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 #1,296 most-affected nationwide.
Mobile County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
114 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 21 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Mobile County has 92 urban and 22 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.
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 3 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 149 locations (30% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 149
- 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
- cvs pharmacy 4883, semmes
- cvs pharmacy 4888, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 4900, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 4903, mobile
- cvs pharmacy 6017, bayou la batre
- cvs pharmacy 7668, citronelle
- cvs pharmacy cvs11016, mobile
- cvs/pharmacy 10575, saraland
- cajun corner, mobile
- dollar general 0485, saraland
- dollar general 0694, wilmer
- dollar general 0724, mobile
- dollar general 0730, saraland
- dollar general 10091, mobile
- dollar general 10274, mobile
- dollar general 10361, bayou la batre
- dollar general 11165, mobile
- dollar general 13469, mobile
- dollar general 13500, mobile
- dollar general 13626, mobile
- dollar general 1396, mobile
- dollar general 13993, theodore
- dollar general 14067, mobile
- dollar general 14392, wilmer
- dollar general 1818, mobile
- dollar general 18533, eight mile
- dollar general 18712, grand bay
- dollar general 18744, wilmer
- dollar general 19561, mobile
- dollar general 21910, semmes
- dollar general 3242, mt vernon
- dollar general 3362, mobile
- dollar general 3720, mobile
- dollar general 5709, theodore
- dollar general 5734, mobile
- dollar general 6683, mobile
- dollar general 6926, semmes
- dollar general 6940, mobile
- dollar general 710, eight mile
- dollar general 7196, mobile
- dollar general 7611, mobile
- dollar general 7853, mobile
- dollar general 8083, mobile
- dollar general 8251, creola
- dollar general 8719, mobile
- dollar general 9039, eight mile
- dollar general 9295, mobile
- dollar general 9309, satsuma
- dollar general 9378, grand bay
- dollartree 6294, bayou la batre
- dollartree 8753, mobile
- dollartree 8900, mobile
- dollar general 10008, saraland
- dollar general 11711, chickasaw
- dollar general 12205, prichard
- dollar general 12720, mobile
- dollar general 13064, north mobile
- dollar general 13070, chunchula
- dollar general 13139, grand bay
- dollar general 15053, eight mile
- dollar general 15218, coden
- dollar general 15411, semmes
- dollar general 15785, mobile
- dollar general 17631, grand bay
- dollar general 20874, chunchula
- dollar general 20875, citronelle
- dollar general 22425, theodore
- dollar general 22430, mobile
- dollar general 23520, mobile
- dollar general 23911, grand bay
- dollar general 24507, irvington
- dollar general 24803, mobile
- dollar general 25125, theodore
- dollar general 25322, mobile
- dollar general 25927, semmes
- dollar general 30916, semmes
- dollar general 5710, theodore
- dollar general 885, citronelle
- dollar general 9096, theodore
- dollar general 9788, mobile
- dollar general 9842, irvington
- dollar general 9927, mobile
- dollar general store 17650, coden
- dollar tree 0882, mobile
- dollar tree 2538, mobile
- dollar tree 2799, mobile
- dollar tree 2919, mobile
- dollar tree 3167, semmes
- dollar tree 4210, mobile
- dollar tree 5323, saraland
- dollar tree 5821, mobile
- dollar tree 5974, mobile
- dollar tree 6264, mobile
- dollar tree 6472, mobile
- dollar tree 6820, eight mile
- dollar tree 7300, mobile
- dollar tree 7910, mobile
- dollar tree 7919, saraland
- dollartree 8948, chickasaw
- dollartree plus 8889, theodore
- family dollar 12455, theodore
- family dollar 12977, mobile
- family dollar 367, mobile
- family dollar 8918, mobile
- family dollar 9430, mount vernon
- family dollar store 10152, mobile
- family dollar store 10456, irvington
- family dollar store 10484, wilmer
- family dollar store 10545, mobile
- family dollar store 1261, citronelle
- family dollar store 1302, mobile
- family dollar store 2347, semmes
- family dollar store 3058, grand bay
- family dollar store 3187, mobile
- family dollar store 398, chickasaw
- family dollar store 410, mobile
- family dollar store 8788, mobile
- family dollar store 8882, mobile
- hall-namie packing company, inc., mobile
- hamilton produce wilmer llc, wilmer
- maxway 1925, mobile
- mi favorita tienda mexicana llc 1, semmes
- pakse asian market llc, irvington
- roses express 684, chickasaw
- sahara supermarket, mobile
- ted and nancys fruit stand, theodore
- the seafood house, mobile
- tte sidekick, theodore
- walgreen 10168, grand bay
- walgreens 07962, saraland
- walgreens 5151, mobile
- walgreens 5176, mobile
- walgreens 6085, mobile
- walgreens 6507, mobile
- walgreens 6639, mobile
- walgreens 7609, mobile
- walgreens 01777, mobile
- walgreens 10851, mobile
- walgreens 12333, eight mile
- walgreens 13159, semmes
- walgreens 15480, mobile
- walgreens 18994, mobile
- walgreens 19191, mobile
Convenience Store · 99
- 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
Bakery Specialty · 2
- papa murphy's pizza al014, mobile
- pollman's bake shop, 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
- Stone County, AR · 25.0% low-access
- Hall County, GA · 25.0% low-access
- Hall County, GA · 25.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside AL (17.3% here).
- Sharp County, AR · 17.3% SNAP
- Sharp County, AR · 17.3% SNAP
- Bradford County, FL · 17.3% SNAP
- Bradford County, FL · 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.
Food access nationally, Alabama in context
Mobile County sits inside Alabama (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 .
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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