County food-access profile · Florida
Orange County, FL
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Orange 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).
- 22.1%
- low-access pop.
- 33
- food-desert tracts
- 13.7%
- on SNAP
- 1.5M
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
22.1% of Orange County residents live in a low-access area, and 33 of its 206 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 90
- low-access tracts
- 82K
- food-desert residents
- 5.7%
- households, no vehicle
- 13.0%
- below poverty line
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, 1-and-10-mile measure).
USDA data puts Orange County's low-access share at 22.1%, above the national share. 90 of the county's 206 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 253,327 people. 33 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 82,280 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Orange County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Orange County's 22.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 51% of them and ranked #1,524 most-affected nationwide.
Orange County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 206 census tracts in Orange County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Orange County vs. other Florida counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Florida
- Orange 22.1
Orange County, FL
22.1 % low-access
- Alachua 19.2
Alachua County, FL
19.2 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, FL
55.6 % low-access
- Bay
Bay County, FL
31.5 % low-access
- Bradford 1.1
Bradford County, FL
1.1 % low-access
- Brevard
Brevard County, FL
41.8 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 206 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,145,956 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 90 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 33 |
| Low-Access Population | 253,327 |
| Low-Access Share | 22.1%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 82,280 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,471,937 |
| Median Household Income | $79,719 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 72,240 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.7%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.7%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.6% |
About 13.7% of Orange County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 22.1% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 13.7% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 72,240 households here.
- 5.7% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 33 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Orange County
above the national share
33 of Orange County's 206 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 16.0% of all its tracts.
A further 57 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 90.
An estimated 253,327 residents, roughly 22.1% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 82,280 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 116 tracts (56.3%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Orange County
Orange County has 959 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 222 locations (23% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 222
- african market, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 1314, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 4238, ocoee
- cvs pharmacy 4491, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 4645, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5400, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5852, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 0204, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 10639, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 1350, windamere
- cvs pharmacy 170, winter park
- cvs pharmacy 1820, winter garden
- cvs pharmacy 2291, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 280, winter park
- cvs pharmacy 2806, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 2829, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3132, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3141, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3225, apopka
- cvs pharmacy 3351, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3492, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3671, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3748, apopka
- cvs pharmacy 3921, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 3966, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 4108, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5077, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5152, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5155, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5214, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5216, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5239, winter park
- cvs pharmacy 5853, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 5901, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 6972, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 7889, orlando
- cvs pharmacy 7921, orlando
- caribbean food mart, winter garden
- dollar general 13645, orlando
- dollar general 14290, orlando
- dollar general 1469, edgewood
- dollar general 2704, orlando
- dollar general 2966, apopka
- dollar general 3066, winter garden
- dollar general 6671, orlando
- dollar general 8010, apopka
- dollar general 8039, orlando
- dollar tree 2190, orlando
- dollar tree 2465, apopka
- dollar tree 6191, orlando
- dollartree 3172, orlando
- dollartree 7670, orlando
- dollartree 8074, zellwood
- dollartree 8117, orlando
- dollartree 8189, ocoee
- dollartree 8899, apopka
- dollartree 9213, orlando
- dollartree 9315, orlando
- dollartree 9343, orlando
- dollar general 10379, orlando
- dollar general 12351, apopka
- dollar general 12643, orlando
- dollar general 12825, orlando
- dollar general 13453, orlando
- dollar general 13545, orlando
