Signature · 8.0% SNAP (12th pct in CA)
Sonoma County, CA
Sonoma County lands in the lower national band on low-access (13.3%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 13.3%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 8.0%
- on SNAP
- 485K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Sonoma County, CA
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 13.3% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -8.8 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 8.0% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 4% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Fresno County (+ 0.0 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Sonoma County lands in the lower national band (13.3%, #2,255 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,255
- national by low-access %
- #42
- in CA
- 28
- low-access tracts
- 12K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 8.0% SNAP (12th pct in CA) (-4.1 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Sonoma County compares nationally
Sonoma County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 13.3% low-access share that beats 28% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,255).
Sonoma County's lower-band USDA tier split
99 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
Sonoma County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (77 urban, 22 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 22 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Sonoma County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in California, not a full county-board reprint
- Sierra
Sierra 88.2%
88.2 % low-access
- San Joaquin 14.4
San Joaquin 14.4%
14.4 % low-access
- Yolo 13.7
Yolo 13.7%
13.7 % low-access
- Sonoma 13.3
Sonoma 13.3%
13.3 % low-access
- Fresno 13.3
Fresno 13.3%
13.3 % low-access
- Santa Barbara 12.2
Santa Barbara 12.2%
12.2 % low-access
- Amador 0.2
Amador 0.2%
0.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 99 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 483,878 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 28 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 64,338 |
| Low-Access Share | 13.3%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 12,493 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 485,040 |
| Median Household Income | $104,674 |
| Poverty Rate | 8.9%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 15,299 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 8.0%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.8%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Sonoma County
Sonoma County has 340 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 145 locations (43% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
24 towns share the 340 authorized stores; Santa Rosa holds 42% of them. 7 of the 24 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Bodega Bay, Bodega, Boyes Hot Spring, Boyes Hot Springs, El Verano, Geyserville and 1 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa | 143 | 44 |
| Petaluma | 42 | 16 |
| Rohnert Park | 32 | 13 |
| Sonoma | 19 | 9 |
| Windsor | 19 | 8 |
| Sebastopol | 16 | 7 |
| Cloverdale | 14 | 4 |
| Healdsburg | 14 | 5 |
| Cotati | 11 | 2 |
| Forestville | 4 | 1 |
Top 10 of 24 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 145
- 7 eleven 33277a, santa rosa
- 7 eleven 14125a 14125a, santa rosa
- 7 eleven 16885e 16885e, sebastopol
- 7 eleven 19232f 19232f, santa rosa
- 7 eleven 2365 35064c, cloverdale
- 7 eleven 2365-35353c 35353c, santa rosa
- 7 eleven 24323c 24323c, petaluma
- 7 eleven 27912f 27912f, petaluma
- 7 eleven 41351a 41351a, santa rosa
- 7-eleven 14140g, sonoma
- 7-eleven 14141d, santa rosa
- 7-eleven 16268g, sonoma
- 7-eleven 16806e, santa rosa
- 7-eleven 17464c, petaluma
- 7-eleven 18019d 18019d, petaluma
- 7-eleven 24288b, santa rosa
- 7-eleven 33389a, rohnert park
- 7-eleven 34334a, santa rosa
- 7-eleven store 14144g, santa rosa
- 9th st market, santa rosa
- a & l market, rohnert park
- am liquor & grocery, cloverdale
- agius grocery, petaluma
- aj's mini mart, geyserville
- am mini market, santa rosa
