PantryPath Research · SNAP Benefits Report
SNAP Benefits in
Virginia
Virginia had an overall SNAP participation rate of 8.8% across 133 counties, with a coverage gap of 58.2% of below-poverty households. Use the interactive map below to compare coverage across counties.
8.8%
SNAP participation
58.2%
Poverty coverage gap
293K
SNAP households
$90,974
Median income
Virginia by county
← Back to national overviewToggle between six SNAP metrics to see how coverage varies within Virginia. Hover a county for its exact rate.
Loading county map…
Lower
Higher
Virginia at a glance
SNAP households
293K
Est. from ACS receipt rate
Participation rate
8.8%
All households
Poverty coverage
41.8%
Below-poverty HH on SNAP
Senior SNAP use
37.0%
HH with a 60+ member
Disability SNAP use
47.7%
HH with a disability
Working-poor share
58.3%
SNAP HH above poverty
County-level hotspots
Five-county rankings across 133 counties in Virginia.
Widest coverage gap
% of poor HH not enrolled
- 1 Williamsburg 96.2%
- 2 Falls Church 90.8%
- 3 Clarke 89.1%
- 4 Botetourt 88.0%
- 5 Montgomery 87.0%
Strongest coverage
% of poor HH enrolled
- 1 Hopewell 64.5%
- 2 Charlotte 64.1%
- 3 Lee 64.0%
- 4 Lexington 61.8%
- 5 Franklin 61.6%
Highest SNAP use
% of all HH on SNAP
- 1 Emporia 34.7%
- 2 Norton 31.5%
- 3 Lee 27.5%
- 4 Dickenson 27.2%
- 5 Danville 25.8%
Every county in Virginia
All 133 counties across the six SNAP metrics plus median income.
| County | SNAP rate | Coverage | Gap | Senior | Disability | Working-poor | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accomack | 12.5% | 30.6% | 69.4% | 42.5% | 41.2% | 61.8% | $57,500 |
| Albemarle | 3.8% | 22.7% | 77.3% | 44.3% | 53.9% | 55.3% | $102,617 |
| Alexandria | 5.2% | 26.4% | 73.7% | 35.7% | 35.9% | 61.6% | $113,638 |
| Alleghany | 8.8% | 34.6% | 65.4% | 36.6% | 51.0% | 33.9% | $55,160 |
| Amelia | 12.6% | 40.1% | 59.9% | 41.6% | 49.4% | 61.2% | $66,339 |
| Amherst | 12.4% | 42.9% | 57.1% | 34.4% | 52.9% | 62.3% | $67,298 |
| Appomattox | 13.8% | 50.4% | 49.6% | 32.7% | 38.5% | 47.6% | $62,337 |
| Arlington | 3.4% | 19.4% | 80.6% | 48.0% | 45.7% | 58.3% | $140,160 |
| Augusta | 6.2% | 26.6% | 73.5% | 43.1% | 47.7% | 66.0% | $79,972 |
| Bath | 10.3% | 26.0% | 74.0% | 53.6% | 48.6% | 45.9% | $61,709 |
| Bedford | 6.4% | 28.7% | 71.3% | 37.6% | 41.9% | 59.8% | $77,644 |
| Bland | 7.4% | 27.0% | 73.0% | 40.2% | 42.0% | 56.9% | $61,375 |
| Botetourt | 2.7% | 12.0% | 88.0% | 39.2% | 52.7% | 66.1% | $80,467 |
| Bristol | 21.3% | 53.9% | 46.1% | 31.5% | 58.1% | 48.8% | $44,706 |
| Brunswick | 21.3% | 60.2% | 39.9% | 41.4% | 40.9% | 57.8% | $52,978 |
| Buchanan | 25.4% | 52.5% | 47.5% | 38.1% | 73.5% | 50.0% | $42,216 |
| Buckingham | 17.5% | 60.6% | 39.4% | 49.2% | 59.5% | 53.3% | $59,199 |
| Buena Vista | 13.2% | 48.2% | 51.8% | 28.7% | 57.4% | 27.0% | $54,458 |
| Campbell | 11.4% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 40.8% | 47.7% | 68.8% | $62,608 |