- dollar general 13615, orlando
- dollar general 14015, ocoee
- dollar general 14657, orlando
- dollar general 14832, orlando
- dollar general 15840, apopka
- dollar general 18836, apopka
- dollar general 19852, zellwood
- dollar general 21587, orlando
- dollar general 24570, orlando
- dollar general 3728, orlando
- dollar general store 16624, orlando
- dollar tree 1168, orlando
- dollar tree 143, orlando
- dollar tree 1486, orlando
- dollar tree 1579, winter garden
- dollar tree 167, orlando
- dollar tree 2401, orlando
- dollar tree 4376, orlando
- dollar tree 4383, orlando
- dollar tree 4410, orlando
- dollar tree 4420, orlando
- dollar tree 4518, apopka
- dollar tree 4526, orlando
- dollar tree 4740, orlando
- dollar tree 4742, orlando
- dollar tree 4774, orlando
- dollar tree 4879, winter park
- dollar tree 5406, orlando
- dollar tree 549, orlando
- dollar tree 5570, orlando
- dollar tree 5572, orlando
- dollar tree 6251, orlando
- dollar tree 6323, orlando
- dollar tree 6777, orlando
- dollar tree 6861, orlando
- dollar tree 6939, orlando
- dollar tree 7001, orlando
- dollar tree 7226, orlando
- dollar tree 7270, orlando
- dollar tree 7621, orlando
- dollar tree 8354, ocoee
- dollar tree 8408, orlando
- dollar tree 8639, orlando
- dollar tree 976, orlando
- e colonial management, orlando
- family dollar 7052, orlando
- family dollar 10039, orlando
- family dollar 10040, orlando
- family dollar 10506, eatonville
- family dollar 10640, orlando
- family dollar 10660, christmas
- family dollar 11164, ocoee
- family dollar 11271, orlando
- family dollar 11521, orlando
- family dollar 11555, orlando
- family dollar 11832, orlando
- family dollar 12248, apopka
- family dollar 12250, orlando
- family dollar 12307, orlando
- family dollar 12329, orlando
- family dollar 1989, orlando
- family dollar 2009, ocoee
- family dollar 2583, orlando
- family dollar 2813, orlando
- family dollar 2849, orlando
- family dollar 3330, winter garden
- family dollar 465, apopka
- family dollar 6006, orlando
- family dollar 614, orlando
- family dollar 6196, orlando
- family dollar 6363, winter park
- family dollar 711, orlando
- family dollar 7834, apopka
- family dollar 7841, orlando
- family dollar 8160, orlando
- family dollar 8193, orlando
- family dollar 8753, orlando
- family dollar store 2839, orlando
- family dollar store 4368, orlando
- family dollar store 735, orlando
- family dollar store 7708, orlando
- family dollar store 8042, orlando
- family dollar store 8428, orlando
- family dollar store 8634, apopka
- frank & son fish market, apopka
- house of spices, orlando
- igatap african caribbean cuisine, orlando
- indian market, orlando
- la economica supermarket, winter garden
- pine hills food center inc, orlando
- rose's 547, orlando
- rose's 548, orlando
- southern steer butcher, ocoee
- sunshine seafood market, orlando
- super oriental market, orlando
- the bakery place, orlando
- the farmacy orlando, winter garden
- walgreen 05246, apopka
- walgreen 07694, orlando
- walgreen 09074, orlando
- walgreens 03576, orlando
- walgreens 02839, orlando
- walgreens 03131, winter park
- walgreens 03166, apopka
- walgreens 03460, orlando
- walgreens 03461, orlando
- walgreens 03862, orlando
- walgreens 03989, winter garden
- walgreens 04164, orlando
- walgreens 04526, orlando
- walgreens 04554, orlando
- walgreens 04906, orlando
- walgreens 04959, maitland
- walgreens 05240, orlando
- walgreens 05339, orlando
- walgreens 05495, winter park
- walgreens 05658, orlando
- walgreens 06030, orlando
- walgreens 06391, orlando
- walgreens 06505, orlando
- walgreens 07090, orlando
- walgreens 07109, winter garden
- walgreens 07165, orlando
- walgreens 07363, orlando
- walgreens 07385, winter garden
- walgreens 07460, orlando
- walgreens 07686, orlando
- walgreens 07938, orlando
- walgreens 10556, orlando
- walgreens 10951, winter park
- walgreens 11105, ocoee
- walgreens 11221, orlando
- walgreens 11684, orlando
- walgreens 11921, windermere
- walgreens 12146, orlando
- walgreens 12340, orlando
- walgreens 12424, orlando
- walgreens 12884, ocoee
- walgreens 13920, orlando
- walgreens 15017, orlando
- walgreens 15023, winter garden
- walgreens 15332, orlando
- walgreens 15436, winderemere
- walgreens 15500, orlando
- walgreens 16514, orlando
- walgreens 21144, orlando
- walgreens 21339, winter garden
- walgreens 21440, orlando
- walgreens 3398, orlando
- walgreens 3554, orlando
- walgreens 3650, orlando
- walgreens 3745, orlando
- walgreens 4646, orlando
- walgreens 4961, ocoee
- walgreens 6627, orlando
- walgreens 9484, orlando
- woo sung foods mart, orlando
Convenience Store · 28
- 7 eleven 39430 a, orlando
- 7 eleven 21744a, orlando
- 7 eleven 25089k, orlando
- 7 eleven 32605, orlando
- 7 eleven 32761b, orlando
- 7 eleven store 32221c, orlando
- 7 eleven store 32360b, winter park
- 7 eleven store 36690c, maitland
- 7 eleven store 37924b, orlando
- 7 to 11 food mart, orlando
- 7-eleven 10009b, orlando
- 7-eleven 23349a, orlando
- 7-eleven 23429a, orlando
- 7-eleven 25608, maitland
- 7-eleven 29271a, apopka
- 7-eleven 29789a, orlando
- 7-eleven 30046a, orlando
- 7-eleven 30048j, orlando
- 7-eleven 32101a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32158a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32183a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32216a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32410a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32669 b, orlando
- 7-eleven 32704 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 32798 a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33088a, orlando
- 7-eleven 33172a, orlando
Showing 250 of 959 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Florida
Compare Orange County vs Alachua County → · All Florida counties →
Food access nationally, Florida in context
Orange County sits inside Florida (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Understand the Data
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.