Signature · 40.4% low-access (88th pct)
Pasco County, FL
Pasco County sits in the upper national band on low-access (40.4%, +18.3 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 40.4%
- low-access pop.
- 29
- food-desert tracts
- 10.7%
- on SNAP
- 611K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Pasco County, FL
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-SEVERE 40.4% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +18.3 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 29 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 10.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 22% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Washington County (+ 0.3 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Pasco County sits in the upper national band (40.4%, #386 of 3,079) with 29 LILA tracts.
- #386
- national by low-access %
- #16
- in FL
- 73
- low-access tracts
- 56K
- 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: 40.4% low-access (88th pct) (+18.3 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Pasco County compares nationally
Pasco County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 40.4% low-access share outpaces 88% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #386 most-affected nationwide.
Pasco County's elevated USDA tier split
133 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 29 LILA.
Pasco County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (113 urban, 20 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 20 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Pasco County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Okaloosa
Okaloosa 41.5%
41.5 % low-access
- Escambia
Escambia 41%
41 % low-access
- Washington
Washington 40.7%
40.7 % low-access
- Pasco
Pasco 40.4%
40.4 % low-access
- Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa 39.8%
39.8 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 133 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 464,697 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 73 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 29 |
| Low-Access Population | 187,920 |
| Low-Access Share | 40.4%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 56,097 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 611,444 |
| Median Household Income | $70,492 |
| Poverty Rate | 11.1%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 25,322 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.7%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.7%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Pasco County
Pasco County has 377 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 190 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
18 towns share the 377 authorized stores; New Port Richey holds 22% of them. 4 of the 18 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Spring Hill, Land O' Lakes, Ridge Manor, Wimauma.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| New Port Richey | 83 | 17 |
| Hudson | 50 | 8 |
| Zephyrhills | 46 | 7 |
| Port Richey | 37 | 7 |
| Dade City | 36 | 8 |
| Wesley Chapel | 32 | 8 |
| Holiday | 31 | 6 |
| Land O Lakes | 20 | 3 |
| Lutz | 14 | 4 |
| Odessa | 8 | 2 |
Top 10 of 18 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 190
- 1 best price 1, holiday
- 20400 us 98 llc, dade city
- 4 b market, spring hill
- 54 food mart, lutz
- 54 gas & food mart, new port richey
- 5sparrows fla 102, hudson
- 7- eleven 32297a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32725 a, port richey
- 7-eleven 32782a, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven 17223a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 23662a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32351a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32358b, hudson
- 7-eleven 32648a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32714j, land o lakes
- 7-eleven 32726j, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32852a, holiday
- 7-eleven 32876a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 38189, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven 41299h, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven 41951h, hudson
