Signature · 804 SNAP-authorized stores
Palm Beach County, FL
Palm Beach 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.
- 18.6%
- low-access pop.
- 13
- food-desert tracts
- 10.0%
- on SNAP
- 1.5M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Palm Beach County, FL
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 18.6% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -3.5 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 13 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 10.0% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 4% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Hamilton County (+ 0.0 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Palm Beach County ranks #1,803 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #48 of 67 counties in FL (18.6% low-access; 13 food-desert tracts).
- #1,803
- national by low-access %
- #48
- in FL
- 106
- low-access tracts
- 55K
- 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: 804 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Palm Beach County compares nationally
Palm Beach County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 18.6% low-access share that beats 42% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,803).
Palm Beach County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
333 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 13 LILA.
Palm Beach County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (325 urban, 8 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 8 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Palm Beach County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Florida, not a full county-board reprint
- Glades
Glades 56.2%
56.2 % low-access
- Madison 20.8
Madison 20.8%
20.8 % low-access
- Alachua 19.2
Alachua 19.2%
19.2 % low-access
- Palm Beach 18.6
Palm Beach 18.6%
18.6 % low-access
- Hamilton 18.6
Hamilton 18.6%
18.6 % low-access
- Pinellas 18.1
Pinellas 18.1%
18.1 % low-access
- Gilchrist 0.1
Gilchrist 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 333 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,320,134 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 106 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 13 |
| Low-Access Population | 245,446 |
| Low-Access Share | 18.6%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 54,523 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,533,806 |
| Median Household Income | $83,581 |
| Poverty Rate | 11.3%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 60,523 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.0%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.0%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County has 804 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 11 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 312 locations (39% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
40 towns share the 804 authorized stores; West Palm Beach holds 21% of them. 7 of the 40 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: South Bay, Canal Point, Haverhill, Juno Beach, Palm Beach Gard, Parkland and 1 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| West Palm Beach | 168 | 47 |
| Lake Worth | 91 | 24 |
| Boynton Beach | 83 | 29 |
| Boca Raton | 74 | 35 |
| Delray Beach | 71 | 28 |
| Belle Glade | 34 | 8 |
| Lantana | 31 | 9 |
| Jupiter | 30 | 14 |
| Greenacres | 28 | 12 |
| Riviera Beach | 25 | 4 |
Top 10 of 40 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 312 (250 shown)
- 1 stop shop, riviera beach
- 4 stop food mart, lake worth beach
- 7 days, royal palm beach
- 7 days food mart, lake worth
- 7 eleven 34800b, boca raton
- 7 eleven 34857a, boynton beach
- 7 eleven 34861a, west palm beach
- 7 eleven store 19111b, boca raton
- 7 eleven store 40338b, lake worth beach
- 7-eleven 25514 b, lantana
- 7-eleven 25973 a, royal palm beach
- 7-eleven 32362b, haverhill
- 7-eleven 32388a, boynton beach
- 7-eleven 32425a, boynton beach
- 7-eleven 33002b, loxahatchee
- 7-eleven 34590 a, palm springs
- 7-eleven #38034a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven #41309h 41361h, lake worth beach
- 7-eleven 25402a, jupiter
- 7-eleven 34794a, palm beach gardens
- 7-eleven 37095a, riviera beach
- 7-eleven 37534a, lake worth
- 7-eleven 37699a, loxahatchee
- 7-eleven 38142a, lantana
- 7-eleven 39565j, lake worth
- 7-eleven 39784a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 40335a, jupiter
