Signature · 18.6% SNAP (93rd pct in MO)
St. Louis city, MO
St. Louis city stands out on SNAP (18.6%, +6.5 pts vs U.S.) with 6.0% low-access from USDA FARA 2019.
- 6.0%
- low-access pop.
- 10
- food-desert tracts
- 18.6%
- on SNAP
- 289K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County St. Louis city, MO
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-ADEQUATE 6.0% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -16.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 10 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 18.6% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 18.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 9% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Maries County ( -0.5 pts)
Lower-band low-access
St. Louis city lands in the lower national band (6.0%, #2,765 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,765
- national by low-access %
- #107
- in MO
- 11
- low-access tracts
- 11K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 18.6% SNAP (93rd pct in MO) (+6.5 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How St. Louis city compares nationally
Food access in St. Louis city compares favorably nationally: its 6.0% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 12% of them (rank #2,765).
St. Louis city's lower-band USDA tier split
106 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 10 LILA.
St. Louis city is mostly urban by USDA tract type (105 urban, 1 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 1 rural tract is held to 10 miles.
St. Louis city vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Missouri, not a full county-board reprint
- Mercer
Mercer 99.8%
99.8 % low-access
- Stoddard 7
Stoddard 7%
7 % low-access
- Ray 6.8
Ray 6.8%
6.8 % low-access
- St. Louis city 6
St. Louis city 6%
6 % low-access
- Maries 5.5
Maries 5.5%
5.5 % low-access
- Atchison 5.1
Atchison 5.1%
5.1 % low-access
- Mississippi 3
Mississippi 3%
3 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 106 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 319,294 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 11 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 10 |
| Low-Access Population | 19,226 |
| Low-Access Share | 6.0%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 11,446 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 288,512 |
| Median Household Income | $56,160 |
| Poverty Rate | 20.6%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 26,878 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 18.6%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 18.5%well above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in St. Louis city
St. Louis city has 896 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 13 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 410 locations (46% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
37 towns share the 896 authorized stores; Saint Louis holds 67% of them. 11 of the 37 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Valley Park, St Louis, Black Jack, Earth City, Overland, Pacific and 5 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Louis | 604 | 132 |
| Florissant | 66 | 17 |
| Chesterfield | 28 | 12 |
| Ballwin | 24 | 10 |
| Bridgeton | 21 | 5 |
| Fenton | 19 | 5 |
| Hazelwood | 18 | 2 |
| Maryland Heights | 15 | 2 |
| Saint Ann | 12 | 3 |
| Ellisville | 9 | 3 |
Top 10 of 37 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 410 (250 shown)
- 1 stop, saint louis
- 10901 halls ferry operations, saint louis
- 3 bro mini market & tobacco, saint louis
- 4701672.0 1672, saint louis
- 4901 union operations llc, saint louis
- 5 star market, saint louis
- 5 star market n more, saint louis
- 6001 w florissant operations llc, saint louis
- 66 gas mart, hazelwood
- 7-11 19279, saint louis
- 7-eleven 19457, saint louis
- 7-eleven 20206j, saint louis
- 7-eleven 23889e, saint louis
- 7-eleven store #27379c, saint louis
- 7-eleven store 19470d, saint louis
- 7-eleven store 19981b, saint louis
- 7-eleven store 26184 f, florissant
- 7-eleven store 26281, chesterfield
- 7-eleven 27899b, saint louis
- 7-eleven store #19889e, saint louis
- 7-eleven store #27838d, saint louis
- 7-eleven store #29264c, saint louis
- 7-eleven store 26796e, saint louis
- 7-eleven store 29038d, hazelwood
- 7-eleven store 29084c, florissant