- andys liquor & fine wine inc, boyes hot spring
- arco ampm, santa rosa
- arco ampm 7204, santa rosa
- bills market, santa rosa
- bj's market, santa rosa
- bali liquor & foods, cloverdale
- bento market, santa rosa
- bills market, santa rosa
- bills market & deli #2, sebastopol
- boyes spring food center, sonoma
- corby shell, santa rosa
- cotati market, cotati
- cs grocery, santa rosa
- campus market, santa rosa
- chevron 1511, petaluma
- chevron 1528, rohnert park
- chevron 1755, sonoma
- chevron 1759, santa rosa
- chevron 1775, petaluma
- chevron 2201, santa rosa
- circle k healdsburg, healdsburg
- citrus spirits and market, cloverdale
- cleveland shell 123, santa rosa
- cotati chevron, cotati
- country wine & liquor, sebastopol
- dave's market, inc, santa rosa
- dulceria las tapatias, santa rosa
- dutton shell 122, santa rosa
- east cotati shell 115, rohnert park
- easy stop market 2, rohnert park
- el verano market, el verano
- extramile 297, cotati
- fairwest grocery, petaluma
- fast & easy mart windsor, windsor
- fast and easy mart, santa rosa
- fast and easy mart, rohnert park
- fast gas & market 1, santa rosa
- fast gas & mini mart - cloverdale, cloverdale
- fast gas & mini mart 1, santa rosa
- fast mart, rohnert park
- fast and easy mart, santa rosa
- flamingo 76, santa rosa
- forest hill market, monte rio
- fulton market 01, fulton
- glen ellen grocery, glen ellen
- golfcourse76, rohnert park
- grog shop liquor and deli, santa rosa
- guerneville road shell 121, santa rosa
- h&s energy products llc 2046, petaluma
- h&s energy products llc 3001, santa rosa
- h&s energy products llc 3002, santa rosa
- harrys market, santa rosa
- healdsburg chevron & carwash, healdsburg
- hembree shell 130, windsor
- hopper market, santa rosa
- humboldt market & liquor, santa rosa
- jjollys, santa rosa
- kwick pik market, rohnert park
- kwik shop, santa rosa
- larkfield union 76 106, santa rosa
- lazzini's market & deli, santa rosa
- liquor mart, santa rosa
- md liquor & food, santa rosa
- md liquor & food 15, windsor
- md liquor & food 2, santa rosa
- md liquor & foods 9, rohnert park
- martins market and deli, cotati
- md gas and food #14, guerneville
- md liquor & food # 7, graton
- md liquor and food, guerneville
- md market, healdsburg
- nmso 58308, santa rosa
- petaluma shell 113, petaluma
- pelican plaza grocery & deli, bodega bay
- pic & pay market, glen ellen
- pohley's market, windsor
- quick pick market, santa rosa
- quick pick market, santa rosa
- quik stop market #551057, petaluma
- quik stop market 2035, santa rosa
- quik stop market 4141, cloverdale
- redwood drive shell 177, rohnert park
- redwood market 291, cloverdale
- redwood market 292, windsor
- redwood market 293, santa rosa
- redwood market 294, santa rosa
- redwood market 295, santa rosa
- rocket #5426 5426, cotati
- rotten robbie 40, santa rosa
- rotten robbie 41, rohnert park
- rotten robbie 60, santa rosa
- rotten robbie 61, forestville
- rotten robbie 62, sebastopol
- rotten robbie 63, healdsburg
- s. r. food & liquor, santa rosa
- sequoia mini market, sebastopol
- steel bear deli, petaluma
- stony point market, santa rosa
- safeway 5824 fuel center, santa rosa
- sam market #16, santa rosa
- sam's market #17, healdsburg
- sam's market 14, forestville
- sams market 11, santa rosa
- san's market, santa rosa
- santa rosa chevron 001, santa rosa
- santa rosa junior college petaluma bookstore 1599, petaluma
- sebastopol fast fill market, santa rosa
- sonoma valley market, sonoma
- south city market, petaluma
- speedway 6178, petaluma
- steele lane shell 120, santa rosa
- the bodega country store, bodega
- tides 76 mini mart, bodega bay
- todd road shell 124, santa rosa
- valley of the moon fast fill market, santa rosa
- wagon wheel liquor, santa rosa
- wally's liquor & deli, santa rosa
- windsor market 7, windsor
- windsor palms market, windsor
- windsor shell 128, windsor
Combination Grocery/Other · 40
- anna's seafood, petaluma
- big bazaar, rohnert park
- cvs pharmacy 1173, healdsburg
- cvs pharmacy 345, cloverdale
- cvs pharmacy 9152, sonoma
- cvs pharmacy 9163, petaluma
- cvs pharmacy 9393, santa rosa
- cvs pharmacy 9480, petaluma
