Signature · 312 SNAP-authorized stores
Lane County, OR
Lane County's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 17.9%
- low-access pop.
- 13
- food-desert tracts
- 19.1%
- on SNAP
- 384K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Lane County, OR
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-MODERATE 17.9% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -4.2 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 13 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.1% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 7.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 15% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Marion County ( -0.5 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Lane County ranks #1,868 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #19 of 36 counties in OR (17.9% low-access; 13 food-desert tracts).
- #1,868
- national by low-access %
- #19
- in OR
- 33
- low-access tracts
- 19K
- 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: 312 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Lane County compares nationally
Lane County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 17.9% low-access share that beats 40% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,868).
Lane County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
86 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 13 LILA.
Lane County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (64 urban, 22 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 22 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Lane County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Oregon, not a full county-board reprint
- Wheeler
Wheeler 100%
100 % low-access
- Lane 17.9
Lane 17.9%
17.9 % low-access
- Marion 17.4
Marion 17.4%
17.4 % low-access
- Clackamas 17.3
Clackamas 17.3%
17.3 % low-access
- Crook 16.5
Crook 16.5%
16.5 % low-access
- Yamhill 15.7
Yamhill 15.7%
15.7 % low-access
- Tillamook 2.9
Tillamook 2.9%
2.9 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 86 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 351,715 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 33 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 13 |
| Low-Access Population | 62,845 |
| Low-Access Share | 17.9%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 19,443 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 384,207 |
| Median Household Income | $71,544 |
| Poverty Rate | 15.3%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 30,686 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.1%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.7%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Lane County
Lane County has 312 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 177 locations (57% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
23 towns share the 312 authorized stores; Eugene holds 46% of them. 15 of the 23 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Creswell, Dexter, Mapleton, Cheshire, Coburg, Alvadore and 9 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Eugene | 144 | 33 |
| Springfield | 71 | 12 |
| Cottage Grove | 22 | 3 |
| Florence | 17 | 3 |
| Veneta | 12 | 2 |
| Junction City | 10 | 2 |
| Creswell | 8 | none |
| Oakridge | 5 | 1 |
| Dexter | 3 | none |
| Mapleton | 3 | none |
Top 10 of 23 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 177
- 14th & main street, springfield
- 42nd st 019, springfield
- 42nd st chevron, springfield
- 7-eleven #22249e, eugene
- 7-eleven 15399 f, eugene
- 7-eleven 19589 g, eugene
- 7-eleven 25649 b, eugene
- 7-eleven 26363 b, eugene
- 7-eleven 18092 d, springfield
- 7-eleven 18637c, eugene
- 7-eleven 21486d, florence
- 7-eleven 42120a, eugene
- 7-eleven #24467d 24467d, eugene
- 7-eleven #38804b 38804b, eugene
- 7-eleven #41895a 41895a, eugene
- 7-eleven 16908e, springfield
- 7-eleven 22089e, eugene
- 7-eleven 42054a, eugene
- all-in-one market llc 1, springfield
- alvadore gas and store, alvadore
- amazon market & deli no, eugene
- american market 10, florence
- american market 26, eugene
