Signature · 5.6% SNAP (12th pct in TX)
Travis County, TX
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Travis 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).
- 26.4%
- low-access pop.
- 25
- food-desert tracts
- 5.6%
- on SNAP
- 1.3M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Travis County, TX
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 26.4% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +4.3 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 25 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 5.6% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 12% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Eastland County ( -0.1 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Travis County ranks #1,193 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #116 of 252 counties in TX (26.4% low-access; 25 food-desert tracts).
- #1,193
- national by low-access %
- #116
- in TX
- 76
- low-access tracts
- 54K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 5.6% SNAP (12th pct in TX) (-6.5 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Travis County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Travis County's 26.4% low-access share is elevated, higher than 62% of them and ranked #1,194 most-affected nationwide.
Travis County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
217 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 25 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Travis County has 196 urban and 21 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.
Travis County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Concho 26.7
Concho 26.7%
26.7 % low-access
- San Augustine 26.6
San Augustine 26.6%
26.6 % low-access
- Travis 26.4
Travis 26.4%
26.4 % low-access
- Eastland 26.3
Eastland 26.3%
26.3 % low-access
- Milam 26.1
Milam 26.1%
26.1 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 217 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,024,266 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 76 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 25 |
| Low-Access Population | 270,568 |
| Low-Access Share | 26.4%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 54,184 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,330,015 |
| Median Household Income | $99,611 |
| Poverty Rate | 10.9%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 32,506 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 5.6%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.9%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Travis County
Travis County has 685 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 136 locations (20% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 136
- 1 stop food store, austin
- 1st express, austin
- 2222 market, austin
- 290 xpress, manor
- 7 eleven 16996, austin
- 7 eleven 19097a, austin
- 7 eleven convenience store 36563c, austin
- 7 eleven convenience store 38289a, austin
- 7-11 36680, austin
- 7-eleven 24008, austin
- 7-eleven 36559h, austin
- 7-eleven 36562h, austin
- 7-eleven 36564j, austin
- 7-eleven 36575h, pflugerville
- 7-eleven 41632h, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 12705b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 21884, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 23807b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 24909b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 32654b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 35801a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 35808a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36263b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36265a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36266a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36273a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36592a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36600a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36604b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 41555a, manor
- 7-eleven/ vaishnavi food & gas 23621, austin
- 7-eleven 12702, austin
- 7-eleven 22245, austin
- 7-eleven 25445, austin
- 7-eleven 26353, austin
- 7-eleven 34252, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 23295b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 34251b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 34253b, pflugerville
- 7-eleven convenience store 35473a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 35623b, pflugerville
- 7-eleven convenience store 35624b, pflugerville
- 7-eleven convenience store 35792b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 35805b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36274b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36577b, west lake hills
- 7-eleven convenience store 36586c, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36587b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36588b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36591b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36609b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36610b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36612a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36616b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36621b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36630b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36633b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36636a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36641a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36642b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 36999b, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38054a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38104a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38267a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38402b, spicewood
- 7-eleven convenience store 38413a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38608a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38613a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 38615a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 39069d, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 41114a, austin
- 7-eleven convenience store 41166a, bee cave
- 7-eleven convenience store 41642a, austin
- 71 xpress, del valle
- aa food mart, austin
- all star grocery 3, austin
- atx food mart, austin
- aa food mart 2, austin
- airport quick stop, austin
- alfason african market 1, cedar park
- all star grocery 1, austin
- all star grocery 2, austin
