Signature · 336 SNAP-authorized stores
Marion County, FL
Marion County sits in the upper national band on low-access (32.7%, +10.6 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 32.7%
- low-access pop.
- 12
- food-desert tracts
- 13.2%
- on SNAP
- 400K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Marion County, FL
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 32.7% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +10.6 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 12 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 20% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Sarasota County (+ 0.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Marion County sits in the upper national band (32.7%, #763 of 3,079) with 12 LILA tracts.
- #763
- national by low-access %
- #31
- in FL
- 29
- low-access tracts
- 39K
- 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: 336 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Marion County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Marion County's 32.7% low-access share is elevated, higher than 76% of them and ranked #764 most-affected nationwide.
Marion County's elevated USDA tier split
61 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 12 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Marion County has 33 urban and 28 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.
Marion 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
- Monroe
Monroe 33%
33 % low-access
- Sarasota
Sarasota 32.9%
32.9 % low-access
- Marion
Marion 32.7%
32.7 % low-access
- Leon
Leon 32.3%
32.3 % low-access
- Volusia
Volusia 32.3%
32.3 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 61 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 331,298 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 29 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 12 |
| Low-Access Population | 108,384 |
| Low-Access Share | 32.7%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 39,345 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 400,078 |
| Median Household Income | $61,010 |
| Poverty Rate | 14.4%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 21,760 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.2%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.8%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Marion County
Marion County has 336 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 141 locations (42% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 141
- 101 quik king food store, ocala
- 14 chevron, ocala
- 17th street food mart, ocala
- 7 days, ocala
- 7 days food store, ocala
- 7-eleven 41795h, ocala
- 7-eleven 41796, ocala
- 7-eleven 41799h, ocala
- 7-eleven 41806h, ocala
- 7-eleven 41828, ocala
- 7-eleven 41941h, ocala
- 7-eleven 42379h, ocala
- 7days food store, ocala
- a & l discount beverage, ocala
- a&m discount beverage #81, ocala
- airport shell, ocala
- anthony food mart, anthony
- anthony food mart, anthony
- b kwik, dunnellon
- bp, ocala
- baseline bp, ocala
- baseline food mart, ocala
- belleview food store, belleview
- best food mart, ocala
- big apple, ocala
- biya g8 llc, ocala
- bp one store, ocala
- buck n does, umatilla
- circle k 2705048, silver springs
- circle k 2726524, ocala
- circle k 2721010, belleview
- circle k 2721238, fort mc coy
- circle k 2721242, orange lake
- circle k 2721251, ocala
- circle k 2721259, citra
- circle k 2721421, ocala
- circle k 2721422, ocala
- circle k 2721423, ocala
- circle k 2722051, ocala
- circle k 2722105, weirsdale
- circle k 2722120, summerfield
- circle k 2722122, ocala
- circle k 2722123, ocala
- circle k 2722321, sparr
- circle k 2722322, silver springs
- circle k 2722326, reddick
- circle k 2722328, ocala
- circle k 2722405, ocala
- circle k 2722901, belleview
- circle k 2722902, ocala
- circle k 2722908, ocala
- circle k 2723916, ocala
- circle k 2726070, silver springs
- circle k 2726177, dunnellon
- circle k 6619, ocala
- circle k 7692, ocala
- circle k 9827, ocala
- citra food and deli, citra
- darrens discount store of ocala, ocala
- diamond oil 102, ocala
- diamond oil 103, ocala
- diamond oil 106, ocala
- diamond oil 109, ocala
- eureka qwik king food store llc, fort mc coy
- fast lane food mart, ocala
- flowers bakery outlet 50000062, ocala
- flying orange llc, dunnellon
- forest food and fuel, silver springs
- freeway 51, ocala
- gator stop & shop, ocala
- gators shell, ocala
- grab and go, belleview
- happy dave's of summerfield, llc, summerfield
- hiway express, ocala
- interstate mobil, ocala
- joyce corner store, ocala
- kwik stop, ocala
- lake weir marathon, ocala
- lake weir mart, ocklawaha
- little orange groceries, summerfield
- login cabin store, ocala
- love's travel stop 363, ocala
- lynn qwik king food store, silver springs
- meadors qwik king food store, ocklawaha
- medical food mart, ocala
- metro food mart, ocala
- mohar energy llc, ocala
- monroe corner shell 168, ocala
- murphy express 8576, ocala
- murphy express 8877, ocala
- murphy usa 5819, summerfield
- murphy usa 6820, dunnellon
- murphy usa 7737, ocala
- murphy usa 7953, ocala
- oak road qwik king, ocala
- ocala food mart 1, ocala
- ocala marathon inc. 347, ocala
- ocala merchandise liquidators, ocala
- orange lake citgo, reddick
- orange springs food mart, orange springs
- pilot travel center 293, ocala
- plaza food store, belleview
- parretts country store, ocala
- pedro grocery store, summerfield
- petro ocala 323, reddick
