County food-access profile · Texas
Tarrant County, TX
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Tarrant County residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 30.1%
- low-access pop.
- 65
- food-desert tracts
- 9.6%
- on SNAP
- 2.2M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
30.1% of Tarrant County residents live in a low-access area, and 65 of its 357 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 187
- low-access tracts
- 149K
- food-desert residents
- 4.6%
- households, no vehicle
- 11.1%
- below poverty line
Low access = living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket. Food deserts add a low-income condition (USDA LILA, 1-and-10-mile measure).
USDA data puts Tarrant County's low-access share at 30.1%, above the national share. 187 of the county's 357 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 543,736 people. 65 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 148,852 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Tarrant County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Tarrant County's 30.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 70% of them and ranked #932 most-affected nationwide.
Tarrant County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 357 census tracts in Tarrant County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Tarrant County vs. other Texas counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Texas
- Tarrant
Tarrant County, TX
30.1 % low-access
- Anderson
Anderson County, TX
43.8 % low-access
- Andrews
Andrews County, TX
26.8 % low-access
- Angelina
Angelina County, TX
26 % low-access
- Aransas
Aransas County, TX
31.7 % low-access
- Archer
Archer County, TX
18.3 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 357 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,809,034 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 187 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 65 |
| Low-Access Population | 543,736 |
| Low-Access Share | 30.1%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 148,852 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 2,167,390 |
| Median Household Income | $84,207 |
| Poverty Rate | 11.1%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 74,867 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.6%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.6%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.3% |
About 9.6% of Tarrant County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 30.1% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 9.6% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 74,867 households here.
- 4.6% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 65 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Tarrant County
above the national share
65 of Tarrant County's 357 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 18.2% of all its tracts.
A further 122 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 187.
An estimated 543,736 residents, roughly 30.1% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 148,852 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 170 tracts (47.6%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Tarrant County
Tarrant County has 1,428 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 244 locations (17% of the total), followed by bakery specialty.
Combination Grocery/Other · 244
- a&e international market, arlington
- african heritage market, fort worth
- african pride food store, arlington
- african union market, arlington
- afriq all collection, fort worth
- afro mart, north richland hills
- akabanga international market 426, watauga
- amma indian grocery store, fort worth
- anastasie african store, fort worth
- braum's 124, fort worth
- braum's 130, fort worth
- braum's 132, benbrook
- braum's 165, arlington
- braum's 194, haltom city
- braum's 199, colleyville
- braum's 200, euless
- braum's 202, lake worth
- braum's 203, keller
- braum's 210, arlington
- braum's 215, fort worth
- braum's 216, fort worth
- braum's 234, fort worth
- braum's 238, fort worth
- braum's 247, mansfield
- braum's 250, fort worth
- braum's 311, north richland hills
- braum's 312, n richland hills
- braum's 321, westworth village
- braum's 70, pantego
- braum's 74, arlington
- braum's 81, hurst
- braum's 84, fort worth
- blessing african store 1, fort worth
- bombay bazaar, arlington
- braum's 115, fort worth
- braum's 128, grapevine
- cvs 10489, fort worth
- cvs 10576, mansfield
- cvs 10775, haslet
- cvs pharmacy inc 2976, north richland hills
- cvs pharmacy inc 2991, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy inc 3134, keller
- cvs pharmacy inc 3180, mansfield
- cvs pharmacy inc 3707, arlington
- cvs pharmacy inc 3708, grapevine
- cvs pharmacy inc 4794, arlington
- cvs pharmacy inc 5255, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy inc 5695, arlington
- cvs pharmacy inc 5718, arlington
- cvs pharmacy inc 6817, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy inc 6968, arlington
- cvs pharmacy inc 6981, benbrook
- cvs pharmacy inc 7237, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy inc 7278, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy inc 7575, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy 10436, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy 10879, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy 10886, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy 11323, fort worth
- cvs pharmacy cvs11161, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy 6975, arlington
- cvs/ pharmacy 7628, richland hills
- cvs/ pharmacy 7678, river oaks
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 485, hurst
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 5976, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7449, bedford
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7451, grapevine
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7461, mansfield
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7462, bedford
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7467, azle
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7507, southlake
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7600, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7601, crowley
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7603, saginaw
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7624, arlington
