Signature · 261 SNAP-authorized stores
Lake County, FL
Lake County sits in the upper national band on low-access (34.3%, +12.2 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 34.3%
- low-access pop.
- 13
- food-desert tracts
- 9.6%
- on SNAP
- 413K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Lake County, FL
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 34.3% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +12.2 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 13 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.6% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.1% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 23% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Hernando County (+ 0.1 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Lake County sits in the upper national band (34.3%, #649 of 3,079) with 13 LILA tracts.
- #649
- national by low-access %
- #26
- in FL
- 35
- low-access tracts
- 35K
- 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: 261 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Lake County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Lake County's 34.3% low-access share is elevated, higher than 79% of them and ranked #649 most-affected nationwide.
Lake County's elevated USDA tier split
56 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 13 LILA.
Lake County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (35 urban, 21 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 21 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Lake 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
- Clay
Clay 34.7%
34.7 % low-access
- Walton
Walton 34.6%
34.6 % low-access
- Hernando
Hernando 34.4%
34.4 % low-access
- Lake
Lake 34.3%
34.3 % low-access
- Holmes
Holmes 34%
34 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 56 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 297,052 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 35 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 13 |
| Low-Access Population | 101,974 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.3%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 35,183 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 412,924 |
| Median Household Income | $73,161 |
| Poverty Rate | 8.9%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 15,818 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.6%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.1%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Lake County
Lake County has 261 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 121 locations (46% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
26 towns share the 261 authorized stores; Leesburg holds 20% of them. 12 of the 26 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Fruitland Park, Astor, Altoona, Astatula, Okahumpka, Paisley and 6 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | 51 | 8 |
| Clermont | 46 | 15 |
| Eustis | 36 | 4 |
| Mount Dora | 24 | 7 |
| Tavares | 22 | 2 |
| Groveland | 11 | 3 |
| Lady Lake | 11 | 1 |
| Fruitland Park | 8 | none |
| Minneola | 8 | 1 |
| Sorrento | 7 | 1 |
Top 10 of 26 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 121
- 3 hermanos food market, eustis
- 3 hermanos mt. dora 2, mount dora
- 7 eleven store 42212a, leesburg
- 7 star discount beverage, leesburg
- 7-eleven #42042h 42042h, grand island
- 7-eleven #42056h 42056h, lady lake
- 7-eleven 25783b, clermont
- 7-eleven 33068a, mount dora
- 7-eleven 33299, clermont
- 7-eleven 35741k, clermont
- 7-eleven 38747h, tavares
- 7-eleven 42347h, eustis
- 7-eleven store 41885h, groveland
- 7-eleven, inc. 34285k, mount dora
- 7-eleven 32273a, clermont
- 7-eleven 32622b, minneola
- 7-eleven 35759b, leesburg
- 7-eleven 38653a, tavares
- 7-eleven store #32607b 32607b, eustis
- 7-eleven store 36706b, eustis
- 7-eleven store 42100a, fruitland park
- 7-eleven store 42219a, eustis
- 7-store #32706c 32706c, clermont
- a & s food mart, leesburg
- aa discount beverage, eustis
- bp food mart, leesburg
- circle k 2704884, clermont
- circle k 2705098, leesburg
- circle k 2705934, lady lake
- circle k 2705935, tavares
- circle k 2705936, lady lake
- circle k 2705938, leesburg
- circle k 2705961, clermont
- circle k 2707275, sorrento
- circle k 2707555, leesburg
- circle k 2708957, clermont
- circle k 2708970, clermont
- circle k 2708979, clermont
- country store, altoona
- chevron food mart, mount dora
- circle k 2722114, minneola
- circle k 2722118, eustis
- circle k 2722290, eustis
- circle k 2722332, leesburg
- circle k 2722403, sorrento
- circle k 2722407, tavares
- circle k 2722501, altona
- circle k 2722503, tavares
- circle k 2722575, fruitland park
- circle k 2722799, sorrento
- circle k 2722804, umatilla
- circle k 2726079, astor
- circle k 2726233, eustis
- circle k 2726298, mascotte
- circle k 7234, clermont
- citgo, mount dora
- clermont gas & convenience, clermont
- dd food mart, fruitland park
- discount food mart, altoona
- easy food mart, yalaha
- eustis discount grocery, eustis
- eustis food mart, eustis
- family grocery food mart, leesburg
- fahim inc 38630a, groveland
- flowers bakery outlet 1310, tavares
- forest hill grocery, deland
- fresh stop #1403 1403, eustis
- fruitland food mart, fruitland park
- green swamp country store, clermont
- hemky, clermont
- howey food mart, howey in the hills
- infinity leesburg inc, leesburg
- lady lake petro, lady lake
- lake dora discount beverage, tavares
- leesburg mobil 426, leesburg
- leesburg shell, leesburg
- martinez meat market, umatilla
- memory shell 503, leesburg
- mid lake food mart, leesburg
- mobil food mart, okahumpka
- mount dora food mart, mount dora
- mount dora mobil, mount dora
- murphy usa 5526, mount dora
- murphy usa 6609, leesburg
