Signature · 496 SNAP-authorized stores
Mobile County, AL
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Mobile 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).
- 25.0%
- low-access pop.
- 21
- food-desert tracts
- 17.3%
- on SNAP
- 413K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Mobile County, AL
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 25.0% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +2.9 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 21 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 17.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 18% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Baldwin County (+ 0.1 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Mobile County ranks #1,295 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #23 of 66 counties in AL (25.0% low-access; 21 food-desert tracts).
- #1,295
- national by low-access %
- #23
- in AL
- 45
- low-access tracts
- 40K
- 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: 496 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Mobile County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Mobile County's 25.0% low-access share is elevated, higher than 59% of them and ranked #1,295 most-affected nationwide.
Mobile County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
114 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 21 LILA.
Mobile County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (92 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.
Mobile County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Alabama, not a full county-board reprint
- Bullock
Bullock 68.5%
68.5 % low-access
- Conecuh 26.4
Conecuh 26.4%
26.4 % low-access
- Baldwin 25.1
Baldwin 25.1%
25.1 % low-access
- Mobile 25
Mobile 25%
25 % low-access
- Choctaw 24.3
Choctaw 24.3%
24.3 % low-access
- Pike 23.2
Pike 23.2%
23.2 % low-access
- DeKalb 0
DeKalb 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 114 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 412,992 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 45 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 21 |
| Low-Access Population | 103,443 |
| Low-Access Share | 25.0%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 40,126 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 412,590 |
| Median Household Income | $58,880 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.2%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 27,937 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 17.3%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.0%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.9% |
Thick SNAP store book in Mobile County
Mobile County has 496 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 244 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
25 towns share the 496 authorized stores; Mobile holds 58% of them. 11 of the 25 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Irvington, Wilmer, Prichard, Coden, Satsuma, Axis and 5 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile | 289 | 52 |
| Theodore | 33 | 6 |
| Saraland | 27 | 4 |
| Semmes | 25 | 4 |
| Grand Bay | 21 | 2 |
| Eight Mile | 14 | 1 |
| Citronelle | 11 | 1 |
| Irvington | 10 | none |
| Wilmer | 10 | none |
| Chickasaw | 9 | 1 |
Top 10 of 25 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 244
- 1 plus food mart, theodore
- 1 stop convenience store, mobile
- 4 stop gas llc, mobile
- 4 way food mart, mobile
- 7 days, prichard
- 98 express, wilmer
- airport shell, mobile
- azalea chevron n/a, mobile
- azalea shell, mobile
- b&k mini mart inc, mobile
- bp gas station, mobile
- banik food mart, mobile
- bd food mart, mobile
- big mo food mart llc, mobile
- black bear c store, mobile
- bp gas station, eight mile
- broad express, mobile
- broad street food mart, mobile
- broad street health inc, mobile
- brookley shell 1, mobile
- brothers market llc 2, mobile
- brothers pride gas station, mobile
- brothers quick mart, mobile
- budget zone of mobile inc - budget zone, mobile
- burns corner store, coden
- c pak grocery, grand bay
- cefco 411, mobile
- cefco 414, mobile
- cefco 433, mobile
- cefco 441, axis
- cefco 444, mobile
- chickasaw corner stop, chickasaw
- chickasaw food mart, chickasaw
- circle k 2704336, mobile
- circle k 2704472, mobile
- circle k 5997, mobile
- circle k 8251, saraland
- circle k stores inc 5984, simmes
- circle k stores inc 6757, mobile
- circle k stores inc 6762, mobile
- chevron 102, mobile
- chevron food mart 1, mobile
- chevron saraland, saraland
- chevron, pizza inn, grand bay
- circle k 2705998, semmes
- circle k 2706759, mobile
- circle k 2706760, mobile
- circle k 2706763, mobile
- circle k 2706764, mobile
- circle k 2721555, theodore
- circle k 2721567, satsuma
- circle k 2721569, theodore
- circle k 2721570, grand bay
- circle k 2721579, mobile
- circle k 2721580, saraland
- circle k 2721581, mobile
- circle k 2721583, mobile
- circle k store 2706628, theodore
- circle k store 2706635, mount vernon
- circle k store 2707735, grand bay
- circle k store 2707737, theodore
- circle k store 2707738, theodore
- circle k store 2707740, mobile
- circle k store 2707741, mobile
- circle k store 2707742, mobile
- circle k stores 4275, mobile
- circle k stores inc 8242, dauphin island
- citgo, mobile
- citgo quick stop, irvington
- citronelle first stop, citronelle
- citronelle shell, citronelle
- city market chevron, mobile
- clark exxon 22, mobile
- clark's 27, semmes
- clark's 7, mobile
- clark's exxon 18, mobile
- clark's exxon 21, mobile
- clarks 15, mobile
- clarks 20, saraland
- clarks 23, semmes
- clarks 25, mobile
- clarks oil 51, mobile
- coden grocery, coden
- cody one market, mobile
- corner quick stop, mobile
- corner quick stop 2, grand bay
- cottage hill chevron, mobile
- cottage hill food mart, mobile