- 7-eleven store 32813d, saint louis
- airport market 1, saint louis
- amber js mini mart llc, saint louis
- arch energy lc 610, saint louis
- aviator motomart 3375, hazelwood
- b&b market & grill, saint louis
- bp, saint louis
- bp amoco, saint louis
- balkan, chesterfield
- barnetts market, saint louis
- bates bp, saint louis
- blackjack liquor, black jack
- bombay bazar, chesterfield
- bp gas station, saint louis
- bridgeton mobil, bridgeton
- bridgeton phillips 66, bridgeton
- broadway express, saint louis
- bw liquor & food mart, florissant
- carr mini mart, saint louis
- casey's 6397, saint louis
- central market, saint louis
- chambers conoco, saint louis
- charlie's food mart, saint louis
- charlies food market, saint louis
- chicago cass llc n/a, saint louis
- chicago fish chicken & grill 1, saint louis
- chicago market fish and chicken, saint louis
- circle k 1607, affton
- circle k 1610, saint louis
- circle k 1614, saint louis
- circle k 1615, bridgeton
- circle k 1618, saint louis
- circle k 1624, saint louis
- circle k 1626, saint louis
- circle k 1630, saint louis
- circle k 1638, saint louis
- circle k 1651, chesterfield
- circle k 1653, saint louis
- circle k 1685, maryland heights
- circle k 4701608, fenton
- circle k 4701611, saint louis
- circle k 4701612, saint louis
- circle k 4701613, eureka
- circle k 4701616, saint ann
- circle k 4701617, saint louis
- circle k 4701620, eureka
- circle k 4701621, saint louis
- circle k 4701622, florissant
- circle k 4701623, saint louis
- circle k 4701625, saint louis
- circle k 4701627, fenton
- circle k 4701628, saint louis
- circle k 4701635, saint louis
- circle k 4701647, chesterfield
- circle k 4701648, ballwin
- circle k 4701649, saint louis
- circle k 4701650, saint louis
- circle k 4701654, saint louis
- circle k 4701657, saint louis
- circle k 4701658, saint louis
- circle k 4701675, saint louis
- circle k 4701689, bridgeton
- circle t mini mart, saint louis
- citywide convenience store, saint louis
- conoco, saint louis
- corner convenience, saint louis
- corner market corporation, valley park
- country club express wash, llc 1300, chesterfield
- cousin market, saint louis
- crazy deals, saint louis
- cross bronx inc, saint louis
- crown 7 1, hazelwood
- crown food mart 7, saint louis
- crown mart, saint louis
- crown mart, saint louis
- crown mart, saint louis
- crown mart 16 inc, saint louis
- crown mart 17 inc, saint louis
- crown mart 18 inc, saint louis
- crown mart 19 inc, saint ann
- crown mart inc 8, saint louis
- crown mart of mo inc, saint louis
- crown pkg liq, saint louis
- crownway mart #3 cm#3, saint louis
- crownway mart 2, saint ann
- crownway oil mart 1, saint louis
- dayna 2 llc, saint louis
- dellwood market, saint louis
- dunn road mart, florissant
- eagle express, saint louis
- eagle mart, saint louis
- earth city 66 8, earth city
- earth city motomart 3362, earth city
- east east oriental market, chesterfield
- economic shop, saint louis
- elite liquor, saint louis
- elite liquor 2, saint louis
- elite market & grill, saint louis
- energy marketing 1988 llc, florissant
- energy marketing 2001 llc, saint louis
- energy marketing 274 llc, saint louis
- energy marketing 710 llc, saint louis
- eureka motomart 3359, pacific
- express petroleum, saint louis
- express stop, saint louis
- ez pantry, bridgeton
- fowler's, saint louis
- family market, saint louis
- fastlane valley park 43, valley park
- ferguson amoco, saint louis
- ferguson phillips 66, saint louis
- fire grill & mini market, saint louis
- first stop grill and market llc, saint louis
- first stop llc, saint louis
- gas mart, jennings
- gas mart, saint louis
- gas mart 16, saint louis
- gas mart 2, saint louis
- gas mart 23, saint louis
- gas mart 26, saint louis
- gas mart 27, saint louis
- gas mart 29, saint louis
- gas mart 3, saint louis
- gas mart 36, saint louis
- gas mart 38, saint louis
- gas mart 44, saint louis
- gas mart 45, saint louis
- gas mart 6, saint louis
- gas mart 9, saint louis
- gateway market, saint louis
- gateway market, saint louis
- global market & grill, saint louis
- global mart, saint louis
- goeke produce inc., florissant
- good time food and liquor, saint louis
- good trip, saint louis
- grand bp gas mart 669, saint louis
- grandview convenience food & liquor, florissant
- gus's market, saint louis
