Signature · 11.0% SNAP (20th pct in KY)
Jefferson County, KY
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Jefferson 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).
- 22.2%
- low-access pop.
- 24
- food-desert tracts
- 11.0%
- on SNAP
- 783K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Jefferson County, KY
LA-ELEVATED · PHOTO-FINISH · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 22.2% low-access
- PHOTO-FINISH +0.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 24 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 11.0% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 8.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 13% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Allen County ( -0.5 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Jefferson County ranks #1,512 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #23 of 110 counties in KY (22.2% low-access; 24 food-desert tracts).
- #1,512
- national by low-access %
- #23
- in KY
- 83
- low-access tracts
- 48K
- 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: 11.0% SNAP (20th pct in KY) (-1.1 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Jefferson County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Jefferson County's 22.2% low-access share is elevated, higher than 52% of them and ranked #1,512 most-affected nationwide.
Jefferson County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
190 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 24 LILA.
Jefferson County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (187 urban, 3 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 3 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Jefferson County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Kentucky, not a full county-board reprint
- Robertson
Robertson 74.8%
74.8 % low-access
- Scott 23.5
Scott 23.5%
23.5 % low-access
- Jefferson 22.2
Jefferson 22.2%
22.2 % low-access
- Allen 21.7
Allen 21.7%
21.7 % low-access
- Boyle 21.6
Boyle 21.6%
21.6 % low-access
- Breathitt 21.6
Breathitt 21.6%
21.6 % low-access
- Ballard 0
Ballard 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 190 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 741,096 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 83 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 24 |
| Low-Access Population | 164,456 |
| Low-Access Share | 22.2%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 48,030 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 783,022 |
| Median Household Income | $69,866 |
| Poverty Rate | 14.3%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 36,575 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 11.0%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 8.7%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Jefferson County
Jefferson County has 631 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 281 locations (45% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
10 towns share the 631 authorized stores; Louisville holds 96% of them. 3 of the 10 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Shively, Valley Station, Okolona.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 604 | 153 |
| Fairdale | 7 | 1 |
| Jeffersontown | 5 | 1 |
| Prospect | 5 | 1 |
| Middletown | 3 | 1 |
| Shively | 2 | none |
| Valley Station | 2 | none |
| Lousiville | 1 | 1 |
| Okolona | 1 | none |
| St Matthews | 1 | 1 |
Convenience Store · 281 (250 shown)
- 1313 food mart llc, louisville
- 2 brothers market llc, louisville
- 2 brothers market plus, louisville
- 3 brothers market, louisville
- 4 point grocery, louisville
- 4th & central food mart, louisville
- 7 star food mart llc, louisville
- 7th st food mart, louisville
- abp enterprises llc, louisville
- aj mart llc, louisville
- alisha malhotra llc dba speedymart #25 25, louisville
- altogether international, louisville
- annenuo 2 llc, louisville
- axis fuels 1, llc, fairdale
- ayman llc, louisville
- b quick, louisville
- breckenridge bp, louisville
- bader's food mart, louisville
- best stop food mart, louisville
- bethleham 2014 llc, louisville
- betterway food mart 4 inc., louisville
- bharat ky 1124, louisville
- boones bp, louisville
- boones shell, louisville
- bp shelbyville rd, louisville