- cvs pharmacy 9656, santa rosa
- cvs pharmacy 9872, sebastopol
- cvs pharmacy 9928, rohnert park
- cvs pharmacy 9931, windsor
- cvs pharmacy 9946, santa rosa
- cvs pharmacy 9948, santa rosa
- chhean's market 1, rohnert park
- dollartree 10412, rohnert park
- dollartree 10625, windsor
- dollartree 11073, santa rosa
- dollartree 9669, santa rosa
- dollar general store 16271, cloverdale
- dollar tree 1868, rohnert park
- dollar tree 2162, santa rosa
- dollar tree 2168, santa rosa
- dollar tree 2262, healdsburg
- dollar tree 3827, sonoma
- dollar tree 4593, santa rosa
- dollar tree 5022, petaluma
- dollar tree 5290, cotati
- dollar tree 5851, santa rosa
- dollar tree 7357, petaluma
- dollartree 8858, rohnert park
- fast and easy mart, petaluma
- molsberry market inc., santa rosa
- ortega's market, santa rosa
- phnom penh, santa rosa
- santa rosa grocery outlet, santa rosa
- speer's market, forestville
- walgreens 3084, cotati
- walgreens 3297, santa rosa
- walgreens 6722, santa rosa
Supermarket · 38
- food maxx 468, rohnert park
- food maxx 469, santa rosa
- glen ellen village market 13, glen ellen
- la guadalupana market, santa rosa
- lolas market 3, healdsburg
- lucky 740, petaluma
- lucky 741, petaluma
- lucky 775, santa rosa
- lucky 776, santa rosa
- lucky 777, sebastopol
- lucky 778, sonoma
- raley's 337, rohnert park
- raley's 341, windsor
- raley's 313, santa rosa
- raley's 329, petaluma
- rancho mendoza supermercado, santa rosa
- safeway 1265, santa rosa
- safeway 1434, windsor
- safeway 1562, santa rosa
- safeway 1576, santa rosa
- safeway 713, santa rosa
- safeway 911, sonoma
- safeway 918, rohnert park
- safeway 933, sebastopol
- safeway 950, guerneville
- safeway 956, santa rosa
- safeway 998, healdsburg
- safeway 2456, petaluma
- safeway 2457, santa rosa
- safeway 3011, petaluma
- santa rosa community market, santa rosa
- sonoma market 17, sonoma
- sprouts farmers market 274, petaluma
- super chavez market, santa rosa
- super la favorita inc, sonoma
- trader joe's 107, petaluma
- trader joe's 178, santa rosa
- trader joe's 75, santa rosa
Super Store · 37 (27 shown)
- andy's produce market, inc., sebastopol
- big john's market, healdsburg
- camacho market, santa rosa
- community market, sebastopol
- costco wholesale 0041, santa rosa
- costco wholesale 0659, rohnert park
- fircrest market, sebastopol
- grocery outlet of cloverdale 325, cloverdale
- grocery outlet of rohnert park 39, rohnert park
- juanita market, rohnert park
- lola's market, santa rosa
- lolas market, santa rosa
- lola's market 5, petaluma
- oliver's market 1, cotati
- oliver's market 2, santa rosa
- oliver's market 3, santa rosa
- oliver's market 4, windsor
- pacific markets #15, santa rosa
- petaluma grocery outlet 109, petaluma
- petaluma market, petaluma
- rancho mendoza supermercado, santa rosa
- ray's food place 42, cloverdale
- smart & final 409, santa rosa
- smart & final 782, petaluma
- target 2601, petaluma
- target store 2804, santa rosa
- target store t-0852, rohnert park
Showing 250 of 340 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 California
One of 57 counties in California, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Sonoma County's lower low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Sonoma County (8.0%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside California.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside CA (13.3% here).
- Mills County, IA · 13.3% low-access
- Cass County, MI · 13.3% low-access
- Roscommon County, MI · 13.3% low-access
- Huron County, OH · 13.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside CA (8.0% here).
- Garfield County, CO · 8.0% SNAP
- Paulding County, GA · 8.0% SNAP
- Jennings County, IN · 8.0% SNAP
- Dubuque County, IA · 8.0% 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.
California among Pacific states
California ranks 5th of 5 Pacific states by population-weighted low-access (13.3%). Sonoma County matches its state's rate.
- Alaska 30.9%
- Hawaii 26.7%
- Washington 23.1%
- Oregon 16.9%
- California 13.3%
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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