- 7-eleven 41529a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 41621h, west palm beach
- 7-eleven store #40359b 40359b, palm beach gardens
- 7-eleven store 10454b, boca raton
- 7-eleven store 34835b, lake worth
- 7-eleven store 37019a, palm springs
- 7-eleven store 41265h, westlake
- 7-eleven, inc. 37252h, west palm beach
- 7-eleven #34798a, delray beach
- 7-eleven 18325b, riviera beach
- 7-eleven 26779c, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 32674c, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 34582, royal palm beach
- 7-eleven 34785a, boynton beach
- 7-eleven 34793a, delray beach
- 7-eleven 34829a, tequesta
- 7-eleven 34858a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 36439a, royal palm beach
- 7-eleven 37169a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 37223a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 37574a, royal palm beach
- 7-eleven 37633a, lake worth
- 7-eleven 37734a, lake worth
- 7-eleven 38664a, westlake
- 7-eleven 40339a, lake worth
- 7-eleven 40366a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven 41524a, west palm beach
- 7-eleven store #32254c 32254c, lake worth
- 7-eleven store 32593c, west palm beach
- 7-eleven store 34771b, boca raton
- 7-eleven store 34790b, boynton beach
- 7-eleven store 34824b, jupiter
- 7-eleven store 41278a, boynton beach
- a&a groceries inc, west palm beach
- a1a food & gas of boynton beach, boynton beach
- a1a food & beverage, boynton beach
- abc mini mart & deli inc, delray beach
- amoco, boynton beach
- abarrotes antigua, west palm beach
- am food, west palm beach
- aribah kwik stop, lake worth
- asian world market, boynton beach
- b-kwik food store, boca raton
- belle glade circle a, belle glade
- belle glade fish market, belle glade
- belle glade marathon, belle glade
- belle glade quick shop, belle glade
- belle glade trading, belle glade
- belle glade trading, pahokee
- belvedere citgo station, west palm beach
- blue store, pahokee
- bobby store, belle glade
- boca chevron, boca raton
- boca marina mobil, boca raton
- boynton chevron, boynton beach
- boynton grocers, boynton beach
- bp, boynton beach
- broadway bp, west palm beach
- broadway food mart, west palm beach
- c & k food mart, lake worth
- circle k 2704733, jupiter
- community food, delray beach
- community food store #6, delray beach
- cumberland farms 9541, greenacres
- cumberland farms 9548, lake worth
- cumberland farms 9551, boca raton
- cumberland farms 9568, west palm beach
- cumberland farms 9609, west palm beach
- cumberland farms 9785, west palm beach
- century mobil, west palm beach
- chevron, lake worth
- chevron food mart, west palm beach
- chevron food mart, west palm beach
- chevron food mart, belle glade
- chevron gas land, delray beach
- circle k 5338, jupiter
- city food store, lantana
- congress bp, west palm beach
- corner mart & deli, west palm beach
- country corner grocery, jupiter
- cumberland farms 9753, greenacres
- cumberland farms 9786, lake worth
- cumberland farms, inc. 9781, west palm beach
- d & l caribbean grocery, boynton beach
- delray valero, delray beach
- dixie & blue heron inc, riviera beach
- downtown deli food store, west palm beach
- ed's food store & deli, greenacres
- eds food store & deli, lake worth
- el quetzal mini-market, lake worth beach
- express food store, west palm beach
- express food and beverage, boynton beach
- fast stop n go, west palm beach
- fm food, west palm beach
- fajitas international supermarket, lake worth
- family food market, belle glade
- family grocery, greenacres
- flowers bakery outlet 77, riviera beach
- food and beverage, west palm beach
- food kwik, greenacres
- food mart, west palm beach
- food mart, boynton beach
- food max, greenacres
- food point, lake worth
- forest hill foodmart, west palm beach
- garden shell, palm beach gardens
- gardens sunoco, palm beach gardens
- gateway fuel, boynton beach
- george bush inc. 10366b, delray beach
- gfh food & beverage mart, riviera beach
- giant meat and grocery, riviera beach
- glades food market, belle glade
- global mart, jupiter
- global mart, loxahatchee
- green line marketplace 8008 llc, lantana
- green line marketplace 88 llc, west palm beach
- green olive market, west palm beach
- greynold's food mart, lantana
- guatemala antigua del sur, west palm beach
- gun club food mart, west palm beach
- hammer petroleum 308226, lake worth
- haverhill food market, west palm beach
- haverhill gas & go, west palm beach
- house of india, greenacres
