Signature · 6.6% SNAP (3rd pct in PA)
Montgomery County, PA
Montgomery County sits in the upper national band on low-access (31.3%, +9.2 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 31.3%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 6.6%
- on SNAP
- 868K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Montgomery County, PA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-ELEVATED 31.3% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +9.2 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 6.6% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 2% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Beaver County (+ 1.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Montgomery County sits in the upper national band (31.3%, #863 of 3,079) with 4 LILA tracts.
- #863
- national by low-access %
- #10
- in PA
- 111
- low-access tracts
- 30K
- 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: 6.6% SNAP (3rd pct in PA) (-5.5 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Montgomery County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Montgomery County's 31.3% low-access share is elevated, higher than 72% of them and ranked #864 most-affected nationwide.
Montgomery County's elevated USDA tier split
211 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Montgomery County has 206 urban and 5 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.
Montgomery 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
- Erie
Erie 34%
34 % low-access
- Westmoreland
Westmoreland 32.8%
32.8 % low-access
- Beaver
Beaver 32.5%
32.5 % low-access
- Montgomery
Montgomery 31.3%
31.3 % low-access
- York
York 29.5%
29.5 % low-access
- Wyoming 0.9
Wyoming 0.9%
0.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 211 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 799,874 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 111 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 249,980 |
| Low-Access Share | 31.3%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 30,183 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 867,573 |
| Median Household Income | $113,915 |
| Poverty Rate | 6.5%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 22,272 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 6.6%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.7%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Montgomery County
Montgomery County has 443 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 159 locations (36% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 159
- 2073 sumneytown pike llc, woxall
- 6 eleven mini mart, king of prussia
- 66 conveneince llc, bridgeport
- 7 eleven store 16665e, glenside
- 7 eleven store 20435f, ambler
- 7 eleven store 22841b, lansdale
- 7 eleven store 24555e, north wales
- 7 eleven store 30392c, glenside
- 7 eleven store 40193a 40193, north wales
- 7-eleven 1405-23682, conshohocken
- 7-eleven 11410f, ambler
- 7-eleven 16366f, norristown
- 7-eleven store 11405c, lansdale
- 7-eleven store 11416f, norristown
- 7-eleven store 2405 11407c, norristown
- 7-eleven store 24160e, wynnewood
- 7-eleve store #11337b, glenside
- 7-eleven store #40474a 40474a, bryn mawr
- 7-eleven store 16770d, pottstown
- 7-eleven store 2405 11331c, abington
- 7-eleven store 2405 11396c, hatboro
- 7-eleven store 2405-20290d 20290e, bala cynwyd
- 7-eleven store 2405-23676d 23676d, norristown
- 7-eleven store 40163a 40163a, bryn mawr
- 7-eleven store 40235a 40235a, bala cynwyd
- 709 market, lansdale
- aplus 40279, king of prussia
- abarrotes la terraza 1, norristown
- american gasoline, plymouth meeting
- ams foodmart, norristown
- aplus 40100h, king of prussia
- audubon market 1, norristown
- bz stop shop inc, rockledge
- coles tobacco, pottstown
- conoco c-store 1, norristown
- costa deli, ambler
- cottman mart, cheltenham
- eagle smoke and convenience shop, abington