- american market 4, florence
- american market 8 n/a, cottage grove
- american market#24, eugene
- arco ampm 7203, springfield
- arco ampm 7205, eugene
- b & d dexter market, dexter
- bailey hill market n/a, eugene
- barger 005, eugene
- bridgetown market, lowell
- broadway 025, eugene
- buy 2 33, eugene
- buy2 #028 028, cottage grove
- campus corner market 1, eugene
- center market, springfield
- center market # 39, eugene
- center market 31, oakridge
- circle k stores 2709643, veneta
- circle k stores 2709644, florence
- cleawox market, florence
- coburg 003, eugene
- coburg crossing (goasis) 483, coburg
- corner market and deli, eugene
- cottage market, cottage grove
- creswell ampm 5930, creswell
- creswell market, creswell
- ds market #1, veneta
- dari mart store 1, springfield
- dari mart store 15, eugene
- dari mart store 16, springfield
- dari mart store 17, springfield
- dari mart store 18, cheshire
- dari mart store 19, eugene
- dari mart store 2, eugene
- dari mart store 27, veneta
- dari mart store 29, coburg
- dari mart store 30, springfield
- dari mart store 31, eugene
- dari mart store 32, eugene
- dari mart store 33, veneta
- dari mart store 34, springfield
- dari mart store 35, eugene
- dari mart store 36, springfield
- dari mart store 37, springfield
- dari mart store 38, springfield
- dari mart store 39, springfield
- dari mart store 4, eugene
- dari mart store 40, springfield
- dari mart store 41, creswell
- dari mart store 42, eugene
- dari mart store 44, eugene
- dari mart store 45, eugene
- dari mart store 46, eugene
- dari mart store 47, cottage grove
- dari mart store 48, springfield
- dari mart store 49, eugene
- dari mart store 5, junction city
- dari mart store 8, eugene
- dari mart store 9, eugene
- dave's corner market, cottage grove
- deadwood country market, deadwood
- dinks market, oakridge
- ds market #2, veneta
- ds market chuchill 2, eugene
- ds market w 11th, eugene
- duck n go, eugene
- east side group inc, cottage grove
- eazy a market, eugene
- everyone's market, eugene
- everyone's market #1, springfield
- everyone's market #6, eugene
- everyone's market #8, eugene
- everyone's market 2, springfield
- everyone's market 3, junction city
- everyone's market 5, eugene
- everyone's market 7 inc, vida
- ez market 1, springfield
- fast mart creswell, creswell
- fernridge market, eugene
- florence 010, florence
- florence stop and go market, florence
- franklin 001, eugene
- get n go grocery, springfield
- get n go grocery-3, springfield
- get n go grocery-4, cottage grove
- get n go grocery-5 5, springfield
- get n go grocery-7, florence
- gilbert st. market 1, eugene
- green acres chevron, eugene
- hillcrest market no, cottage grove
- hilltop market, elmira
- hilltop market 2, eugene
- international arco 5799, springfield
- ivys mini mart, junction city
- j c mart 1, junction city
- jsk eugene llc, eugene
- jacksons food stores 112, springfield
- jacksons food stores 113, eugene
- jacksons food stores 114, eugene
- jacksons food stores 544, eugene
- jacksons food stores 545, eugene
- jacksons food stores 547, eugene
- jacksons food stores 548, eugene
- jacksons food stores 551, eugene
- jasper store, jasper
- king's asian market 5413437333, eugene
- kwik pik market #2, cottage grove
- little's market and deli, eugene
- leaburg store, walterville
- lee's highway 58 market, eugene
- ln minit market, eugene
- main st market, cottage grove
- main st market 3, veneta
- mapleton food and fuel, mapleton
- marcola community market, marcola
- mathers market, springfield
- mohawk 002, springfield
- mohawk general store, springfield
- multi-site management llc #823 526, springfield
- multi-site management llc #823 527, eugene
- neighborhood deli and market, eugene
- north park ave market, eugene
- noti market, noti
- pacific roads & chevron, eugene
- pbb 36 llc, cheshire
- people mart 3, dexter
- pleasant hill 017, pleasant hill
- pop in market, eugene
- quick mart eug, eugene
- quick stop food store, eugene
- quick trip 2, llc, eugene
- r s market, springfield
- rani's food store, cottage grove