- bquick food mart, louisville
- brian's deli, louisville
- broadway t, louisville
- brother food mart, louisville
- cardinal market, louisville
- circle k 4703314, louisville
- circle k 4703374, louisville
- circle k 4703375, louisville
- circle k 4703376, louisville
- circle k 4703377, louisville
- carry out food mart, louisville
- catherine mart inc, louisville
- cds food mart, louisville
- cedar creek corner store, louisville
- circle k 272076, louisville
- circle k 272107, louisville
- circle k 272111, louisville
- circle k 272114, louisville
- circle k 272134, louisville
- circle k 2723223, louisville
- circle k 2723224, louisville
- circle k 2723226, louisville
- circle k 2723228, louisville
- circle k 2723230, louisville
- circle k 2723232, louisville
- circle k 2723233, fairdale
- circle k 2723236, louisville
- circle k 2723238, louisville
- circle k 2723240, louisville
- circle k 2723242, louisville
- circle k 2723243, louisville
- circle k 2723244, prospect
- circle k 2723303, louisville
- circle k 2723311, louisville
- circle k 2723312, louisville
- circle k 2723315, louisville
- circle k 2723317, louisville
- circle k 2723330, louisville
- circle k 27275, louisville
- circle k 4700106, louisville
- circle k 4700112, louisville
- circle k 4703221, jeffersontown
- circle k 4703222, louisville
- circle k 4703225, louisville
- circle k 4703231, louisville
- circle k 4703234, louisville
- circle k 4703235, louisville
- circle k 4703237, louisville
- circle k 4703245, louisville
- circle k 4703246, louisville
- circle k 4703325, louisville
- circle k 4703363, louisville
- cork n bottle ii, louisville
- crums food mart, louisville
- dongar food mart & deli 534, louisville
- dhanlaxmi food llc 5, louisville
- dina llc dba dino's food mart, louisville
- dixie food mart, louisville
- dixie land food mart, louisville
- dongar food mart & deli, louisville
- dongar food mart 532, louisville
- duramart, louisville
- efs brownsboro, louisville
- fantastic market 5026904114, louisville
- fast food mart, louisville
- fine stop food mart, louisville
- five points food mart, louisville
- five points food mart, prospect
- floyd mart inc, louisville
- fnm food mart, louisville
- four brothers food mart, louisville
- fuel 19, louisville
- grab & go, louisville
- grab & go dixie, louisville
- grab n go, louisville
- grab n go ii no, louisville
- grab n go v, louisville
- green market, louisville
- greenwood food mart, louisville
- greenwood grocery store llc, louisville
- h & m food mart, louisville
- hurstbourne pky food center, louisville
- hala grocery, louisville
- happys food mart, louisville
- harry's food mart llc, louisville
- hiyabel llc, louisville
- hunter's market, louisville
- iroquois food mart, louisville
- j and c gas station, louisville
- j town foodmart, louisville
- jay radhe krishna llc, louisville
- jc food mart, louisville
- jj food mart llc, louisville
- knm food mart, louisville
- kader's supermarket 2, louisville
- kenwood grocery store, louisville
- key market, louisville
- khodiyar dham inc, louisville
- kroger 502, louisville
- la popular llc, louisville
- la tienda los amigos, llc 1, fairdale
- la unica bakery and pizzeria 1, louisville
- lickety split food mart, louisville
- lucky food mart, louisville
- m&s foodmart 2020, louisville
- m&s foodmart 2021, louisville
- manii's food mart, louisville
- manslick one stop shop llc, louisville
- marathon, louisville
- market zone, louisville
- meijer gas station 160, louisville
- meijer gas station 162, louisville
- meijer gas station 164, louisville
- mellwood valero, louisville
- miami food market, louisville
- moes, louisville
- mom's market, louisville
- msm llc, louisville
- murphy usa 6793, louisville
- murphy usa 6963, jeffersontown
- murphy usa 7533, louisville
- murphy usa 7576, louisville
- nehad llc, louisville
- next door convenience food mart, louisville
- nulu edge food market, louisville
- one quick stop mini mart llc, louisville
- one stop food mart, louisville
- patels food mart, louisville
- platinum foodmart, louisville
- pmg enterprises inc n/a, louisville
- portland grocery store, louisville
- prp stop and go, louisville
- quick food mart, louisville
- r&r food mart 1, louisville