- el jalapeno grocery store inc, ambler
- elkins park fuels 67618, elkins park
- express fuel elkins park inc, elkins park
- express fuel huntingdonpike inc, huntingdon valley
- express fuel market, glenside
- ez mart, hatboro
- ezstop gas 1, glenside
- global food and gas 1, norristown
- gopal llc t/a ambler news stand, ambler
- green lane mart, green lane
- happiness here, norristown
- hatfield market 1, hatfield
- in & out food market, hatboro
- javier mini market llc, pottstown
- jay food corp/ quick stop, norristown
- joe's kwik mart 1034, glenside
- joe's kwik mart 1035, king of prussia
- joe's kwik marts 1049, king of prussia
- k & v petroleum llc 1, pottstown
- k&j melrose park, inc, elkins park
- lahasa quickmart llc, glenside
- landsdale sunoco 1, lansdale
- laura's grocery inc., souderton
- lucky convenience & lottery, royersford
- lukoil #69705 69705, hatboro
- lukoil mall site, plymouth meeting
- maha gas inc, rockledge
- mary's grocery llc, lansdale
- neighbourhood convenience store inc, norristown
- norristown convenience store, norristown
- norristown food mart, norristown
- norristown food&fuel llc, norristown
- oreland market, oreland
- one stop, norristown
- pa lucky 7 deli, willow grove
- pantry 1 food mart, king of prussia
- paradise halal market inc 1, willow grove
- pottstown mart, pottstown
- pottstowns own meat market llc, pottstown
- quick market, oreland
- quick stop #6, east greenville
- quick stop food mart, collegeville
- quickmart, norristown
- rafay's mart 1, west norriton
- redners quick shoppe 71, pottstown
- ridge sunoco, norristown
- roslyn food mart, abington
- royal farms 132, lansdale
- royal farms 155, norristown
- royal farms 234, collegeville
- royal farms 240, colmar
- royal farms 407, pottstown
- sarah's corner mart, willow grove
- sheetz 921, royersford
- shell ambler, ambler
- souderton food mart inc., souderton
- sparta, hatboro
- sunoco, horsham
- sunoco a plus, norristown
- sunoco aplus, hatboro
- sunoco aplus 8298, elkins park
- sunoco mini mart/smoke shop 1, pottstown
- tariq corp 8488, wynnewood
- telford convenience store, telford
- top star express 135, pennsburg
- trooper shell 1, norristown
- tummy time deli & mart, norristown
- turkey hill minit market 950299, eagleville
- turkey hill minit markets 950105, gilbertsville
- turkey hill minit markets 950132, pottstown
- turkey hill minit markets 950260, pottstown
- turkey hill minit markets 950269, pottstown
- turkey hill minit markets 950271, red hill
- urban grocer inc, pottstown
- vada two inc t/a lansdale mini mart, lansdale
- valley supermart, norristown
- wawa 105, souderton
- wawa 111, glenside
- wawa 134, gilbertsville
- wawa 141, royersford
- wawa 143, schwenksville
- wawa 148, ambler
- wawa 155, bala cynwyd
- wawa 156, ft washington
- wawa 157, north wales
- wawa 21, flourtown
- wawa 216, bridgeport
- wawa 253, conshohocken
- wawa 271, horsham
- wawa 281, zieglerville
- wawa 284, royersford
- wawa 285, horsham
- wawa 292, east norriton
- wawa 294, penn valley
- wawa 40, bala cynwyd
- wawa 42, king of prussia
- wawa 43, ambler
- wawa 66, ardmore
- wawa 67, conshohocken
- wawa 8003, norristown
- wawa 8005, limerick
- wawa 8018, colmar
- wawa 8019, collegeville
- wawa 8034, center square
- wawa 8038, limerick
- wawa 8135, harleysville
- wawa 8178, pennsburg,
- wawa 96, north wales
- wawa 97, lafayette hill
- wawa 8058, king of prussia
- wawa 8060, fort washington
- wawa 8050, hatfield
- wawa 8056, hatfield
- wawa 8057, huntingdon valley
- wawa 8061, norristown
- wawa 8062, oaks
- wawa 8063, willow grove
- wawa 8066, jenkintown
- wawa 8067, gilbertsville
- wawa 8071, plymouth meeting
- wawa 8080, cheltenham
Combination Grocery/Other · 91
- akshay grocery, west norriton
- bob's bread barn, gilbertsville
- cvs 5081, bala cynwyd
- cvs 5346, bala cynwyd
- cvs 7073, pennsburg
- cvs 7253, dresher
- cvs pharmacy 1282, ardmore