- hypoluxo chevron, lake worth
- hypoluxo foodmart of lantana, lantana
- island spice west indian market, royal palm beach
- island way shell 1, jupiter
- j & d trading of delray, delray beach
- j food store, riviera beach
- jerusalem food store, west palm beach
- kwik stop #2900, greenacres
- kwik stop 0941, lake worth
- kb convenience store, boynton beach
- kenny's market, boynton beach
- kwik stop, lantana
- kwik stop, lake worth beach
- kwik stop, pahokee
- kwik stop, lake worth beach
- kwik stop, west palm beach
- kwik stop, boynton beach
- kwik stop, lake worth beach
- kwik stop, riviera beach
- kwik stop food store, lake worth
- kwik stop food store, lake worth beach
- kwik stop grocery store, lake worth beach
- kwik stop ullash, boynton beach
- lyons petroleum,inc, lake worth
- la placita minimarket, inc., lake worth
- lake ave coastal, west palm beach
- lake ave marathon 594, west palm beach
- lake park citgo, lake park
- lake park texaco, lake park
- lake point marathon, west palm beach
- lake worth marathon, palm springs
- lantana grocery and deli, lantana
- lantana texaco, lantana
- lawrence chevron food mart, boynton beach
- little giant, belle glade
- local convenience stores, west palm beach
- long island food market, south bay
- loren food mart, palm beach gardens
- los amigos food market, lake worth beach
- los primos grocery, lake worth
- marathon, west palm beach
- marathon gas station, north palm beach
- mario's market 1, delray beach
- meghna oil inc, delray beach
- metro gas, lake worth beach
- mi casita produce, lake worth
- military trail marathon, west palm beach
- mirza petroleum company 9082421, lake worth
- mlk food mart, riviera beach
- mlk quick stop, boynton beach
- mobil gas station, west palm beach
- mobil mart, lake worth beach
- mr. a's grocery, lantana
- murphy usa 7528, palm springs
- murphy usa 7717, delray beach
- murphy usa 7720, lake park
- murphy usa 7862, haverhill
- neighbor's nook, delray beach
- next store, boca raton
- northlake chevron, palm beach gardens
- nutrition world, palm beach gardens
- ocean food store, boynton beach
- okeechobee valero, west palm beach
- orion, boynton beach
- orion, delray beach
- orion mart, lake worth
- pahokee one stop, pahokee
- palm springs circle k, lake worth
- palmetto food mart, boca raton
- peanuts country store, delray beach
- pilot travel center 1046, south bay
- pleasant city caribbean market, west palm beach
- race trac 2410, lake park
- race trac 2459, royal palm beach
- race trac 459, boynton beach
- race trac 506, west palm beach
- race trac 562, west palm beach
- racetrac 2380, lake worth
- racetrac 2385, lantana
- racetrac 2464, greenacres
- racetrac 2572 2572, west point beach
- racetrac 2632, riviera beach
- racetrac 2638, south bay
- racetrac2627 2627, lake worth
- raceway 7003, lake worth
- rainbow city food store, boynton beach
- rebel 826, delray beach
- rebel 852, lake worth
- rincon centroamericano, lake worth beach
- s & s stop & shop, boynton beach
- sm super stop, lake worth
- sam's market, lake worth
- sams food and gas, mangonia park
- sapo grocery, west palm beach
- seacrest food mart, boynton beach
- seaside convenience store, boynton beach
- shell, west palm beach
- singer island gas station, riviera beach
- smj one petroleum, lantana
Showing 250 of 804 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.
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Nationwide peers for Palm Beach County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Palm Beach 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 (18.6% here).
- Valley County, ID · 18.6% low-access
- San Luis Obispo County, CA · 18.6% low-access
- Talladega County, AL · 18.6% low-access
- Monroe County, AL · 18.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside FL (10.0% here).
- Jefferson County, IN · 10.0% SNAP
- Rush County, IN · 10.0% SNAP
- Buena Vista County, IA · 10.0% SNAP
- Pulaski County, AR · 10.0% 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.
Florida among South Atlantic states
Florida ranks 4th of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Palm Beach County, at 18.6%, runs 6.5 pts below the Florida rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
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 Palm Beach County, FL are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 12099. 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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