- cottage hill food mart, mobile
- country store food mart, mobile
- county market, grand bay
- creola bp, creola
- culture food market, mobile
- d j's grocery, wilmer
- dip food mart llc, mobile
- discount mart, citronelle
- dauphin citgo, mobile
- dauphin island food mart, dauphin island
- dauphin shell, mobile
- dawes food mart na, mobile
- diamond 25, creola
- diamond convienence store, mobile
- dip 2021 llc, mobile
- dip food mart, mobile
- dodge store 7002, mobile
- donnas #2 1, irvington
- dougs quick mart, theodore
- dougs quick mart, theodore
- eddie's, mobile
- eddies country stop, chunchula
- el quetzal, mobile
- el valle market, mobile
- fair express of citronelle inc, citronelle
- fairground chevron, mobile
- fairview market, wilmer
- fast stop, mt vernon
- fast stop 2, semmes
- first choice mart, mobile
- first stop, mobile
- flowers bakery outlet 206, mobile
- food mart, mobile
- food mart, saraland
- food mart meat market llc, mobile
- food pak international foods, mobile
- foodmart, mobile
- fulton food mart, mobile
- gb hwy. 188 quick stop, grand bay
- gb snow road, mobile
- grand bay food mart, grand bay
- grelot shell, mobile
- hop in, mobile
- hwy 45 first stop, mobile
- hwy 45 stop, prichard
- i and f petroleum llc, mobile
- irvington food mart, irvington
- jr food mart 5, citronelle
- jaguar bp2, mobile
- jimmy's foodmart, mobile
- k shop, mobile
- karo's food mart, saraland
- la casa de la familia hispana, saraland
- la fuente, mobile
- la mixteca, semmes
- leeon convenience store, mobile
- lg quick stop, mobile
- lois grocery & mkt, mobile
- love's travel stop 624, prichard
- love's travel stop 846, irvington
- lucky 13 shop, saraland
- lucky 7, mobile
- mapco 290, mobile
- mlk foodmart, prichard
- ma foodmart, mobile
- maa ambika 2022 llc, theodore
- main street food mart, mobile
- malibu convenience store, mobile
- marathon, semmes
- maya convenience store, prichard
- mckenzie markets 7, bayou la batre
- mi favorita#2 1, semmes
- midway truck stop, axis
- minute mart, grand bay
- moffett road exxon, mobile
- mother finest convenience store, mobile
- murphy express 8764, mobile
- murphy express 8838, mobile
- murphy express 8852, mobile
- murphy usa 6723, saraland
- murphy usa 6880, mobile
- murphy usa 7817, semmes
- murphy usa 7988, mobile
- murphy usa 8822, mobile
- myers market, mobile
- neighborhood store, chickasaw
- one stop food mart, mobile
- old shell convenience store, mobile
- old shell food mart, mobile
- over ferr foodmart 1, mobile
- palmers grocery store 2, irvington
- palmers quick stop, irvington
- parkway food mart, mobile
- parkway shell, mobile
- pilot travel center 302, theodore
- pilot travel center 75, satsuma
- pluto mart, mobile
- poboys quick stop, citronelle
- quick pick, mobile
- quick pik 5, eight mile
- quick stop, mobile
- quick stop grocery, mobile
- quiktrip 7177, theodore
- quiktrip 7178, saraland
- racetrac 2647, mobile
- raceway 6709, mobile
- raceway 755, mobile
- raceway6831, theodore
- rangeline chevron, mobile
- riverside market, mobile
- roadway, wilmer
- ryu stop&shop, mobile
- s&g speed mart, mobile
- s&t food mart, mobile
- spartan gas station, saraland
- ss faststop, saraland
- st elmo grocery, st elmo
- sage cheveron, mobile
- sai quickmart, mobile
- sai theodore exxon, theodore
- saraland shell food mart, saraland
- semmes quik stop, eight mile
- semmes shell, semmes
- shell country market, wilmer
- shell merri mart 315, mobile
- shop 24, saraland
- shop n save, mobile
- shop n save, prichard
- shop n save lll, mobile
- shree hari super store llc, saraland
- shrye llc, mobile
- sk food mart 2 llc, mobile
- southern bama bait & tackle, mobile
- speed 1 food mart, bayou la batre
- speed stop 2, mobile
- springhill quickstop 1, mobile
- super stop, mobile
- super xpress, chickasaw
- t & j foodmart, eight mile
- ta mobile 054, grand bay
- tc quick stop, theodore
- time saver, mobile
- tsa investment llc, mobile
- texaco, mobile
- texaco food mart, mobile
- the corner store, prichard
- the country market, eight mile
- theodore shell, theodore
- tillman's corner chevron, mobile
- tk food mart, mobile
- university chevron, mobile
- viking convenience store llc, mobile
- wawa store 5800, mobile
- wawa store 5805, mobile
- wawa store 5807, semmes
- zippy mart, mobile
Combination Grocery/Other · 149 (6 shown)
- 8 mile seafood n poboy, mobile
- big lots 3270, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 7671, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 4782, grand bay
- cvs pharmacy 4818, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 4877, mobile
Showing 250 of 496 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 Alabama
One of 66 counties in Alabama, 6 are shown here.
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Nationwide peers for Mobile County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Mobile County, both outside Alabama so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside AL (25.0% here).
- Stone County, AR · 25.0% low-access
- Hall County, GA · 25.0% low-access
- Jessamine County, KY · 25.0% low-access
- Middlesex County, NJ · 25.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside AL (17.3% here).
- Sharp County, AR · 17.3% SNAP
- Bradford County, FL · 17.3% SNAP
- Polk County, GA · 17.3% SNAP
- Fulton County, IL · 17.3% 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.
Alabama among East South Central states
Alabama ranks 3rd of 4 East South Central states by population-weighted low-access (24.5%). Mobile County, at 25.0%, runs 0.5 pts above the Alabama 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 Mobile County, AL are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 01097. 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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