- cvs pharmacy 2032, norristown
- cvs pharmacy 2110, huntingdon valley
- cvs pharmacy 305, pottstown
- cvs pharmacy 3252, conshohocken
- cvs pharmacy 658, hatboro
- cvs pharmacy 919, glenside
- cvs pharmacy inc 791, erdenheim
- cvs pharmacy 1310, boyertown
- cvs pharmacy 10061, ambler
- cvs pharmacy 10493, ambler
- cvs pharmacy 10825, plymouth meeting
- cvs pharmacy 1191, horsham
- cvs pharmacy 1193, jenkintown
- cvs pharmacy 1379, lansdale
- cvs pharmacy 2046, norristown
- cvs pharmacy 2350, schwenksville
- cvs pharmacy 2479, souderton
- cvs pharmacy 2481, king of prussia
- cvs pharmacy 2496, maple glen
- cvs pharmacy 2523, lansdale
- cvs pharmacy 2530, willow grove
- cvs pharmacy 2688, collegeville
- cvs pharmacy 2690, limerick
- cvs pharmacy 2730, royersford
- cvs pharmacy 3011, blue bell
- cvs pharmacy 338, lansdale
- cvs pharmacy 3799, blue bell
- cvs pharmacy 4773, gilbertsville
- cvs pharmacy 5762, hatfield
- cvs pharmacy 5898, norristown
- cvs pharmacy 7259, zieglerville
- cvs pharmacy 8498, ambler
- cvs pharmacy 987, lansdale
- clemens meat market inc, norristown
- dollar tree 4537, jenkintown
- dollartree 10142, willow grove
- dollartree 10206, royersford
- dollartree 10213, willow grove
- dollartree 11027, north wales
- dollar general 11003, eagleville
- dollar general 12465, royersford
- dollar general 1549, pottstown
- dollar general 20919, pottstown
- dollar general 23065, souderton
- dollar general 23423, hatboro
- dollar general 23817, green lane
- dollar general 25907, cheltenham
- dollar general 6892, pottstown
- dollar tree 1617, lansdale
- dollar tree 1623, norristown
- dollar tree 1625, horsham
- dollar tree 1641, pottstown
- dollar tree 1647, collegeville
- dollar tree 1662, flourtown
- dollar tree 1672, eagleville
- dollar tree 1841, wyncote
- dollar tree 2932, north wales
- dollar tree 4141, norristown
- dollar tree 4891, boyertown
- dollar tree 5049, east greenville
- dollar tree 5155, royersford
- dollar tree 6671, royersford
- dollar tree 7176, souderton
- dollar tree 7891, norristown
- dollar tree 8616, norristown
- dollar tree 8650, montgomeryville
- family dollar 10793, pottstown
- family dollar 6048, abington
- family dollar store 5932, norristown
- family dollar store 7803, norristown
- ocean state job lot 601, montgomeryville
- ocean state job lot 611, pottstown
- sae han oriental fd mkt, blue bell
- soul brothers meats, north wales
- tienda hispana la tica llc, willow grove
- walgreens 01106, flourtown
- walgreens 06837, norristown
- walgreens 07014, norristown
- walgreens 07196, north wales
- walgreens 07224, king of prussia
- walgreens 07225, elkins park
- walgreens 07425, lansdale
- walgreens 10943, lansdale
- walgreens 10958, limerick
Showing 250 of 443 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.
Compare Montgomery County vs Adams County → · All Pennsylvania counties →
Counties near Montgomery County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Montgomery County (6.6%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Pennsylvania.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside PA (31.3% here).
- Lenoir County, NC · 31.3% low-access
- Lenoir County, NC · 31.3% low-access
- Bell County, TX · 31.3% low-access
- Bell County, TX · 31.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside PA (6.6% here).
- Marshall County, TN · 6.6% SNAP
- Marshall County, TN · 6.6% SNAP
- Montgomery County, TX · 6.6% SNAP
- Montgomery County, TX · 6.6% 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.
Montgomery County inside a higher low-access state context
Montgomery 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 .
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 Montgomery County, PA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 42091. 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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