| Caroline | 12.5% | 59.1% | 40.9% | 53.1% | 52.0% | 57.0% | $86,267 |
| Carroll | 14.3% | 46.2% | 53.8% | 39.0% | 38.1% | 47.4% | $52,575 |
| Charles City | 11.2% | 41.1% | 58.9% | 63.1% | 61.9% | 54.1% | $70,339 |
| Charlotte | 25.1% | 64.1% | 35.9% | 41.2% | 57.6% | 34.1% | $48,892 |
| Charlottesville | 9.9% | 28.5% | 71.5% | 27.1% | 40.4% | 40.9% | $69,829 |
| Chesapeake | 6.9% | 28.3% | 71.7% | 31.9% | 48.6% | 65.3% | $94,189 |
| Chesterfield | 6.1% | 27.8% | 72.2% | 34.4% | 48.6% | 69.1% | $98,910 |
| Clarke | 2.6% | 10.8% | 89.1% | 70.5% | 28.9% | 75.2% | $114,185 |
| Colonial Heights | 11.4% | 31.0% | 69.0% | 24.4% | 62.7% | 69.4% | $76,250 |
| Covington | 15.5% | 40.4% | 59.6% | 38.2% | 43.2% | 44.2% | $42,724 |
| Craig | 13.4% | 38.2% | 61.8% | 19.6% | 46.8% | 65.5% | $67,778 |
| Culpeper | 9.4% | 36.5% | 63.5% | 30.7% | 44.2% | 66.8% | $96,098 |
| Cumberland | 19.3% | 29.4% | 70.6% | 35.6% | 39.2% | 83.1% | $57,057 |
| Danville | 25.8% | 54.0% | 46.0% | 33.2% | 45.2% | 48.7% | $42,778 |
| Dickenson | 27.2% | 53.1% | 46.9% | 32.8% | 62.3% | 56.6% | $43,831 |
| Dinwiddie | 14.1% | 41.4% | 58.6% | 38.1% | 52.9% | 63.9% | $83,898 |
| Emporia | 34.7% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 27.3% | 62.3% | 81.4% | $49,375 |
| Essex | 15.1% | 51.3% | 48.7% | 30.4% | 40.8% | 45.3% | $56,481 |
| Fairfax | 4.2% | 25.6% | 74.4% | 38.5% | 40.1% | 66.1% | $150,113 |
| Fairfax | 2.5% | 14.0% | 86.1% | 12.1% | 45.5% | 48.0% | $132,774 |
| Falls Church | 1.8% | 9.3% | 90.8% | 72.7% | 27.3% | 80.9% | $154,734 |
| Fauquier | 5.1% | 18.4% | 81.6% | 50.7% | 44.9% | 77.6% | $129,495 |
| Floyd | 7.3% | 23.4% | 76.6% | 44.7% | 44.1% | 63.7% | $61,401 |
| Fluvanna | 5.2% | 30.7% | 69.3% | 34.8% | 36.4% | 55.9% | $91,959 |
| Franklin | 11.6% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 35.6% | 49.4% | 64.5% | $68,348 |
| Franklin | 24.1% | 61.6% | 38.4% | 48.0% | 55.8% | 65.1% | $65,125 |
| Frederick | 6.2% | 21.4% | 78.6% | 35.9% | 42.3% | 77.3% | $95,603 |
| Fredericksburg | 11.9% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 25.2% | 20.0% | 51.5% | $85,368 |
| Galax | 19.9% | 59.0% | 41.0% | 40.8% | 39.0% | 28.9% | $41,438 |
| Giles | 10.1% | 40.1% | 59.9% | 52.8% | 42.6% | 61.0% | $64,819 |
| Gloucester | 7.4% | 48.4% | 51.6% | 57.2% | 58.5% | 59.2% | $83,689 |
| Goochland | 4.3% | 20.2% | 79.8% | 60.4% | 53.2% | 81.0% | $118,695 |
| Grayson | 17.2% | 52.6% | 47.3% | 39.0% | 54.7% | 47.7% | $42,864 |
| Greene | 9.9% | 34.5% | 65.5% | 25.6% | 49.7% | 62.6% | $85,268 |
| Greensville | 17.9% | 37.8% | 62.2% | 47.1% | 47.6% | 65.6% | $56,759 |
| Halifax | 21.0% | 57.9% | 42.1% | 39.7% | 54.3% | 46.6% | $49,244 |
| Hampton | 15.1% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 34.4% | 48.2% | 62.6% | $67,758 |
| Hanover | 4.8% | 26.4% | 73.6% | 46.8% | 55.9% | 69.8% | $109,504 |
| Harrisonburg | 10.6% | 22.3% | 77.7% | 30.3% | 42.8% | 52.4% | $59,752 |