- 7-eleven franchise 38423a, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven store 32738c, hudson
- 7-eleven store 41596a, new port richey
- 7-eleven # 38299, lutz
- 7-eleven 16533a, zephyrhills
- 7-eleven 29178a, port richey
- 7-eleven 32609a, hudson
- 7-eleven 32611a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 32627b, odessa
- 7-eleven 34284b, holiday
- 7-eleven 35375a, new port richey
- 7-eleven 37677a, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven 37745a, zephyrhills
- 7-eleven 38128, holiday
- 7-eleven 38455a, zephyrhills
- 7-eleven 38576a, land o lakes
- 7-eleven 40364a, zephyrhills
- 7-eleven 41221a, land o' lakes
- 7-eleven 41566a, zephyrhills
- 7-eleven store #23333b 23333b, holiday
- 7-eleven store #41870a 41870a, wesley chapel
- 7-eleven store #42025a 42025a, san antonio
- 7-eleven store 41955a, port richey
- 76 gas station, port richey
- amoco gas & food mart, zephyrhills
- bp 2 go enterprises 105, hudson
- bass lake trading, new port richey
- beverage express 1, holiday
- bp foodmart & vapeshop of land o lakes, land o lakes
- buddies discount, holiday
- circle k 2701861, hudson
- circle k 2705321, port richey
- circle k 2705931, dade city
- circle k 2705937, ridge manor
- circle k 2707059, dade city
- circle k 2707447, hudson
- circle k 2707475, wesley chapel
- circle k 2707641, land o lakes
- circle k 2707644, spring hill
- circle k 2708541, hudson
- charlies st joe market, dade city
- chevron 491, zephyrhills
- chevron food store, land o lakes
- chill food mart, spring hill
- circle k 2705977, zephyrhills
- circle k 2707523, hudson
- circle k 2726516, hudson
- circle k 7065, new port richey
- circle k 7221, wesley chapel
- circle k 7252, odessa
- circle k 7253, wesley chapel
- circle k 7314, port richey
- circle k 7575, land o lakes
- circle k 7688, lutz
- circle k 9830, new port richey
- citgo 52, hudson
- clark marathon, port richey
- corner food & deli, holiday
- curbelo's bakery, port richey
- d mart, dade city
- dade city go mart inc 1, dade city
- darlington express inc 1, holiday
- daybreak market d1119, odessa
- embassy food & gas grab & go, port richey
- eriny food mart, inc, holiday
- ez mart, zephyrhills
- five stars express, dade city
- floramar citgo, new port richey
- flowers bakery outlet 18, holiday
- flowers bakery outlet 19, hudson
- gall shell, zephyrhills
- gate service station 1220, wesley chapel
- golden seven grocery, holiday
- grand shell 334, new port richey
- holiday mobile, holiday
- handy food stores 68, zephyrhills
- harrys food mart 2, dade city
- hicks discount beverage, hudson
- hilltop marathon, dade city
- holiday shell, holiday
- hudson beach mini mart, hudson
- hudson shell circle k, hudson
- in & out, new port richey
- in and out food store 4, new port richey
- j's food store, zephyrhills
- jasmine discount beverage, port richey
- jj discount beverage, hudson
- kalindi enterprises llc, land o lakes
- kamala food store, hudson
- land o lakes food master, land o lakes
- latitude ventures jv llc d11990, wesley chapel
- little champ, spring hill
- little road mobil, hudson
- little road mobil, new port richey
- mags mini mart 1, port richey
- metro food mart, lutz
- midtown mart, new port richey
- moon lake sunoco, new port richey
- murphy usa 6660, port richey
- murphy usa 6836, zephyrhills
- murphy usa 7475, hudson
- myra mart, zephyrhills
- ned's food mart, lutz
- new port richey shell, new port richey
- oasis gas plus, hudson
- oasis on the run, holiday
- oasis village 0, new port richey
- paul and michelle enterprises, trinity
- pete discount beverage, hudson
- pilot travel center 624, san antonio
- pk's food store, dade city
- presco food store, wesley chapel
- quick mart no, zephyrhills
- quick stop inc. of kissimmee, new port richey
- race trac 2387, hudson
- race trac 2416, port richey
- race trac 336, land o lakes
- race trac 442, land o lakes
- race trac 592, port richey
- racetrac 2390, wesley chapel
- racetrac 2529 2529, san antonio
- racetrac petroleum, inc. 2496, wesley chapel
- racetrack 2458, lutz
- raceway 974, dade city
- rays of light llc, port richey
- rebel 802, new port richey
- rebel 829, new port richey
- rebel 830, odessa
- rebel 860, new port richey
- ridge food mart, port richey
