We see the distributions of households at the three income levels shown above, with a mean monthly average COVID SNAP benefit of ~$353 for households making fewer than 60,000 dollars a year.
We see the distributions of households at the three income levels shown above, with a mean monthly average SNAP benefit of ~$237 for households making fewer than 60,000 dollars a year after the policy change.
When we consider only the income categories that are impacted by the new policy change that removes COVID SNAP guidelines, we graph the overall impact on each Fairfax census tract for households that make less than $60,000 a year. Each of these points represents a census tract, and each statistic shown at a point is the mean of the statistics for each of the three lowest income levels, weighted against the number of households they represent.
Based on the above graph, we need to examine the tracts that lose the most monthly SNAP benefit as a result of the new policy, as well as which tracts are the most eligible for SNAP in the first place. The COVID policy affects the range of benefit given but does not greatly impact the eligibility requirements for SNAP, which is why the eligibility proportion does not change as a result of the new policy.
| Tracts with Greatest Monthly Benefit Losses per Household | |||||
| For Income under $60,000 a year | |||||
| NAME | Household Eligibility Proportion | Monthly Benefit Loss | Households Represented | Average Household Size | Proportion Income Lost per Household |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 4405.03, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.659 | 262.817 | 149 | 2.570 | 0.074 |
| Census Tract 4607.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.649 | 223.769 | 162 | 2.743 | 0.070 |
| Census Tract 4619.02, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.735 | 216.733 | 231 | 3.195 | 0.071 |
| Census Tract 4901.04, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.721 | 207.176 | 252 | 3.489 | 0.058 |
| Census Tract 4911.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.683 | 200.397 | 95 | 2.780 | 0.063 |
| Tracts with Highest Proportions of SNAP Eligible Households | |||||
| For Income under $60,000 a year | |||||
| NAME | Household Eligibility Proportion | Monthly Benefit Loss | Households Represented | Average Household Size | Proportion Income Lost per Household |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 4803.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 1.000 | 152.520 | 32 | 2.075 | 0.086 |
| Census Tract 4822.06, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.960 | 116.256 | 236 | 1.420 | 0.069 |
| Census Tract 4616.04, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.898 | 119.369 | 126 | 2.460 | 0.059 |
| Census Tract 4701, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.894 | 135.318 | 43 | 1.603 | 0.067 |
| Census Tract 4521.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.883 | 122.490 | 337 | 2.565 | 0.057 |
We also need to examine the impact of the new policy that reduces benefit on the tracts after considering differing average household sizes per tract. As a result, we look at the most impacted tract by monthly SNAP benefit lost and by eligibility proportion, but this time on a per-person instead of a per-household basis.
| Tracts with Greatest Monthly Benefit Losses per Person | ||||
| For Income under $60,000 a year | ||||
| NAME | Household Eligibility Proportion | Monthly Benefit Loss | People Represented | Proportion Income Lost per Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 4405.03, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.659 | 102.263 | 382.89 | 0.074 |
| Census Tract 4701, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.894 | 84.415 | 68.94 | 0.067 |
| Census Tract 4706, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.789 | 83.063 | 350.53 | 0.055 |
| Census Tract 4822.06, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.960 | 81.870 | 335.07 | 0.069 |
| Census Tract 4607.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.649 | 81.578 | 444.31 | 0.070 |
| Tracts with Highest Proportions of SNAP Eligible Households | ||||
| For Income under $60,000 a year | ||||
| NAME | Household Eligibility Proportion | Monthly Benefit Loss | People Represented | Proportion Income Lost per Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 4803.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 1.000 | 73.504 | 66.39 | 0.086 |
| Census Tract 4822.06, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.960 | 81.870 | 335.07 | 0.069 |
| Census Tract 4616.04, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.898 | 48.524 | 310.01 | 0.059 |
| Census Tract 4701, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.894 | 84.415 | 68.94 | 0.067 |
| Census Tract 4521.01, Fairfax County, Virginia | 0.883 | 47.754 | 864.38 | 0.057 |