Signature · 265 SNAP-authorized stores
Solano County, CA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Solano 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).
- 21.7%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 11.4%
- on SNAP
- 452K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Solano County, CA
LA-ELEVATED · PHOTO-FINISH · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-ELEVATED 21.7% low-access
- PHOTO-FINISH -0.4 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 11.4% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.9% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 4% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Yuba County ( -0.2 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Solano County ranks #1,551 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #22 of 58 counties in CA (21.7% low-access; 4 food-desert tracts).
- #1,551
- national by low-access %
- #22
- in CA
- 36
- low-access tracts
- 16K
- 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: 265 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Solano County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Solano County's 21.7% low-access share is elevated, higher than 50% of them and ranked #1,551 most-affected nationwide.
Solano County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
96 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
Solano County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (90 urban, 6 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 6 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Solano County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in California, not a full county-board reprint
- Sierra
Sierra 88.2%
88.2 % low-access
- Contra Costa 23.2
Contra Costa 23.2%
23.2 % low-access
- Santa Cruz 22.6
Santa Cruz 22.6%
22.6 % low-access
- Solano 21.7
Solano 21.7%
21.7 % low-access
- Yuba 21.5
Yuba 21.5%
21.5 % low-access
- Shasta 20.3
Shasta 20.3%
20.3 % low-access
- Amador 0.2
Amador 0.2%
0.2 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 96 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 413,344 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 36 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 89,524 |
| Low-Access Share | 21.7%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 15,627 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 451,918 |
| Median Household Income | $100,401 |
| Poverty Rate | 10.0%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 17,882 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 11.4%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.9%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Solano County
Solano County has 265 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 141 locations (53% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
8 towns share the 265 authorized stores; Vallejo holds 36% of them. 2 of the 8 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Rio Vista, Travis Afb.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Vallejo | 95 | 23 |
| Fairfield | 64 | 20 |
| Vacaville | 55 | 19 |
| Dixon | 18 | 5 |
| Suisun City | 15 | 4 |
| Benicia | 13 | 2 |
| Rio Vista | 4 | none |
| Travis Afb | 1 | none |
Convenience Store · 141
- 3 smoketeers grocery & smoke llc, vallejo
- 7 eleven 14133f, vallejo
- 7 eleven 14134e 14134e, fairfield
- 7 eleven 14148a, vallejo
- 7 eleven 16743a, vallejo
- 7 eleven 23433e 23433e, vacaville
- 7 eleven 2364 22837c, vacaville
- 7 eleven 2365-37947a 37947a, benicia
- 7 eleven 32180d 32180d, suisun city
- 7 eleven 38961a 38961a, suisun city
- 7 eleven 39058a 39058a, vallejo
- 7 eleven 39555a, vacaville
- 7 eleven store 16729f, vallejo
- 7-eleven 14147 d, fairfield
- 7-eleven 23584 c, dixon
- 7-eleven 24248 b, vacaville
- 7-eleven (gill) 14149 f, fairfield
- 7-eleven 14155 g, vacaville
- 7-eleven store 2365-26231b, benicia
- 7-eleven store 34158a 34158a, fairfield
- 7-eleven store 16055g, vacaville
- 76 gas station none, suisun city
- admiral callaghan shell 126, vallejo
- alamo food gas and car wash, vacaville
- arco am pm, dixon
- arco am/pm 83321, fairfield
- arco ampm, fairfield