- rightway foods, zephyrhills
- sams quick mart, dade city
- sav e ton, zephyrhills
- shop n go, port richey
- smart shop food market, new port richey
- smile food mart, new port richey
- speedway 6424, wesley chapel
- speedway 6539, land o lakes
- speedway 6540, zephyrhills
- speedway 6858, zephyrhills
- speedway 6877, holiday
- st george express food mart, dade city
- st philopateer food mart, port richey
- star one food mart, hudson
- suncoast cimbora, spring hill
- suncoast food & gas, land o lakes
- suncoast refreshments inc, new port richey
- sunshine market, new port richey
- superstop food mart, hudson
- thai hoa oriental market, new port richey
- time saver food & general store, zephyrhills
- top king foodmart, dade city
- trilby citgo, dade city
- us beverage, holiday
- vaughan's country store, dade city
- wesley chapel fuel, wesley chapel
- wawa 5108, port richey
- wawa 5109, new port richey
- wawa 5115, new port richey
- wawa 5181, holiday
- wawa 5198, wimauma
- wawa 5226, wesley chapel
- wawa 5240, wesley chapel
- wawa 5285, zephyrhills
- wawa store 5267, lutz
- wawa store 5275, hudson
- wawa store 5334, odessa
- z hills grocery, zephyrhills
- zippy zest, dade city
Combination Grocery/Other · 99 (60 shown)
- acropolis meats 2, hudson
- cvs pharmacy 1771, lutz
- cvs pharmacy 3703, new port richey
- cvs pharmacy 4362, wesley chapel
- cvs pharmacy 0651, zephyrhills
- cvs pharmacy 1293, dade city
- cvs pharmacy 1328, holiday
- cvs pharmacy 1527, wesley chapel
- cvs pharmacy 306, new port richey
- cvs pharmacy 3217, port richey
- cvs pharmacy 3260, new port richey
- cvs pharmacy 3583, hudson
- cvs pharmacy 3619, zephyrhills
- cvs pharmacy 5146, new port richey
- cvs pharmacy 5660, port richey
- cvs pharmacy 8396, wesley chapel
- dollar general 0955, new port richey
- dollar general 11155, dade city
- dollar general 1348, dade city
- dollar general 13732, new port richey
- dollar general 1383, holiday
- dollar general 13844, new port richey
- dollar general 1389, hudson
- dollar general 14273, port richey
- dollar general 14327, new port richey
- dollar general 1530, zephyrhills
- dollar general 2434, new port richey
- dollar general 3072, hudson
- dollar general 3419, zephyrhills
- dollar general 3970, new port richey
- dollar general 6443, lutz
- dollar general 9343, port richey
- dollar general 9391, port richey
- dollar tree 0240, new port richey
- dollar tree 0581, zephyrhills
- dollar tree 6819, zephyrhills
- dollartree 10152, new port richey
- dollartree 10666, new port richey
- dollartree 10877, zephyrhills
- dollartree 9205, odessa
- dollar general 12152, zephyrhills
- dollar general 12471, dade city
- dollar general 13325, hudson
- dollar general 13606, san antonio
- dollar general 15477, spring hill
- dollar general 16584, zephyrhills
- dollar general 17872, hudson
- dollar general 20360, zephyrhills
- dollar general 20973, hudson
- dollar general 21542, new port richey
- dollar general 21932, new port richey
- dollar general 22412, dade city
- dollar general 23227, zephyrhills
- dollar general 23378, dade city
- dollar general 24024, holiday
- dollar general 25821, dade city
- dollar general 6524, land o lakes
- dollar general 7377, new port richey
- dollar general 8187, new port richey
- dollar tree 216, new port richey
Showing 250 of 377 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 Florida
One of 66 counties in Florida, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Pasco County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Pasco 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 (40.4% here).
- Porter County, IN · 40.4% low-access
- Wagoner County, OK · 40.4% low-access
- Crawford County, GA · 40.5% low-access
- Morris County, NJ · 40.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (10.7% here).
- Ogle County, IL · 10.7% SNAP
- Greene County, IN · 10.7% SNAP
- Van Buren County, AR · 10.7% SNAP
- Itasca County, MN · 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.
Florida among South Atlantic states
Florida ranks 4th of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Pasco County, at 40.4%, runs 15.3 pts above 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 .
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