- river road chevron, louisville
- racetrac 2615, louisville
- racetrac 2656, louisville
- red mart, louisville
- rhythm food mart, louisville
- river mart, louisville
- rmp enterprises inc no, louisville
- rockford mini mart, louisville
- rockford plaza liquor #1, louisville
- s food mart, louisville
- shorty's food mart 3, louisville
- shortys food mart 2, louisville
- speedway 9529, louisville
- speedway 9612, louisville
- speedway 9640, louisville
- speedway 9645, louisville
- speedway 9646, louisville
- speedway 9648, louisville
- speedway 9678, louisville
- speedway 9701, fairdale
- speedway 9714, louisville
- super stop food mart, louisville
- saanvi enterprise llc, louisville
- sam's kwik mart, louisville
- satnam llc, louisville
- semhar llc, louisville
- sethi food mart, louisville
- sgs trades llc, louisville
- shaan food mart, louisville
- shell food mart & deli, louisville
- shepherdsville rd shell, louisville
- shively food mart no, louisville
- shorty's food mart 4, louisville
- shree ambe llc - stop n go foodmart, louisville
- shree ganpati llc - j r mini mart, louisville
- shree sai corporation, louisville
- singh mart 26 llc, louisville
- sissy's liquor & grocery, louisville
- smyrna gas station, louisville
- speedway 5043, louisville
- speedway 5457, louisville
- speedway 5485, louisville
- speedway 9315, louisville
- speedway 9358, louisville
- speedway 9373, louisville
- speedway 9391, louisville
- speedway 9392, louisville
- speedway 9451, louisville
- speedway 9511, louisville
- speedway 9514, louisville
- speedway 9515 9515, louisville
- speedway 9518 9518, louisville
- speedway 9554, louisville
- speedway 9606, louisville
- speedway 9624, louisville
- speedway 9636, valley station
- speedway 9643, middletown
- speedway 9653, louisville
- speedway 9655, louisville
- speedway 9662, louisville
- speedway 9669, louisville
- speedway 9686, louisville
- speedway 9705, louisville
- speedway 9709, louisville
- speedway 9710, louisville
- speedway 9712, louisville
- speedway 9783, louisville
- speedy mart 22, louisville
- speedy mart 39, louisville
- speedy mart 7, louisville
- st andrews shell, louisville
- stop & save food mart, shively
- stop n go #2, louisville
- stop n go #9, louisville
- sunshine refuel llc, louisville
- tty rhsti llc, louisville
- taylor blvd valero, louisville
- terry convenient store, louisville
- terry road valero, louisville
- the hillebrand market, louisville
- third street gas station, louisville
- thorntons #261020 261020, louisville
- thorntons #261027 261027, louisville
- thorntons #261049 261049, louisville
- thorntons #261050 261050, louisville
- thorntons #261056 261056, louisville
- thorntons #261060 261060, louisville
- thorntons #261061 261061, louisville
- thorntons #261096 261096, louisville
- thorntons #261155 261155, louisville
- thorntons 026, louisville
Showing 250 of 631 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 Kentucky
One of 119 counties in Kentucky, 6 are shown here.
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Nationwide peers for Jefferson County's low-access or SNAP share
SNAP-led peer set first for Jefferson County (11.0%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Kentucky.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside KY (22.2% here).
- Floyd County, IA · 22.2% low-access
- Yalobusha County, MS · 22.2% low-access
- Effingham County, GA · 22.2% low-access
- Ashe County, NC · 22.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside KY (11.0% here).
- Webster County, IA · 11.0% SNAP
- Washington County, IN · 11.0% SNAP
- Sullivan County, IN · 11.0% SNAP
- Huntington County, IN · 11.0% 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.
Kentucky among East South Central states
Kentucky ranks 4th of 4 East South Central states by population-weighted low-access (19.8%). Jefferson County, at 22.2%, runs 2.4 pts above the Kentucky rate.
- Tennessee 27.2%
- Mississippi 26.4%
- Alabama 24.5%
- Kentucky 19.8%
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 .
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 Jefferson County, KY are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 21111. 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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