Signature · 161 SNAP-authorized stores
Chesapeake city, VA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Chesapeake city 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).
- 24.1%
- low-access pop.
- 8
- food-desert tracts
- 7.2%
- on SNAP
- 253K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Chesapeake city, VA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 24.1% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +2.0 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 8 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 7.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 20% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Covington city (+ 0.5 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Chesapeake city ranks #1,357 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #42 of 123 counties in VA (24.1% low-access; 8 food-desert tracts).
- #1,357
- national by low-access %
- #42
- in VA
- 22
- low-access tracts
- 11K
- 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: 161 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Chesapeake city compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Chesapeake city's 24.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 57% of them and ranked #1,362 most-affected nationwide.
Chesapeake city: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
41 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 8 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Chesapeake city has 37 urban and 4 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.
Chesapeake city low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Virginia, not a full county-board reprint
- Highland
Highland 99.7%
99.7 % low-access
- Hampton city 25
Hampton city 25%
25 % low-access
- Covington city 24.6
Covington city 24.6%
24.6 % low-access
- Chesapeake ci… 24.1
Chesapeake ci… 24.1%
24.1 % low-access
- Salem city 23.4
Salem city 23.4%
23.4 % low-access
- Newport News … 23.2
Newport News … 23.2%
23.2 % low-access
- Dickenson 0
Dickenson 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 41 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 222,209 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 22 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 8 |
| Low-Access Population | 53,631 |
| Low-Access Share | 24.1%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 10,875 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 252,583 |
| Median Household Income | $95,373 |
| Poverty Rate | 9.4%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 6,728 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 7.2%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.0%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Chesapeake city
Chesapeake city has 161 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 81 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 81
- 7 eleven inc f 39476a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #32963b 32963b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #33999b 33999b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 10884j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 20291j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 22751, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 32752j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 32962j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33473j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33676b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 37037j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 38163h, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc 10882, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 18667b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 20277a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 29166a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 32868a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 32964a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven inc f 33565a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven store 16570j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven, inc. 23276j, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #21344c 21344c, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #33329d 33329d, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #33718b 33718b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven #38066b 38066b, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 10872c 10872c, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33280a 33280a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33463c, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33668a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 33976c 33976c, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 36052a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven 37154a 37154a, chesapeake
- 7-eleven convenience store 23544, chesapeake
- chill stop #8, chesapeake
- chillstop #14, chesapeake
- daily needs, chesapeake
- dunedin food mart, chesapeake
- easy go, chesapeake