- arco ampm 7090, vallejo
- arco ampm 7195, vacaville
- arco ampm 83817, fairfield
- arco marina 83087, suisun city
- b&b liquor #2, vallejo
- bonfare market 30, vallejo
- bonfare market 37, suisun city
- ben's food n liquor, vallejo
- bevbox, vallejo
- bevbox, vallejo
- bevbox vallejo 2, vallejo
- bob's liquor and food, benicia
- bonfare market 27, fairfield
- bonfare market 31, fairfield
- bonfare36 36, vallejo
- boss market, vallejo
- bud's liquor, vallejo
- central valley alz investments inc, vallejo
- central valley c-stores, vallejo mart, vallejo
- chevron 1565, vacaville
- chevron 1737, benicia
- chevron 2215, benicia
- chevron 2220, fairfield
- chevron station 1703, vallejo
- come n go, vallejo
- convenience mart, fairfield
- cordelia shell 105, fairfield
- corner market & 99 store, vallejo
- country corner liquors, fairfield
- depot food & liquor, vacaville
- discount gas grocery & liquor, vallejo
- dixon chevron, dixon
- dixon food & liquor, dixon
- dixon liquor and gas na, dixon
- dollar plus & party supplies, vallejo
- double aas smoke shop inc, vallejo
- dr.booze mini mart, fairfield
- five point liquor & grocery, vallejo
- fairfield gas, fairfield
- fairfield union 76, fairfield
- fairmont liquor, vacaville
- food fair market inc, fairfield
- food mart, vallejo
- h & s energy products 3080, vacaville
- h&s energy products llc 2043, vallejo
- h&s energy products llc 2047, fairfield
- h&s energy products llc 3042, fairfield
- h&s energy products llc 3043, fairfield
- h&s energy products llc 3048, fairfield
- h&s energy products llc 3050, vallejo
- h&s energy products llc 3052, vacaville
- h&s energy products llc 3055, vacaville
- h&s energy products llc 3056, vallejo
- h&s energy products llc 3058, vacaville
- h&s energy products llc 3060, vallejo
- h&s energy products llc 3062, vallejo
- j & r, vallejo
- jd food & gas inc, vallejo
- jolly king liquor and food, fairfield
- king wine and liquor 7, vacaville
- lakayanm goods, vallejo
- liquor mart, suisun city
- liquorland vacaville, vacaville
- little maya bakery, vallejo
- m & m liquor, vallejo
- major market, fairfield
- main st market, suisun city
- marine world shell 127, vallejo
- market plus, fairfield
- maxx for less inc, rio vista
- merchant shell 129, vacaville
- n & m market, vallejo
- north texas shell 103, fairfield
- ok express 02, vallejo
- okbah grocery shop, vallejo
- omayh food mart, vallejo
- one stop mart, vacaville
- panaderia la mexicana, fairfield
- purewal gas, vacaville
- quik stop market 550166, vacaville
- quik stop market 551159, fairfield
- rio vista chevron, rio vista
- rocket 5418, benicia
- rotten robbie 70, dixon
- royal vallejo, vallejo
- s & s liquor & grocery store 3, vallejo
- s & s liquor 1, vallejo
- s&s liquor 2 2, vallejo
- suisun port of call groceries, suisun city
- shop n save market, vallejo
- sidhus arco am pm, vacaville
- singh brother oil inc. 83054, vacaville
- smoke city 1, vallejo
- sonoma petroleum inc, vallejo
- springs market, vallejo
- springstowne bottle shop, vallejo
- stop n save, vallejo
- suisun fast fill market, suisun city
- t j market, vallejo
- the pack gift shop & tobacco, vallejo
- travis gas, fairfield
- u know smoke shop inc, vallejo
- union avenue food and liquor, fairfield
- united petroleum, dixon
- val's liquors, vallejo
- vacaville union 76, vacaville
- valero gas & food, vallejo
- vallejo chevron 015, vallejo
- vallejo food fair, vallejo
- vallejo royal 2, vallejo
- vallejo shell 11, vallejo
- walters road ampm, fairfield
- we know smoke & convenience market, vallejo
- west texas fuel and food, fairfield
Combination Grocery/Other · 32
- cvs pharmacy 3075, fairfield
- cvs pharmacy 9371, fairfield
- cvs pharmacy 9712, fairfield
- cvs pharmacy 9761, benicia
- cvs pharmacy 9819, vacaville
- cvs pharmacy 9832, vallejo
- cvs pharmacy 9917, vacaville
- cvs pharmacy 9927, vallejo
- cvs pharmacy 9950, dixon
- dollartree 10403, vallejo
- dollartree 10418, vacaville
- dollartree 11518, benicia
- dollartree 8828, vallejo
- dollartree 9271, vallejo
- desi outlet, vacaville
- dollar general 14812, vallejo
- dollar tree 1235, vacaville
- dollar tree 2341, fairfield
