Signature · 41.8% low-access (89th pct)
Brevard County, FL
Brevard County sits in the upper national band on low-access (41.8%, +19.7 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 41.8%
- low-access pop.
- 22
- food-desert tracts
- 9.4%
- on SNAP
- 633K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Brevard County, FL
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-SEVERE 41.8% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +19.7 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 22 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.4% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 20% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Okaloosa County ( -0.3 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Brevard County sits in the upper national band (41.8%, #344 of 3,079) with 22 LILA tracts.
- #344
- national by low-access %
- #12
- in FL
- 79
- low-access tracts
- 66K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 41.8% low-access (89th pct) (+19.7 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Brevard County compares nationally
Brevard County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 41.8% low-access share outpaces 89% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #344 most-affected nationwide.
Brevard County's elevated USDA tier split
112 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 22 LILA.
Brevard County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (103 urban, 9 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 9 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Brevard County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Union
Union 42.7%
42.7 % low-access
- Brevard
Brevard 41.8%
41.8 % low-access
- Okaloosa
Okaloosa 41.5%
41.5 % low-access
- Escambia
Escambia 41%
41 % low-access
- Washington
Washington 40.7%
40.7 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 112 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 543,376 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 79 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 22 |
| Low-Access Population | 227,163 |
| Low-Access Share | 41.8%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 65,514 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 632,780 |
| Median Household Income | $78,476 |
| Poverty Rate | 10.2%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 24,283 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.4%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.9%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.4% |
Thick SNAP store book in Brevard County
Brevard County has 462 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 234 locations (51% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
25 towns share the 462 authorized stores; Melbourne holds 27% of them. 8 of the 25 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Micco, Sebastian, Barefoot Bay, Indian Harbor, Malabar, Palm Shores and 2 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Melbourne | 127 | 28 |
| Palm Bay | 66 | 13 |
| Cocoa | 62 | 8 |
| Titusville | 53 | 8 |
| Merritt Island | 35 | 9 |
| Rockledge | 29 | 7 |
| Cape Canaveral | 14 | 1 |
| Mims | 14 | 1 |
| Cocoa Beach | 12 | 3 |
| Satellite Beach | 9 | 1 |
Top 10 of 25 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 234
- 7 eleven 25737b, merritt island
- 7 eleven 29951a, melbourne
- 7 eleven 39088a, titusville
- 7 eleven 41184, melbourne
- 7- eleven 38450a, melbourne
- 7-eleven 32103a, palm bay
- 7-eleven 32232b, rockledge
- 7-eleven 32274b, merritt island
- 7-eleven 32756 a, palm bay
- 7-eleven 22388j, melbourne
- 7-eleven 24254a, indian harbour beach
- 7-eleven 25182, cocoa
- 7-eleven 25721j, palm bay
- 7-eleven 26338j, satellite beach
- 7-eleven 32774a, palm bay
- 7-eleven 33357a, melbourne
- 7-eleven 40328j, cocoa
- 7-eleven 41784, melbourne
- 7-eleven store 22407b, cape canaveral
- 7-eleven, inc. 22244l, merritt island
- 7-eleven #10114 10114 b, titusville
- 7-eleven #25181a, cocoa
- 7-eleven #37235a, cocoa
- 7-eleven #38782a, rockledge
- 7-eleven 10115a, indialantic
- 7-eleven 22141a, melbourne