- anyday grocery, austin
- apple express, manor
- arsheen investment inc., austin
- austin food market, austin
- avenue food mart, pflugerville
- barton hill food mart, austin
- berkman food mart, austin
- best stop food market, austin
- bread basket - chevron, austin
- barton hills market, austin
- beatniks market, austin
- beer geek, manchaca
- beverage barn, austin
- blake manor food mart, manor
- bless food mart, manor
- bluebonnet food mart, austin
- bread basket, austin
- bread basket, austin
- bread basket, austin
- bread basket justin lane, austin
- bread basket texaco, austin
- bread basket, austin
- brew market & cafe, austin
- buddies market at gaston, austin
- burnet express, austin
- burpy market, austin
- buttercup chevron, pflugerville
- c-mart icehouse, austin
- capitol food stop 2, austin
- cefco 36, lago vista
- cameron xpress mart, austin
- cannon food mart, austin
- cedar food mart, austin
- champs food mart, austin
- circle k 2704103, pflugerville
- circle k 2704673, austin
- circle k 2704675, del valle
- circle k 2704677, austin
- circle k 2704680, austin
- circle k 2704682, austin
- circle k 2704683, austin
- circle k 2704684, austin
- circle k 2704686, austin
- circle k 2704687, austin
- circle k 2704688, austin
- circle k 2704690, austin
- circle k 2704691, cedar creek
- circle k 2740080, austin
- circle k 2741396, austin
- circle k 2741551, austin
- circle k 2741570, austin
- circle k 2742095, austin
- circle k 2742102, austin
- circle k 2742169, austin
Combination Grocery/Other · 113
- africa's best food market, pflugerville
- afriqmart ethnic groceries, pflugerville
- anand bazar, austin
- cvs 10106, pflugerville
- cvs pharmacy inc 6822, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 6892, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 6893, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 6895, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 6945, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 6964, austin
- cvs pharmacy inc 7243, austin
- cvs pharmacy 10888, austin
- cvs pharmacy 11199, austin
- cvs pharmacy 11210, austin
- cvs pharmacy cvs07210, austin
- cvs pharmacy cvs10059, del valle
- cvs pharmacy cvs11306, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy 7442, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy 80, lakeway
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 1430, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 213, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 357, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 3881, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 59, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7719, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 8387, austin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc. 8357, lago vista
- cvs/pharmacy 10139, austin
- dollar general 10315, austin
- dollar general 10554, lago vista
- dollar general 10959, austin
- dollar general 13115, austin
- dollar general 18824, manor
- dollar general 3273, austin
- dollar general 3913, austin
- dollar tree 3279, austin
- dollartree 8060, austin
- dollartree 8129, austin
- dollartree 9426, pflugerville
- dollar general 10948, austin
- dollar general 12304, austin
- dollar general 12561, austin
- dollar general 12630, austin
- dollar general 12797, austin
- dollar general 12967, austin
- dollar general 16194, del valle
- dollar general 20388, austin
- dollar general 22706, pflugerville
- dollar general 24504, austin
- dollar general 25379, spicewood
- dollar general 6619, pflugerville
- dollar general 6946, manor
- dollar general store 16198, del valle
- dollar tree 1162, round rock
- dollar tree 2875, austin
- dollar tree 2988, austin
- dollar tree 3124, austin
- dollar tree 3211, austin
- dollar tree 3230, austin
- dollar tree 4105, austin
- dollar tree 4265, pflugerville
- dollar tree 5110, austin
- dollar tree 6263, austin
- dollar tree 6372, austin
- dollar tree 6785, austin
- dollar tree 7241, austin
- family dollar 10028, austin
- family dollar 10276, austin
- family dollar 5520, austin
- family dollar 6170, austin
- family dollar 6846, austin
- family dollar store 6011, austin
- filipino asian mart, austin
- fresh plus one, austin
- homefoods v llc v, austin
- la michoacana meat market 8, austin
- la placita supermarket llc 1, austin
- masterson super mercado mexicana, austin
- sanvi austin llc, austin
- selam international mart cafe, austin
- tropical market, austin
- walgreens 01970, austin
- walgreens 03451, austin
- walgreens 04704, austin
- walgreens 06861, austin
- walgreens 10615, austin
- walgreens 11097, austin
- walgreens 11272, bee caves
- walgreens 11513, austin
- walgreens 11568, pflugerville
- walgreens 11853, austin
- walgreens 13444, austin
- walgreens 13446, pflugerville
- walgreens 1933, austin
- walgreens 2462, austin
- walgreens 3341, austin
- wheatsville food co-op, austin
- walgreen 04458, austin
- walgreens 03092, austin
- walgreens 03159, pflugerville
- walgreens 03724, austin
- walgreens 04134, austin
- walgreens 04632, austin
- walgreens 04761, austin
- walgreens 06050, west lake hills
- walgreens 06189, austin
- walgreens 06649, austin
- walgreens 06734, austin
- walgreens 07023, lakeway
- walgreens 07187, austin
- walgreens 11271, austin
- walgreens 15672, austin
- walgreens 5160, austin
Bakery Specialty · 1
- papa murphy's pizza tx069, lakeway
Showing 250 of 685 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 Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Travis County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Nationwide peers for Travis County's low-access or SNAP share
SNAP-led peer set first for Travis County (5.6%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Texas.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (26.4% here).
- Georgetown County, SC · 26.4% low-access
- Georgetown County, SC · 26.4% low-access
- Allegheny County, PA · 26.4% low-access
- Allegheny County, PA · 26.4% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (5.6% here).
- Box Elder County, UT · 5.6% SNAP
- Box Elder County, UT · 5.6% SNAP
- Chester County, PA · 5.6% SNAP
- Chester County, PA · 5.6% 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.
Food access nationally, Texas in context
Travis County sits inside Texas (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 .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Travis County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48453. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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