| Henrico | 8.0% | 34.5% | 65.5% | 35.4% | 43.3% | 64.1% | $86,397 |
| Henry | 15.9% | 46.6% | 53.4% | 44.7% | 55.1% | 51.7% | $48,445 |
| Highland | 5.6% | 15.1% | 84.9% | 26.8% | 91.1% | 76.8% | $62,946 |
| Hopewell | 25.0% | 64.5% | 35.5% | 37.8% | 49.9% | 41.9% | $48,681 |
| Isle of Wight | 7.9% | 32.9% | 67.1% | 36.3% | 50.8% | 65.3% | $96,118 |
| James City | 5.6% | 27.7% | 72.3% | 39.2% | 44.3% | 67.8% | $107,046 |
| King and Queen | 13.3% | 54.8% | 45.2% | 53.1% | 58.4% | 46.1% | $72,851 |
| King George | 7.3% | 56.7% | 43.3% | 35.7% | 67.6% | 54.3% | $110,517 |
| King William | 8.1% | 36.3% | 63.7% | 36.5% | 81.7% | 57.4% | $85,212 |
| Lancaster | 10.9% | 46.1% | 53.9% | 49.2% | 36.3% | 42.9% | $67,169 |
| Lee | 27.5% | 64.0% | 36.0% | 39.4% | 65.9% | 38.8% | $42,269 |
| Lexington | 19.2% | 61.8% | 38.2% | 49.9% | 54.2% | 36.2% | $89,598 |
| Loudoun | 3.2% | 17.9% | 82.1% | 37.7% | 40.9% | 77.7% | $178,707 |
| Louisa | 11.7% | 44.7% | 55.3% | 36.8% | 56.0% | 59.1% | $80,343 |
| Lunenburg | 20.4% | 47.2% | 52.8% | 42.6% | 48.4% | 56.8% | $54,460 |
| Lynchburg | 13.9% | 30.4% | 69.6% | 32.8% | 40.9% | 62.2% | $59,808 |
| Madison | 7.9% | 31.2% | 68.8% | 53.3% | 60.6% | 70.5% | $82,972 |
| Manassas | 7.0% | 32.3% | 67.7% | 30.3% | 40.0% | 68.4% | $117,919 |
| Manassas Park | 11.3% | 30.4% | 69.6% | 12.7% | 31.8% | 90.1% | $100,668 |
| Martinsville | 21.7% | 45.9% | 54.1% | 22.7% | 43.6% | 47.4% | $42,434 |
| Mathews | 5.7% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 35.2% | 72.8% | 30.5% | $75,487 |
| Mecklenburg | 14.4% | 41.9% | 58.1% | 43.2% | 65.8% | 44.5% | $51,691 |
| Middlesex | 11.3% | 53.4% | 46.6% | 43.9% | 63.4% | 57.2% | $74,154 |
| Montgomery | 4.6% | 13.0% | 87.0% | 28.8% | 46.2% | 39.1% | $70,769 |
| Nelson | 11.7% | 32.9% | 67.1% | 49.3% | 48.5% | 48.5% | $68,525 |
| New Kent | 5.4% | 26.5% | 73.5% | 43.4% | 71.2% | 65.4% | $120,125 |
| Newport News | 14.0% | 39.4% | 60.6% | 30.5% | 42.5% | 59.5% | $66,718 |
| Norfolk | 16.3% | 47.1% | 52.8% | 32.7% | 46.1% | 54.1% | $64,017 |
| Northampton | 14.5% | 54.1% | 45.9% | 51.1% | 55.2% | 32.1% | $55,933 |
| Northumberland | 6.6% | 32.6% | 67.4% | 71.7% | 58.1% | 40.8% | $69,500 |
| Norton | 31.5% | 58.1% | 41.9% | 39.9% | 76.3% | 47.0% | $38,497 |
| Nottoway | 13.1% | 37.1% | 62.9% | 51.9% | 48.7% | 53.5% | $62,161 |
| Orange | 7.4% | 38.8% | 61.2% | 46.9% | 60.5% | 46.9% | $94,175 |
| Page | 12.0% | 39.2% | 60.8% | 46.1% | 54.4% | 58.5% | $59,396 |
| Patrick | 12.2% | 28.3% | 71.7% | 43.0% | 58.0% | 67.1% | $50,938 |
| Petersburg | 23.5% | 45.5% | 54.5% | 32.4% | 51.3% | 57.4% | $50,741 |
| Pittsylvania | 13.8% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 45.0% | 58.2% | 59.2% | $54,115 |
| Poquoson | 1.8% | 16.3% | 83.7% | 22.6% | 25.0% | 41.7% | $120,919 |
| Portsmouth | 19.2% | 50.9% | 49.1% | 32.2% | 41.2% | 54.6% | $58,972 |
| Powhatan | 1.9% | 21.1% | 78.9% | 52.4% | 75.5% | 57.6% | $110,667 |