- 7-eleven 23081b, cocoa beach
- 7-eleven 24053b, cape canaveral
- 7-eleven 25191b, cocoa beach
- 7-eleven 29373c, melbourne
- 7-eleven 32138a, rockledge
- 7-eleven 32144a, melbourne
- 7-eleven 32165a, rockledge
- 7-eleven 32409b, melbourne beach
- 7-eleven 32693a, palm bay
- 7-eleven 32795a, merritt island
- 7-eleven 33326b, palm bay
- 7-eleven 38347a, melbourne
- 7-eleven 39108, sebastian
- 7-eleven store #32142b 32142b, melbourne
- 7-eleven store 26300c 26300c, titusville
- 7-eleven store 26858b 26858b, melbourne
- 7days, cocoa
- 800 food mart, cocoa
- a1a quick stop, melbourne beach
- aplus 2516, cocoa beach
- akshay food mart, cocoa
- ambemaa 24 inc, titusville
- ami 77 circle k, melbourne
- ami 78 circle k, cocoa
- b p gas station, melbourne
- barefoot bay food store, barefoot bay
- beach food store, cape canaveral
- bp shop, palm bay
- babcock mobil, melbourne
- bayside petro inc, indian harbour beach
- beachside produce plus, indialantic
- best india, melbourne
- bp, indian harbour beach
- brake time 561, melbourne beach
- breezethru minimart, satellite beach
- circle k 2701805, indian harbour beach
- circle k 2704633, rockledge
- circle k 2704658, titusville
- circle k 2704724, merritt island
- circle k 2704774, merritt island
- circle k 2704882, rockledge
- circle k 2704971, cape canaveral
- circle k 2704975, cape canaveral
- circle k 2707302, palm bay
- circle k 2707421, melbourne
- circle k 2707423, cocoa
- circle k 2707436, palm bay
- cumberland farms 9636, titusville
- cumberland farms 9747, micco
- cumberland farms 9750, titusville
- cumberland farms 9792, titusville
- carniceria 3 hermanos, palm bay
- cheney marathon 827, titusville
- chevron, melbourne
- chevron, palm bay
- chevron 196, merritt island
- chevron 60, melbourne
- chevron food mart, titusville
- china citgo, mims
- circle a food mart, rockledge
- circle k 2721291, melbourne
- circle k 2721651, palm bay
- circle k 2722005, mims
- circle k 2722111, mims
- circle k 2722427, starke
- circle k 2726086, titusville
- circle k 2726087, melbourne
- circle k 2726093, satellite beach
- circle k 2726128, merritt island
- circle k 2726228, cocoa
- circle k 2726542, melbourne
- circle k 2726549, rockledge
- circle k 6513, palm bay
- circle k 7687, palm bay
- citgo palm bay, palm bay
- clearlake petro, cocoa
- cocoa beach food mart, cocoa beach
- cocoa west end grocery inc, cocoa
- country farm 2, merritt island
- cox citgo, cocoa
- cumberland farms 9764, melbourne
- cumberland farms 9765, palm bay
- cumberland farms 9767, w melbourne
- cumberland farms 9769, melbourne
- cumberland farms 9770, merritt island
- cumberland farms 9778, palm bay
- cumberland farms 9779, cape canaveral
- cumberland farms 9783, titusville
- cumberland farms 9789, rockledge
- cumberland farms inc 9766, west melbourne
- cumberland farms inc 9787, melbourne
- cumberland farms, inc 9775, titusville
- cumberland farms, inc. 9774, cocoa
- cumberland farms, inc. 9780, palm bay
- d's food & beverages, cocoa
- diya food store, palm bay
- fiske grocery, rockledge
- flying j travel plaza 1096, cocoa
- fuel n food, satellite beach
- gardenshell, titusville
- harbor city marathon, melbourne
- hari discount beverage, titusville
- ian's market #78 78, merritt island
- ice house food mart, titusville
- iskcon food mart, melbourne
- janki mart, palm bay
- jay meldi of palm bay, palm bay
- jupiter amoco, palm bay
- k & d discount, merritt island
- k&d discount beverage and foods, merritt island
- krishna food mart, satellite beach
- la placita 3, cocoa
- lakeview mobil, sebastian
- love's travel stop 868, mims
- malabar discount beverage, palm bay
- marathon #608, cape canaveral
- mb discount beverage, titusville
- melbourne beach exxon, melbourne beach
- melbourne oriental market, melbourne
- mims discount beverage & food, mims
- mims food mart, mims
- motnath 2 inc, melbourne
- murphy express 8687, melbourne
- murphy express 8967, cocoa
- murphy usa 6573, melbourne
- murphy usa 6837, melbourne
- murphy usa 7154, melbourne
- murphy usa 7702, titusville
- murphy usa 7703, melbourne
- om food store, melbourne
