Signature · 31.6% households with no vehicle
Suffolk County, MA
Suffolk County lands in the lower national band on low-access (1.0%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 1.0%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 19.7%
- on SNAP
- 785K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Suffolk County, MA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-ADEQUATE 1.0% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -21.1 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.7% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 31.6% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 2% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Nantucket County (+ 12.6 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Suffolk County lands in the lower national band (1.0%, #3,012 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #3,012
- national by low-access %
- #14
- in MA
- 5
- low-access tracts
- 2K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 31.6% households with no vehicle .
How Suffolk County compares nationally
Food access in Suffolk County compares favorably nationally: its 1.0% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 4% of them (rank #3,013).
Suffolk County's lower-band USDA tier split
200 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Suffolk County has 199 urban and 1 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.
Suffolk County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Massachusetts, not a full county-board reprint
- Barnstable
Barnstable 51%
51 % low-access
- Middlesex
Middlesex 24.6%
24.6 % low-access
- Hampden
Hampden 23.8%
23.8 % low-access
- Franklin 19.1
Franklin 19.1%
19.1 % low-access
- Nantucket 13.6
Nantucket 13.6%
13.6 % low-access
- Suffolk 1
Suffolk 1%
1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 200 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 722,023 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 5 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 7,029 |
| Low-Access Share | 1.0%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 1,514 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 785,121 |
| Median Household Income | $95,631 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.2%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 64,342 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.7%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 31.6%well above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 6.2% |
Thick SNAP store book in Suffolk County
Suffolk County has 666 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 157 locations (24% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 157
- 10 - eleven n/a, dorchester
- 6-twelve enterprise inc., south boston
- 7 day store, revere
- 7 eleven (32460d) 32460d, boston
- 7 eleven (35659a) 35659a, boston
- 7 eleven 32442b, boston
- 7 eleven 33568b, boston
- 7 eleven 34393a, revere
- 7 eleven 37375a 37375a, east boston
- 7 to 11 convenience, dorchester
- 7-eleven 32454f, brighton
- 7-eleven 34396b, west roxbury
- 7-eleven 34418a 34418a, boston
- 7-eleven 37367a, allston
- 7-eleven 37423, boston
- 7-eleven 37502, dorchester
- 7-eleven 40076, revere
- 7-eleven 40292h, revere
- 7-eleven inc. 37511b, west roxbury
- 7-eleven store 32475 32475, jamaica plain
- 7-eleven 27471c 27471, revere
- 7-eleven 32429b, chelsea
- 7-eleven 32463f, boston
- 7-eleven 32466c, boston
- 7-eleven 32467c, brighton
- 7-eleven 32476c, boston
- 7-eleven 32480c, boston
- 7-eleven 32874c, dorchester
- 7-eleven 33058d, boston
- 7-eleven 33615c 33615c, boston
- 7-eleven 34389, winthrop
- 7-eleven 37362a, charlestown
- 7-eleven 37368b, brighton
- 7-eleven 37369a, boston
- 7-eleven 37371a, boston
- 7-eleven 37492b 37492b, south boston
- 7-eleven 37526a, allston
- al amin enterprise, dorchester
- al prime energy co/al prime energy - revere 103, revere
- alex market iv, dorchester
- ambaji corporation, revere
- americas grocery llc, dorchester center
- apollo's market, mattapan
- archana corporation, dorchester
- aries market na, east boston
- ashley market inc, dorchester
- ashmont convenience store, dorchester center
- ashmont food mart, dorchester center
- b & 4th street variety, boston
- bnc market, chelsea
- bailey's too, boston
- beacon convenience, brighton
- beef and turkey convenience, brighton
- bellas market, boston
- black bag mini mart inc, roxbury
- blue hill convience store, dorchester center
- blue hill market, mattapan
- bon sole market, roxbury
- boston bazaar, roxbury crossing
- boston smoke shop & convenience store, south boston
- boston south liquor & spirits 426, boston
- bread 'n butter international market, roxbury crossing
- broadway convenient mart, revere
- broadway mini mart, chelsea
- brooks variety, brighton
- brown's food market, dorchester
- budget mart n/a, roslindale
- cd la prima market, chelsea
- circle k 4707521, south boston
- city feed and supply, jamaica plain
- cambio latino, east boston
- camilo market, jamaica plain
- camilo market, dorchester
- cappys convenience store, dorchester
- casali market, dorchester center
- castillo family market inc., roslindale
- central convenience, dorchester
- central convenience, roxbury
- central convenience, roxbury
- century convenience, dorchester center
- chansky's super market, brighton
- chelsea food mart, chelsea
- city food mart, chelsea
- citywide convienience, dorchester center
- claudia market, dorchester
- college convenience, boston
- community convenience, dorchester center
- congress market, chelsea
- convenience corner, dorchester
- convenience market and deli, revere
- convenience plus, boston
- corner store of bha, dorchester center
- court market, dorchester center
- creation meat market, llc, revere
- cristian market, dorchester
- crown smoke shop & more, dorchester
- cruz market, dorchester
- cumberland farms 3524, brighton
- cumberland farms, inc 3435, winthrop
- d & d convenience store, dorchester
- d & t market, winthrop
