock
- dollar general 21804, lubbock
- dollar general 22136, lubbock
- dollar general 22784, lubbock
- dollar general 30333, lubbock
- dollar general 6935, lubbock
- dollar tree 2452, lubbock
- dollar tree 2869, lubbock
- dollar tree 3169, lubbock
- dollar tree 3561, lubbock
- dollar tree 7721, lubbock
- dollar tree 9501, lubbock
- family dollar 10050, lubbock
- family dollar 11729, lubbock
- family dollar 12098, lubbock
- family dollar 12358, lubbock
- family dollar 12841, abernathy
- family dollar 2542, lubbock
- family dollar 2879, lubbock
- family dollar 3011, lubbock
- family dollar 3438, lubbock
- family dollar 4375, slaton
- family dollar 5053, lubbock
- family dollar 8963, lubbock
- la super, lubbock
- namaste asia, lubbock
- walgreens 10283, lubbock
- walgreens 4820, lubbock
- walgreens 5996, lubbock
- walgreens 7853, lubbock
- walgreens 4819, lubbock
- walgreens 4821, lubbock
- walgreens 4822, lubbock
Supermarket · 19
- 2 js thriftway, idalou
- amigos 503, lubbock
- food king 85, lubbock
- heb food store 772, lubbock
- la super meat market #9, lubbock
- market street 502, lubbock
- market street 543, lubbock
- market street 553, lubbock
- sprouts farmers market 124, lubbock
- united supermarket 551, lubbock
- united supermarket 501, lubbock
- united supermarket 505, lubbock
- united supermarket 506, lubbock
- united supermarket 511, slaton
- united supermarket 555, lubbock
- united supermarket 657, lubbock
- united supermarkets 537, lubbock
- united supermarkets 552, lubbock
- vitamin cottage natural food market u065, lubbock
Super Store · 12
- costco wholesale 1163, lubbock
- food king 81, lubbock
- food king 82, lubbock
- sam's club 8270, lubbock
- target store t 2190, lubbock
- target store t 83, lubbock
- walmart 4299, lubbock
- walmart 945, lubbock
- walmart neighborhood market 5702, lubbock
- walmart supercenter 3826, lubbock
- walmart supercenter 6898, lubbock
- walmart supercenter 861, lubbock
Medium Grocery Store · 5
- asian food market, lubbock
- asian mart, lubbock
- gandhi bazar, lubbock
- grocery services north 17, lubbock
- new oriental market, lubbock
Farmers' Market · 3
- lubbock downtown farmers market, lubbock
- roots urban growers market, lubbock
- wolfforth farmers market, wolfforth
Bakery Specialty · 1
- papa murphy's pizza tx061, lubbock
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- all hale meats, llc, wolfforth
Small Grocery Store · 1
- jirani international enterprise llc, lubbock
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Lubbock County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Nationwide peers for Lubbock County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Lubbock County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (18.2% here).
- Mercer County, PA · 18.2% low-access
- Mercer County, PA · 18.2% low-access
- Fremont County, WY · 18.2% low-access
- Fremont County, WY · 18.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (10.7% here).
- Rutland County, VT · 10.7% SNAP
- Rutland County, VT · 10.7% SNAP
- Fredericksburg city, VA · 10.7% SNAP
- Fredericksburg city, VA · 10.7% 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, Texas in context
Lubbock County sits inside Texas (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 Lubbock County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48303. 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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