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7631, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7642, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7650, arlington
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7663, keller
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7667, pantego
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7801, fort worth
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7806, grapevine
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8330, north richland hills
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8341, mansfield
- cvs/pharmacy 6903, forest hill
- cvs/pharmacy 7455, fort worth
- cvs/pharmacy inc 8345, grand prairie
- charme market, north richland hills
- dollar general 0750, north richland hills
- dollar general 0911, southlake
- dollar general 11043, everman
- dollar general 11125, bedford
- dollar general 13768, fort worth
- dollar general 14310, fort worth
- dollar general 1584, hurst
- dollar general 1617, hurst
- dollar general 1752, fort worth
- dollar general 18083, crowley
- dollar general 20711, arlington
- dollar general 23750, keller
- dollar general 3070, arlington
- dollar general 3168, kennedale
- dollar general 3178, north richland hills
- dollar general 3258, white settlement
- dollar general 3304, pantego
- dollar general 3352, azle
- dollar general 3465, fort worth
- dollar general 3631, arlington
- dollar general 4009, fort worth
- dollar general 4124, lake worth
- dollar general 4189, arlington
- dollar general 4295, fort worth
- dollar general 4483, fort worth
- dollar general 4525, saginaw
- dollar general 4684, watauga
- dollar general 4782, crowley
- dollar general 4982, benbrook
- dollar general 6389, pantego
- dollar general 6490, arlington
- dollar general 7095, fort worth
- dollar general 7122, haltom city
- dollar general 7176, arlington
- dollar general 7469, arlington
- dollar general 8668, haslet
- dollar general 8910, euless
- dollar general 9203, richland hills
- dollar general 9313, haltom city
- dollar tree 1176, arlington
- dollar tree 4944, fort worth
- dollartree 10193, colleyville
- dollartree 10390, arlington
- dollartree 10477, fort worth
- dollartree 10670, fort worth
- dollartree 10692, fort worth
- dollartree 11008, hurst
- dollartree 9189, arlington
- dollartree 9716, north richland hills
- dollartree 9968, bedford
- demcy african market 106, mansfield
- dgs exotic market, richland hills
- dollar general 0751, mansfield
- dollar general 10012, arlington
- dollar general 10027, fort worth
- dollar general 10037, haltom city
- dollar general 10720, arlington
- dollar general 11378, fort worth
- dollar general 11818, fort worth
- dollar general 11947, arlington
- dollar general 12128, fort worth
- dollar general 12479, fort worth
- dollar general 12928, azle
- dollar general 13080, fort worth
- dollar general 1379, fort worth
- dollar general 15308, euless
- dollar general 15541, azle
- dollar general 17681, fort worth
- dollar general 19329, fort worth
- dollar general 19612, arlington
- dollar general 20754, fort worth
- dollar general 20878, arlington
- dollar general 21711, fort worth
- dollar general 22890, azle
- dollar general 22916, arlington
- dollar general 23033, fort worth
- dollar general 23219, burleson
- dollar general 23342, mansfield
- dollar general 23577, fort worth
- dollar general 24349, haltom city
- dollar general 24460, watauga
- dollar general 25033, fort worth
- dollar general 25108, bedford
- dollar general 25289, grapevine
- dollar general 25687, north richland hills
- dollar general 30455, fort worth
- dollar general 30471, hurst
- dollar general 30483, euless
- dollar general 30679, forest hill
- dollar general 31109, haltom city
- dollar general 6677, arlington
- dollar general 7558, fort worth
- dollar general 7788, arlington
- dollar general store 17241, mansfield
- dollar general store 17249, fort worth
- dollar tree 1119, pantego
- dollar tree 1870, bedford
- dollar tree 1907, watauga
- dollar tree 2330, ft worth
- dollar tree 2348, lake worth
- dollar tree 2360, fort worth
- dollar tree 2638, haltom city
- dollar tree 2716, forest hill
- dollar tree 2877, ft worth
- dollar tree 3110, arlington
- dollar tree 3125, saginaw
- dollar tree 3458, fort worth
- dollar tree 3596, fort worth
- dollar tree 3610, arlington
- dollar tree 3704, arlington
- dollar tree 3712, euless
- dollar tree 3949, fort worth
- dollar tree 3963, mansfield
- dollar tree 4154, fort worth
- dollar tree 4920, north richland hills
- dollar tree 4945, fort worth
- dollar tree 5078, fort worth
- dollar tree 5164, crowley
- dollar tree 5166, arlington
- dollar tree 5363, fort worth
- dollar tree 5527, river oaks
- dollar tree 5606, fort worth
- dollar tree 5628, fort worth
- dollar tree 5655, grapevine
- dollar tree 5843, fort worth
- dollar tree 5965, hurst
- dollar tree 6520, fort worth
- dollar tree 6628, north richland hills
- dollar tree 6833, keller
- dollar tree 7157, arlington
- dollar tree 7756, benbrook
- dollar tree 8027, fort worth
- dollar tree 8279, fort worth
- dollar tree 8441, ft worth
- dulceria 3 hermanas, fort worth
- el mercadito supermarket inc, arlington
- el tapatio meat market i, bedford
- farmers market of ft worth, fort worth
- family dollar 10419, fort worth
- family dollar 10420, arlington
- family dollar 10529, haltom city
- family dollar 11005, arlington
- family dollar 11009, ft worth
- family dollar 11204, fort worth
- family dollar 11313, arlington
- family dollar 11315, fort worth
- family dollar 11727, azle
- family dollar 11874, fort worth
- family dollar 12059, forest hill
- family dollar 12099, fort worth
- family dollar 12126, fort worth
- family dollar 12133, fort worth
- family dollar 12148, fort worth
- family dollar 12265, haltom city
- family dollar 12302, arlington
- family dollar 12326, fort worth
Bakery Specialty · 6
- bimbo bakeries 841301, fort worth
- panaderia don goyo, fort worth
- papa murphy's pizza tx008, north richland hills
- papa murphy's pizza tx058, fort worth
- papa murphy's tx119, arlington
- papa murphys pizza tx025, mansfield
Showing 250 of 1,428 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Texas
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Food access nationally, Texas in context
Tarrant County sits inside Texas (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.