- d market, dorchester center
- dacia market, dorchester
- delicias market 2 corporation n/a, east boston
- djs market, dorchester
- don quijote market, boston
- dorchester gas and convenience, dorchester
- dorchester mart, dorchester center
- dudley food mart, dorchester
- e market, boston
- east boston variety, boston
- east coast variety, east boston
- easties corner, east boston
- eduardos market, dorchester center
- el barrio convenience, roxbury
- el cruce market, roxbury
- el primo market inc, dorchester
- el regreso market, dorchester
- el tipico salvadoreno market corp 0, revere
- eladia mini market 1, east boston
- elaines place, revere
- elisabeth market, roxbury
- emporio andujar corporation, roslindale
- enana's market corporation, chelsea
- energy north 2107, winthrop
- energy north 2142, boston
- erfan's market, roxbury
- express stop market 1, dorchester center
- ez convenience, chelsea
- fairmont food mart, hyde park
- family food mart, chelsea
- family market, chelsea
- fastop inc, boston
- father & son, brighton
- fernandez liquor ii, mattapan
- fernandez liquors 6, dorchester center
- fernandez liquors iii, roxbury
- fields corner store, dorchester
- fine mart n/p, chelsea
- forest hills convenience, jamaica plain
- four provinces, dorchester center
- g & v symphony market, boston
- geneva grocery, dorchester
- giovanni's market, boston
- global montello group corp. #2777 2777, east boston
- gma corporation, dorchester
- green basket market, jamaica plain
- happy super mart, dorchester
- harbor point market, dorchester
- harold convenience, dorchester
- harvard convenience, allston
- harvard street community market, dorchester center
- highland convenience mart, winthrop
- hillside market, roxbury crossing
- hiron inc/dba la familia market, roxbury
- huntington market, brighton
- huntington market, boston
Combination Grocery/Other · 92
- 7 eleven 37355a, hyde park
- bazaar on cambridge street, allston
- cvs pharamcy 140, winthrop
- cvs pharmacy 1024, allston
- cvs pharmacy 1049, hyde park
- cvs pharmacy 117, west roxbury
- cvs pharmacy 1258, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1259, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1264, jamaica plain
- cvs pharmacy 1265, east boston
- cvs pharmacy 1876, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1889, brighton
- cvs pharmacy 1900, boston
- cvs pharmacy 2070, jamaica plain
- cvs pharmacy 2282, dorchester center
- cvs pharmacy 2283, dorchester
- cvs pharmacy 2592, dorchester
- cvs pharmacy 524, boston
- cvs pharmacy 55, brighton
- cvs pharmacy 9, revere
- cvs pharmacy 979, south boston
- cvs pharmacy 0049, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1009, charlestown
- cvs pharmacy 10174, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1031, roslindale
- cvs pharmacy 10517, boston
- cvs pharmacy 10868, brighton
- cvs pharmacy 11036, dorchester center
- cvs pharmacy 11082, boston
- cvs pharmacy 11200, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1199, chestnut hill
- cvs pharmacy 1206, boston
- cvs pharmacy 1217, boston
- cvs pharmacy 260, boston
- cvs pharmacy 3890, brighton
- cvs pharmacy 4666, boston
- cvs pharmacy 471, dorchester
- cvs pharmacy 5382, allston
- cvs pharmacy 5464, mattapan
- cvs pharmacy 5874, boston
- cvs pharmacy 619, boston
- cvs pharmacy 720, dorchester center
- cvs pharmacy 8972, boston
- cvs pharmacy cvs11201, boston
- cvs pharmacy inc 109, chelsea
- cvs pharmacy inc 496, chelsea
- carmella's market, east boston
- city feed and supply 2, jamaica plain
- cram seafood co inc, roxbury
- dollar tree 3573, revere
- dollartree 8071, dorchester
- dollartree 9513, hyde park
- dollar general 19116, chelsea
- dollar general 19117, dorchester
- dollar general 30635, hyde park
- dollar tree 3273, chelsea
- dollar tree 4119, revere
- dollar tree 4577, roslindale
- dollar tree 6103, west roxbury
- dollar tree 7507, charlestown
- dollar tree 7679, west roxbury
- dollar tree 7716, boston
- dollar tree 7814, dorchester center
- evan to go, dorchester
- evidence of trust, roslindale
- family dollar 11662, dorchester
- family dollar 2684, boston
- family dollar 6068, chelsea
- family dollar store 7248, dorchester center
- family dollar store 8063, roslindale
- genesis variety store, chelsea
- golden goose market, boston
- home market, roslindale
- la baguette prime bakery 426, mattapan
- ledeta gebeya, roxbury
- merkato mart and bakery, roxbury
- mickelito multi services center, mattapan
- pisces fish market n/a, roslindale
- ramzo international market 1, dorchester
- saul mache mixe store, mattapan
- walgreens 07189, roxbury crossing
- walgreens 02933, boston
- walgreens 03135, mattapan
- walgreens 05756, east boston
- walgreens 10317, hyde park
- walgreens 10824, revere
- walgreens 15390, boston
- walgreens 17169, south boston
- walgreens 19437, dorchester
- walgreens 3759, chelsea
- walgreens 4072, roxbury
- yammy e. african market, roxbury
Bakery Specialty · 1
- au beurre chaud bakery, hyde park
Showing 250 of 666 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 Massachusetts
One of 13 counties in Massachusetts, 6 are shown here.
Compare Suffolk County vs Barnstable County → · All Massachusetts counties →
Counties near Suffolk County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Suffolk County, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside MA (1.0% here).
- Richmond County, NY · 1.0% low-access
- Richmond County, NY · 1.0% low-access
- Calhoun County, SC · 1.0% low-access
- Calhoun County, SC · 1.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside MA (19.7% here).
- Whitley County, KY · 19.7% SNAP
- Whitley County, KY · 19.7% SNAP
- Green County, KY · 19.7% SNAP
- Green County, KY · 19.7% 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.
Suffolk County inside a lower low-access state context
Suffolk County sits inside Massachusetts (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 .
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