| Prince Edward | 20.1% | 49.5% | 50.5% | 43.7% | 50.9% | 43.6% | $55,082 |
| Prince George | 8.1% | 35.4% | 64.6% | 23.3% | 50.5% | 62.0% | $88,225 |
| Prince William | 5.6% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 42.4% | 43.8% | 74.0% | $128,873 |
| Pulaski | 14.0% | 52.1% | 47.9% | 38.1% | 56.7% | 45.9% | $60,767 |
| Radford | 11.3% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 29.4% | 51.1% | 31.7% | $52,791 |
| Rappahannock | 5.6% | 58.3% | 41.7% | 32.3% | 40.4% | 45.3% | $98,125 |
| Richmond | 14.5% | 38.0% | 62.0% | 58.4% | 66.6% | 64.9% | $64,184 |
| Richmond | 14.6% | 44.6% | 55.4% | 34.6% | 49.0% | 45.1% | $62,671 |
| Roanoke | 6.4% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 32.0% | 41.6% | 61.7% | $82,931 |
| Roanoke | 16.6% | 45.6% | 54.4% | 26.7% | 38.3% | 48.5% | $52,671 |
| Rockbridge | 9.6% | 31.7% | 68.3% | 45.7% | 53.6% | 74.9% | $63,975 |
| Rockingham | 5.7% | 20.8% | 79.2% | 42.9% | 47.2% | 64.4% | $78,468 |
| Russell | 19.2% | 56.8% | 43.2% | 36.0% | 59.9% | 48.2% | $49,020 |
| Salem | 8.2% | 40.9% | 59.1% | 37.0% | 46.5% | 42.9% | $66,716 |
| Scott | 21.0% | 48.8% | 51.2% | 39.1% | 64.3% | 48.0% | $45,136 |
| Shenandoah | 11.1% | 38.7% | 61.3% | 37.1% | 56.6% | 57.2% | $64,437 |
| Smyth | 15.9% | 43.2% | 56.8% | 37.8% | 51.7% | 52.4% | $46,859 |
| Southampton | 14.4% | 40.8% | 59.2% | 47.1% | 63.8% | 66.1% | $68,465 |
| Spotsylvania | 6.3% | 33.7% | 66.3% | 48.9% | 43.1% | 62.4% | $109,576 |
| Stafford | 4.5% | 23.1% | 76.9% | 38.7% | 52.9% | 76.2% | $133,792 |
| Staunton | 12.7% | 35.8% | 64.3% | 27.1% | 46.1% | 64.2% | $62,586 |
| Suffolk | 11.2% | 44.6% | 55.4% | 41.4% | 38.3% | 59.9% | $90,089 |
| Surry | 11.1% | 39.2% | 60.8% | 51.5% | 47.2% | 60.0% | $71,458 |
| Sussex | 19.1% | 55.6% | 44.4% | 47.9% | 27.6% | 71.3% | $62,821 |
| Tazewell | 14.7% | 41.5% | 58.5% | 34.6% | 56.8% | 41.5% | $45,788 |
| Virginia Beach | 6.5% | 32.1% | 67.9% | 37.4% | 41.7% | 58.9% | $90,685 |
| Warren | 10.1% | 35.9% | 64.1% | 43.1% | 63.2% | 60.3% | $84,331 |
| Washington | 12.4% | 47.5% | 52.5% | 40.3% | 62.4% | 54.8% | $62,774 |
| Waynesboro | 13.8% | 56.4% | 43.6% | 36.8% | 64.7% | 48.9% | $56,364 |
| Westmoreland | 18.4% | 40.1% | 59.9% | 46.5% | 43.0% | 67.0% | $59,766 |
| Williamsburg | 5.4% | 3.8% | 96.2% | 4.1% | 53.9% | 90.0% | $70,206 |
| Winchester | 11.0% | 31.3% | 68.7% | 24.2% | 46.8% | 52.1% | $64,648 |
| Wise | 21.2% | 53.0% | 47.0% | 31.9% | 64.3% | 53.7% | $50,740 |
| Wythe | 13.6% | 38.7% | 61.3% | 39.3% | 56.4% | 52.6% | $55,359 |
| York | 3.3% | 17.4% | 82.6% | 44.5% | 42.9% | 68.8% | $108,326 |
Apply for SNAP in Virginia
If you or someone you know may qualify, our state-specific guide walks through eligibility, documents needed, and how to apply online.
Virginia SNAP guideFind a local food pantry
While SNAP is the largest safety net, food pantries bridge immediate gaps. Search our directory of verified pantries across Virginia.
Virginia food pantries