- one stop discount beverage #1, cocoa
- one stop food & discount beverages, melbourne
- p & k food mart, titusville
- parthi, melbourne
- pete's kitchen, cocoa
- pilot travel center 88, cocoa
- pinkys discount beverages, cocoa
- plaza gaskwick, melbourne
- quick super stop, melbourne
- r & j food market, merritt island
- r&b discount beverage & food, titusville
- race trac 239, palm bay
- race trac 2396, melbourne
- race trac 456, melbourne
- race trac 591, cape canaveral
- race trac 611, merritt island
- race way 6994, melbourne
- racetrac 2431, melbourne
- raceway 6849, cocoa
- ralee's express corp., titusville
- re up, melbourne
- rebel 850, rockledge
- rebel 856, melbourne
- rj property 2022 inc, rockledge
- rk food store, titusville
- sharpes discount beverage & food, cocoa
- south beach chevron, cocoa beach
- sunoco 2555 2555, melbourne
- sunoco 2558 2558, merritt island
- sunoco 2573 2573, palm bay
- sam discount beverage 3, melbourne
- sarno marathon, melbourne
- shakti sai 9, merritt island
- shell food mart 251, melbourne
- shivm food and general store, cape canaveral
- shree food mart, cocoa
- star food store, titusville
- step saver food store, cocoa
- sunfood, indialantic
- sunlight food mart # 4, cocoa
- sunny discount store, titusville
- sunny food store, cocoa
- sunoco 2556 2556, melbourne
- sunoco 2557 2557, melbourne
- sunoco 2600 2600, titusville
- sunoco food mart, cocoa
- sunrise food mart no, rockledge
- sunshine express 134, cocoa
- sunshine food mart, palm bay
- sunshine food mart, cocoa
- sunshine food mart # 44, malabar
- sunshine food mart 139, cocoa
- sunshine food mart 327, palm bay
- sunshine food mart 347, cocoa
- sunshine food mart 357, palm bay
- sunshine food mart 83, cocoa
- sunshine food mart chevron #495, satellite beach
- titusville market inc, titusville
- tpg rockledge inc, rockledge
- trilogy retail cocoa florida llc, cocoa
- tropical trail market, merritt island
- turpentine shell, mims
- u mart, melbourne
- us cocoa food mart, cocoa
- us-1 food mart, melbourne
- vick food store, titusville
- wawa store 5318, west melbourne
- walter food store, melbourne
- wawa 5192, west melbourne
- wawa 5265, cocoa
- wawa 5283, melbourne
- wawa 5316, melbourne
- wawa 5317, palm bay
- wawa store 5190, palm shores
- wawa store 5369, melbourne
- wawa store 5427, titusville
- wawa store 5446, merritt island
- yogi's food & discount beverage, cape canaveral
Combination Grocery/Other · 127 (16 shown)
- asian grocery, melbourne
- aurora food mart, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 3151, indialantic
- cvs pharmacy 3294, palm bay
- cvs pharmacy 4219, palm bay
- cvs pharmacy 4686, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 4998, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 4999, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 5439, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 6014, rockledge
- cvs pharmacy 11516, melbourne
- cvs pharmacy 1318, satellite beach
- cvs pharmacy 246, cocoa beach
- cvs pharmacy 3640, merritt island
- cvs pharmacy 3668, titusville
- cvs pharmacy 3709, cocoa
Showing 250 of 462 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 Florida
One of 66 counties in Florida, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Brevard County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Brevard County, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside FL (41.8% here).
- Madison County, IL · 41.8% low-access
- Adams County, WA · 41.7% low-access
- Edgar County, IL · 41.9% low-access
- Macon County, AL · 41.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (9.4% here).
- Clarke County, GA · 9.4% SNAP
- Lake County, IL · 9.4% SNAP
- Cass County, IN · 9.4% SNAP
- Union County, AR · 9.4% 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.
Florida among South Atlantic states
Florida ranks 4th of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Brevard County, at 41.8%, runs 16.7 pts above the Florida rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
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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