- pilot travel center 424, ocala
- pilot travel center 92, ocala
- pioneer country store n / a, citra
- quick king, ocala
- quick king food store # 2, ocala
- quick king food store #18, belleview
- quick king food store 1, citra
- quick king food store 11, ocala
- quick king food store 16, ocala
- quick king food store 5, belleview
- quick king food store 8, summerfield
- quickking 7, ocala
- qwik king, summerfield
- qwik king food stores sales, ocala
- race trac 142, belleview
- racetrac 2314, ocala
- racetrac 2349, ocala
- racetrac 2509, ocala
- racetrac 2516, ocala
- racetrac 2518, ocala
- racetrac 2533, ocala
- racetrac 2667, summerfield
- racetrac petroleum, inc. 2461, ocala
- rainbow springs express, dunnellon
- ray qwik king food store, ocklawaha
- royal food mart, ocala
- s & h food sore, ocala
- salt springs corner store, fort mc coy
- silver springs sunoco, silver springs
- south pine marathon, ocala
- speedway 1593, ocala
- springs marathon, ocala
- stop n go, ocala
- summerfield bp, summerfield
- sunny food mart, ocala
- sunrise food mart 1, ocala
Combination Grocery/Other · 109
- cvs pharmacy 1813, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 3215, belleview
- cvs pharmacy 3278, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 3395, silver springs
- cvs pharmacy 3539, dunnellon
- cvs pharmacy 3661, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 4146, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 5226, summerfield
- cvs pharmacy 5231, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 5921, ocala
- cvs pharmacy 8382, oscala
- clarkson produce enterprise, ocala
- dollar general 10389, summerfield
- dollar general 10415, fort mccoy
- dollar general 1326, belleview
- dollar general 1354, dunnellon
- dollar general 14071, salt springs
- dollar general 14103, ocala
- dollar general 18784, umatilla
- dollar general 18997, orange sprikngs
- dollar general 3126, ocala
- dollar general 6495, silver springs
- dollar general 7121, ocala
- dollar general 7352, ocala
- dollar general 7891, ocala
- dollar general 7973, ocala
- dollar general 8255, citra
- dollar general 9259, ocala
- dollar general 9268, dunnellon
- dollar general 9319, ocala
- dollartree 8981, silver springs
- dollartree 9230, ocala
- dollar general 10070, ocala
- dollar general 11411, anthony
- dollar general 11463, weirsdale
- dollar general 11490, ocala
- dollar general 11504, ocala
- dollar general 11551, mcintosh
- dollar general 11649, ocklawaha
- dollar general 12847, reddick
- dollar general 12865, summerfield
- dollar general 13082, belleview
- dollar general 13253, belleview
- dollar general 13613, ocala
- dollar general 14368, ocala
- dollar general 15544, ocala
- dollar general 15605, ocklawaha
- dollar general 15963, ocala
- dollar general 16292, ocala
- dollar general 18330, silver springs
- dollar general 19657, ocala
- dollar general 20439, belleview
- dollar general 20443, ocala
- dollar general 21486, belleview
- dollar general 21782, ocala
- dollar general 21814, ocala
- dollar general 22592, ocala
- dollar general 22968, reddick
- dollar general 23766, ocala
- dollar general 24102, ocala
- dollar general 25248, fort mccoy
- dollar general 25436, ocala
- dollar general 25750, citra
- dollar general store 17191, anthony
- dollar general store 18017, ocala
- dollar tree 125, ocala
- dollar tree 1715, ocala
- dollar tree 1789, summerfield
- dollar tree 2569, dunnellon
- dollar tree 2714, belleview
- dollar tree 3778, ocala
- dollar tree 3980, ocala
- dollar tree 4647, ocala
- dollar tree 7768, ocala
- dollar tree 8768, ocala
- earth origins market 13, ocala
- family dollar 10033, ocala
- family dollar 10278, citra
- family dollar 10383, belleview
- family dollar 11210, anthony
- family dollar 11345, summerfield
- family dollar 12590, ocala
- family dollar 13681, reddick
- family dollar 8202, ocala
- family dollar store 10279, ocala
- family dollar store 1131, silver springs
- family dollar store 1144, belleview
- family dollar store 2427, ocala
- family dollar store 6178, ocala
- family dollar store 7074, ocala
- family dollar store 766, ocala
- family dollar store 8048, ocala
- family dollar store 8413, ocala
- family dollar store 8430, ocala
- family dollar store 8593, ocala
- walgreen 01724, ocala
- walgreen 07207, ocala
- walgreen 07589, ocala
- walgreens 02224, ocala
- walgreens 07468, lady lake
- walgreens 10671, ocala
- walgreens 11486, ocala
- walgreens 11991, ocala
- walgreens 13585, ocala
- walgreens 16546, ocala
- walgreens 3389, ocala
- walgreens 3391, ocala
- walgreens 4426, belleview
- walgreens 5578, dunnellon
Showing 250 of 336 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.
Compare Marion County vs Alachua County → · All Florida counties →
Counties near Marion County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Marion 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 (32.7% here).
- Davison County, SD · 32.7% low-access
- Davison County, SD · 32.7% low-access
- Sawyer County, WI · 32.7% low-access
- Sawyer County, WI · 32.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (13.2% here).
- Sutter County, CA · 13.2% SNAP
- Sutter County, CA · 13.2% SNAP
- Ashley County, AR · 13.2% SNAP
- Ashley County, AR · 13.2% 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.
Marion County inside a higher low-access state context
Marion County sits inside Florida (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 .
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