- dollar tree 3973, suisun city
- dollar tree 4131, vallejo
- dollar tree 4943, dixon
- dollar tree 5179, benicia
- dollar tree 5973, fairfield
- dollar tree 6438, vacaville
- family dollar 11411, rio vista
- indian-mart, fairfield
- lira's supermarket, rio vista
- mexico meat market, vacaville
- pedrick produce, dixon
- spices 4 less inc, fairfield
- walgreens 02644, vacaville
- walgreens 15432, fairfield
Supermarket · 32
- food maxx 467, fairfield
- food 4 less 07, fairfield
- food maxx 489, vallejo
- grocery outlet of vacaville 236, vacaville
- grocery outlet west vallejo 283, vallejo
- la tapatia market, vallejo
- lucky 783, vacaville
- lucky 784, vacaville
- maya supermarket, vacaville
- nugget market 11, vacaville
- raley's 330, suisun city
- raley's 331, fairfield
- raley's 332, fairfield
- raley's 343, benicia
- raley's 344, vacaville
- safeway 1109, vacaville
- safeway 1127, fairfield
- safeway 1258, dixon
- safeway 1631, vallejo
- safeway 1722, fairfield
- safeway 774, benicia
- safeway 968, vallejo
- safeway 989, vallejo
- seafood city supermarket, vallejo
- soultran's seafood inc, vallejo
- sprouts farmers market 432, vacaville
- suisun seafood center, suisun city
- super la favorita 2, inc., fairfield
- super la favorita 3, dixon
- trader joe's 101, fairfield
- vargas market inc, vallejo
- winco foods 060, vacaville
Super Store · 25
- 168 market, vallejo
- cardenas 213, vallejo
- costco wholesale 0132, vallejo
- costco wholesale 0453, fairfield
- costco wholesale 0694, vacaville
- county square market, vacaville
- grocery outlet fairfield 19, fairfield
- grocery outlet of dixon 455, dixon
- island pacific supermarket 2110, vallejo
- la charrita, fairfield
- lola's market 6, vallejo
- smart & final 338, vallejo
- sam's club 6433, vacaville
- smart & final 723, fairfield
- target store t-0331, vallejo
- target store t-0827, vacaville
- target store t-675, fairfield
- vallejo grocery outlet 169, vallejo
- walmart 1704, vacaville
- walmart 2048, fairfield
- walmart 5139, dixon
- walmart 5608, vacaville
- walmart neighborhood market 5007, vacaville
- walmart neighborhood market 5609, vallejo
- walmart supercenter 3708, suisun city
Medium Grocery Store · 13
- 3j's asian market, suisun city
- amar grocery, fairfield
- asian mart fairfield, fairfield
- carniceria yoli, vacaville
- fairfield market & liquor inc, fairfield
- food basket, vallejo
- guanajuato market, vallejo
- kings market, vallejo
- la placita meat market, vacaville
- mediterranean food center, fairfield
- panaderia lupita, dixon
- sonoma meat market, vallejo
- thai market, fairfield
Small Grocery Store · 7
- carniceria lupita, dixon
- every little thing jamaican, suisun city
- guanajuato grill deli & bakery, vallejo
- international market, fairfield
- prime years nutrition 03, vallejo
- primetime nutrition 528, fairfield
- primetime nutrition 541, vacaville
Showing 250 of 265 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 California
One of 57 counties in California, 6 are shown here.
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Nationwide peers for Solano County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Solano County, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside CA (21.7% here).
- Allen County, KY · 21.7% low-access
- St. Mary's County, MD · 21.7% low-access
- Forrest County, MS · 21.7% low-access
- Wyoming County, NY · 21.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside CA (11.4% here).
- Howard County, IN · 11.4% SNAP
- Des Moines County, IA · 11.4% SNAP
- Finney County, KS · 11.4% SNAP
- Daviess County, KY · 11.4% 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.
California among Pacific states
California ranks 5th of 5 Pacific states by population-weighted low-access (13.3%). Solano County, at 21.7%, runs 8.4 pts above the California rate.
- Alaska 30.9%
- Hawaii 26.7%
- Washington 23.1%
- Oregon 16.9%
- California 13.3%
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 Solano County, CA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 06095. 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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