- river road 004, eugene
- riverview market & deli, springfield
- rocket #5468 5468, springfield
- row river chevron, cottage grove
- shabad llc, eugene
- sl retailers llc, eugene
- snacktown market, dexter
- snacktown market 2, springfield
- springfield conoco phillips 20, springfield
- station 58, pleasant hill
- station market, eugene
- super speedy plus, eugene
- ta coburg 482, eugene
- thurston 020, springfield
- thurston market, springfield
- toms market, eugene
- twin lakes llc, florence
- university 023, eugene
- us market 1045, blue river
- us market 222, llc, springfield
- west 11th 008, eugene
- west 6th 022, eugene
Combination Grocery/Other · 45
- agate st market, eugene
- bi-mart 601, eugene
- bi-mart 602, eugene
- bi-mart 603, springfield
- bi-mart 620, cottage grove
- bi-mart 627, springfield
- bi-mart 644, florence
- bi-mart 649, eugene
- bi-mart 663, eugene
- bi-mart 669, veneta
- bi-mart 670, junction city
- bi-mart 675, creswell
- bright oak meats inc, springfield
- cvs pharmacy 11640, eugene
- cvs pharmacy 11641, springfield
- cottage grove grocery outlet 251, cottage grove
- dollar general 19661, eugene
- dollar general 17448, oakridge
- dollar general 20660, springfield
- dollar general 21478, veneta
- dollar general 23270, springfield
- dollar general 31445, cottage grove
- dollar general store 17528, creswell
- dollar tree 1470, springfield
- dollar tree 1987, eugene
- dollar tree 2473, florence
- dollar tree 2712, eugene
- dollar tree 3582, junction city
- dollar tree 5545, eugene
- dollar tree 7328, creswell
- dollar tree 8513, springfield
- dollar tree 8805, cottage grove
- eugene grocery outlet, eugene
- growers market food cooperative, eugene
- krab kettle, florence
- laura & daisy mexican bakery, eugene
- long's meat market, eugene
- newman's fish company, inc. 1, eugene
- sundance natural foods, eugene
- walgreens 07975, springfield
- walgreens 09258, springfield
- walgreens 10812, springfield
- walgreens 11643, eugene
- walgreens 12290, cottage grove
- walgreens 12491, eugene
Supermarket · 23
- albertsons 3529, eugene
- albertsons 3564, eugene
- albertsons 513, eugene
- albertsons 560, eugene
- albertsons 570, springfield
- albertsons 572, eugene
- albertsons 574, springfield
- grocery outlet of florence, florence
- ray's food place 50, oakridge
- safeway 1094, springfield
- safeway 1458, cottage grove
- safeway 363, florence
- safeway 386, junction city
- safeway 420, eugene
- safeway 4288, eugene
- safeway 4513, eugene
- sunrise oriental market, eugene
- trader joe's 145, eugene
- veneta grocery outlet 430, veneta
- vitamin cottage u088, eugene
- winco foods 034, springfield
- winco foods 039, eugene
- winco foods 163, eugene
Super Store · 22 (5 shown)
- bruns apple market, eugene
- capella market, eugene
- costco wholesale 0017, eugene
- fred meyer 325, eugene
- fred meyer 328, springfield
Showing 250 of 312 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 Oregon
One of 35 counties in Oregon, 6 are shown here.
Compare Lane County vs Baker County → · All Oregon counties →
Nationwide peers for Lane County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Lane County, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OR (17.9% here).
- Harnett County, NC · 17.9% low-access
- Shelby County, TX · 17.9% low-access
- Wayne County, MS · 17.9% low-access
- Simpson County, KY · 17.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OR (19.1% here).
- Erie County, PA · 19.1% SNAP
- Grant County, NM · 19.1% SNAP
- Lake County, MI · 19.1% SNAP
- Rapides Parish, LA · 19.1% 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.
Oregon among Pacific states
Oregon ranks 4th of 5 Pacific states by population-weighted low-access (16.9%). Lane County, at 17.9%, runs 1.0 pts above the Oregon rate.
- Alaska 30.9%
- Hawaii 26.7%
- Washington 23.1%
- Oregon 16.9%
- California 13.3%
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 Lane County, OR are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 41039. 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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