- hrm amoco, saint louis
- hanley discount cigarettes, hazelwood
- hanley mobil, saint louis
- hanley zx, saint louis
- hazelwood 67, hazelwood
- hbs limited llc, saint louis
- hi-5 mart, saint louis
- home town market, saint louis
- honey j's snack shop & convenience mart, saint louis
- huck's 252, saint louis
- huck's 264, florissant
- huck's 270, saint louis
- in and out market, saint ann
- infinity market 5 0, florissant
- international market llc, saint louis
- jmk inc, saint louis
- jad1 llc, saint louis
- jamestown bp, florissant
- jb's 2021, saint louis
- joels shell foodmart, saint louis
- johnnys food mart 1, saint louis
- js food mart, saint louis
- kaiser grand mart, saint louis
- king food mart, saint louis
- king food mart 3, saint louis
- king food mart 4, saint louis
- king petroleum, llc, saint louis
- kinggrill & market 1, saint louis
- kings food phillips, saint louis
- kingshighway amoco, saint louis
- kingz korner store, saint louis
- kureshi petroleum inc, saint louis
- larimore liquor, saint louis
- lemay phillips, saint louis
- leona market, saint louis
- lindell phillips 66, saint louis
- liquor doctor, saint louis
- love's travel stop 461, saint louis
- love's travel stop 612, bridgeton
- lp mart bel ridge, saint louis
- lp mart mckelvey 625, maryland heights
- m schmitz market inc, saint louis
- m-1 food market, saint louis
- mk food market, saint louis
- mpc #01 1001, manchester
- mpc #22, saint louis
- ma market & grill, saint louis
- maccs market, florissant
- mak fuels, hazelwood
- maplewood liquor and grocery 3146447788, saint louis
- meraj petroleum's llc, saint louis
- michigan mkt, saint louis
- midwest fuel 2 inc, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 10, ballwin
- midwest petroleum 12, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 23, valley park
- midwest petroleum 44, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 55, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 62, bridgeton
- midwest petroleum 63, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 67, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 7, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 72, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 74, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 77, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 83, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 87, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 88, saint louis
- midwest petroleum 99a, hazelwood
- mikey doo snack shop, saint louis
- mini market, florissant
- mini market, florissant
- mini market 3, saint louis
- mini market 4, florissant
- mini market 6, florissant
- mini market 7, florissant
- mobil mart, saint louis
- mobil on the run 230, saint louis
- mobil on the run 307, valley park
- mobil on the run 602, chesterfield
- mobil on the run 606, saint louis
- mobil on the run 607, saint louis
- mobil on the run 608, valley park
- mobil on the run 609, grover
- mobil on the run 611, florissant
- mobil on the run 613, saint louis
Showing 250 of 896 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 Missouri
One of 114 counties in Missouri, 6 are shown here.
Compare St. Louis city vs Adair County → · All Missouri counties →
Counties near St. Louis city's lower low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for St. Louis city (18.6%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Missouri.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside MO (6.0% here).
- Prentiss County, MS · 6.0% low-access
- St. Helena Parish, LA · 6.0% low-access
- Jackson County, NC · 6.0% low-access
- Cleburne County, AL · 6.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside MO (18.6% here).
- Gogebic County, MI · 18.6% SNAP
- Cumberland County, NC · 18.6% SNAP
- Montgomery County, NC · 18.6% SNAP
- Morgan County, KY · 18.6% 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.
Missouri among West North Central states
Missouri ranks 5th of 7 West North Central states by population-weighted low-access (24.9%). St. Louis city, at 6.0%, runs 18.9 pts below the Missouri rate.
- South Dakota 29.1%
- North Dakota 28.9%
- Minnesota 27.4%
- Kansas 26.4%
- Missouri 24.9%
- Nebraska 21.9%
- Iowa 20.0%
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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