- freedom food mart 3, chesapeake
- freedom food mart 4, chesapeake
- freedom food mart 6, chesapeake
- gas n go, chesapeake
- great mart, chesapeake
- happy shoppers, chesapeake
- in and out, chesapeake
- joe's kwik mart 8401, chesapeake
- liberty gas and go inc, chesapeake
- military highway exxon, chesapeake
- miller's 511, chesapeake
- miller's 513, chesapeake
- miller's 567, chesapeake
- mobil food mart, chesapeake
- monifood mart, chesapeake
- mr food mart, chesapeake
- murphy usa 7530, chesapeake
- newyork deli, chesapeake
- one stop shop 1, chesapeake
- pavan 1, chesapeake
- quik shop, portsmouth
- quik shop 2, chesapeake
- royal farms 157, chesapeake
- sam's stop n shop, chesapeake
- seven 11 36094, chesapeake
- shell food mart 1050, chesapeake
- shri sainath llc dba cavalier exxon, chesapeake
- skymart #101, chesapeake
- smokers choice v, chesapeake
- stop n save 3, chesapeake
- stop n save inc, chesapeake
- sunoco 965, chesapeake
- super mart, chesapeake
- the yellow store, chesapeake
- tinee giant 44, chesapeake
- tinee giant 464, chesapeake
- tinee giant 609, chesapeake
- tinee giant citgo 544, chesapeake
- wawa 654, chesapeake
- wawa 8613, chesapeake
- wawa 8668, chesapeake
- wawa 8632, chesapeake
- wawa food market 695, chesapeake
Combination Grocery/Other · 39
- cvs 255, chesapeake
- cvs pharmacy 10013, chespeake
- cvs pharmacy 10202, chesapeake
- dollar general 9393, chesapeake
- dollar tree 0502, chesapeake
- dollartree 10236, chesapeake
- dollartree 9159, chesapeake
- dollartree 9588, chesapeake
- dollar general 1709, chesapeake
- dollar general 19315, cesapeake
- dollar general 25032, chesapeake
- dollar general 7764, chesapeake
- dollar general 7827, chesapeake
- dollar general 8951, chesapeake
- dollar tree 1000, chesapeake
- dollar tree 171, chesapeake
- dollar tree 283, chesapeake
- dollar tree 3448, chester
- dollar tree 3599, chesapeake
- dollar tree 6248, chesapeake
- dollar tree 7652, chesapeake
- dollar tree 7793, chesapeake
- dollar tree 91, chesapeake
- dollar tree 95, chesapeake
- family dollar 12391, chesapeake
- family dollar 12544, chesapeake
- family dollar 12667, chesapeake
- family dollar store 1749, chesapeake
- family dollar store 176, chesapeake
- family dollar store 2196, chesapeake
- family dollar store 4977, chesapeake
- feed the need pantry market, chesapeake
- roses 198, chesapeake
- walgreens 09196, chesapeake
- walgreens 05461, chesapeake
- walgreens 07886, chesapeake
- walgreens 11213, chesapeake
- walgreens 13474, chesapeake
- walgreens 15609, chesapeake
Super Store · 19
- b js wholesale club 70, chesapeake
- harris teeter inc 176, chesapeake
- harris teeter 465, chesapeake
- harris teeter 51, chesapeake
- kroger 557, chesapeake
- kroger 572, chesapeake
- kroger 578, chesapeake
- lidl 1063, chesapeake
- sam's club 4710, chesapeake
- sam's club 6368, chesapeake
- target stores 1021, chesapeake
- target 2203, chesapeake
- target store 1420, chesapeake
- walmart 3644, chesapeake
- walmart 5253, chesapeake
- walmart neighborhood market 3299, chesapeake
- walmart neighborhood market 3330, chesapeake
- walmart supercenter 1682, chesapeake
- walmart supercenter 1841, chesapeake
Supermarket · 16
- aldi 80012 80012, chesapeake
- aldi 80024, chesapeake
- aldi 80052, chesapeake
- food lion 1204, chesapeake
- food lion 1476, chesapeake
- food lion 1591, chesapeake
- food lion 1611, chesapeake
- food lion 1613, chesapeake
- food lion 2631, chesapeake
- food lion 374, chesapeake
- food lion 494, chesapeake
- food lion 622, chesapeake
- food lion 642, chesapeake
- food lion 756, chesapeake
- food lion 889, chesapeake
- publix north carolina lp 2032, chesapeake
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 2
- central meats, inc, chesapeake
- southern packing corporation, chesapeake
Small Grocery Store · 2
- al amin super market, chesapeake
- mi casita tienda latina, chesapeake
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- mi rancho, chesapeake
Seafood Specialty · 1
- wickers seafood market 1, chesapeake
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Virginia
One of 132 counties in Virginia, 6 are shown here.
Compare Chesapeake city vs Accomack County → · All Virginia counties →
Nationwide peers for Chesapeake city's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Chesapeake city, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside VA (24.1% here).
- Burnet County, TX · 24.1% low-access
- Burnet County, TX · 24.1% low-access
- McNairy County, TN · 24.1% low-access
- McNairy County, TN · 24.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside VA (7.2% here).
- Bandera County, TX · 7.2% SNAP
- Bandera County, TX · 7.2% SNAP
- Sevier County, TN · 7.2% SNAP
- Sevier County, TN · 7.2% 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, Virginia in context
Chesapeake city sits inside Virginia (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 Chesapeake city, VA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 51550. 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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