- murphy usa 7281, clermont
- myung sung store, eustis
- paisley mart, paisley
- quik stop, tavares
- rk food mart llc, mount dora
- race trac 145, leesburg
- race trac 148, groveland
- race trac 181, mt dora
- race trac 186, lady lake
- race trac 223, eustis
- race trac 2315, clermont
- race trac 465, clermont
- racetrac 2553, minneola
- racetrac 2644, groveland
- rebel 866, clermont
- seven star discount, fruitland park
- sarraa corner store, leesburg
- seaz minimart, eustis
- shree food mart, eustis
- speedway 6647, leesburg
- speedway 6859, leesburg
- star food mart 7, leesburg
- step saver food store #2, okahumpka
- stop & save discount, tavares
- sunfood, tavares
- sunoco food mart, fruitland park
- sunshine express, tavares
- tiny boty, leesburg
- umatilla superette no, umatilla
- us food, eustis
- wawa 5270, mount dora
- wawa 5326, lady lake
- wawa store 5290, leesburg
- wawa 5121, clermont
- wawa 5144, clermont
- wawa store 5442, tavares
- wawa store 5454, leesburg
Combination Grocery/Other · 82
- cvs pharmacy 8937, eustis
- cvs pharmacy 3384, minneola
- cvs pharmacy 4465, tavares
- cvs pharmacy 5120, lady lake
- cvs pharmacy 5139, eustis
- cvs pharmacy 5452, mount dora
- cvs pharmacy 5817, clermont
- dollar general 0116, tavares
- dollar general 0526, tavares
- dollar general 10993, mascotte
- dollar general 11142, minneola
- dollar general 1340, clermont
- dollar general 1358, eustis
- dollar general 13702, eustis
- dollar general 13776, eustis
- dollar general 1418, leesburg
- dollar general 14394, paisley
- dollar general 14399, mount dora
- dollar general 3662, fruitland park
- dollar general 3885, leesburg
- dollar general 9262, lady lake
- dollar general 9652, eustis
- dollartree 10086, clermont
- dollartree 9100, leesburg
- dollartree 9153, mount dora
- dollar general 12157, groveland
- dollar general 12486, astor
- dollar general 12987, leesburg
- dollar general 13388, mount dora
- dollar general 13426, astatula
- dollar general 14553, eustis
- dollar general 1515, umatilla
- dollar general 16005, leesburg
- dollar general 16520, leesburg
- dollar general 20608, eustis
- dollar general 20809, umatilla
- dollar general 21285, altoona
- dollar general 21775, tavares
- dollar general 21805, howey-in-the-hills
- dollar general 21931, eustis
- dollar general 23011, tavares
- dollar general 6536, leesburg
- dollar general 6670, sorrento
- dollar general 7351, tavares
- dollar tree 104, leesburg
- dollar tree 219, eustis
- dollar tree 4093, clermont
- dollar tree 4306, lady lake
- dollar tree 4331, leesburg
- dollar tree 5714, mount dora
- dollar tree 7115, clermont
- dollar tree 7275, leesburg
- dollar tree 7283, minneola
- dollar tree 7578, eustis
- dollar tree 7972, groveland
- family dollar 10012, eustis
- family dollar 11325, clermont
- family dollar 9413, mascotte
- family dollar 9414, sorrento
- family dollar store 10620, fruitland park
- family dollar store 1222, umatilla
- family dollar store 2770, leesburg
- family dollar store 3460, groveland
- family dollar store 4611, eustis
- family dollar store 7115, mount dora
- mt plymouth grocery, sorrento
- triple z family market, astor
- walgreens 05779, eustis
- walgreens 05809, eustis
- walgreens 06163, leesburg
- walgreens 06218, clermont
- walgreens 06528, clermont
- walgreens 06940, leesburg
- walgreens 07273, clermont
- walgreens 11484, minneola
- walgreens 12105, tavares
- walgreens 12317, groveland
- walgreens 16051, clermont
- walgreens 2928, mount dora
- walgreens 4648, tavares
- walgreens 6723, lady lake
- walgreens 6887, leesburg
Supermarket · 29
- aldi 74017 74017, clermont
- aldi 74118, mount dora
- aldi 74181, leesburg
- aldi 40, leesburg
- publix 0015, clermont
- publix 0027, clermont
- publix 0447, the villages
- publix 0710, leesburg
- publix 0763, clermont
- publix 0815, leesburg
- publix 0862, eustis
- publix 1168, groveland
- publix 1275, mt dora
- publix 507, eustis
- publix 684, clermont
- publix 1269, mount dora
- publix 1357, clermont
- publix 1499, sorrento
- publix 1535, tavares
- publix 1759, minneola
- publix super market 1751, clermont
- publix super markets, inc. 1762, leesburg
- save-a-lot 61234, eustis
- save-a-lot 61250, leesburg
- save a lot 61231, umatilla
- winn dixie 2225, clermont
- winn dixie 2261, tavares
- winn dixie 2335, eustis
- winn-dixie 2337, lady lake
Super Store · 12
- bj's wholesale club 199, clermont
- costco wholesale 1649, clermont
- key food 4315, clermont
- key food supermarket, mount dora
- sam's club 4998, lady lakes
- target store t-1519, clermont
- target store t-2058, the villages
- target store 2062, mount dora
- walmart 705, mount dora
- walmart 800, leesburg
- walmart supercenter 2695, clermont
- walmart supercenter 5299, clermont
Medium Grocery Store · 6
- hm cattle meats & more, mascotte
- la tapatia meat market & restaurant, leesburg
- los compadres supermarket inc 1, mount dora
- rubio's real mexican food store, mascotte
- shantee's caribbean market & pooja center, clermont
- supermercado jalisco, groveland
Showing 250 of 261 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 Lake County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Lake 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 (34.3% here).
- Klamath County, OR · 34.3% low-access
- Kauai County, HI · 34.2% low-access
- Peoria County, IL · 34.2% low-access
- Dearborn County, IN · 34.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (9.6% here).
- Gilmer County, GA · 9.6% SNAP
- Hall County, GA · 9.6% SNAP
- Twin Falls County, ID · 9.6% SNAP
- Monterey County, CA · 9.6% 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%). Lake County, at 34.3%, runs 9.2 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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