County food-access profile · Oregon
Washington County, OR
Washington 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.
- 14.3%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 10.5%
- on SNAP
- 604K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
14.3% of Washington County residents live in a low-access area, and 1 of its 104 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 32
- low-access tracts
- 12K
- food-desert residents
- 5.6%
- households, no vehicle
- 8.1%
- 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).
Washington County's low-access share sits near the national share, at 14.3% per the USDA Atlas. 32 of the county's 104 census tracts are flagged low-access, covering roughly 75,771 residents who live far from a supermarket. 1 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 12,223 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 Washington County compares nationally
Washington County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 14.3% low-access share that beats 31% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,175).
Washington County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 104 census tracts in Washington County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Washington County vs. other Oregon counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Oregon
- Washington 14.3
Washington County, OR
14.3 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, OR
37.9 % low-access
- Benton
Benton County, OR
27.9 % low-access
- Clackamas
Clackamas County, OR
17.3 % low-access
- Clatsop 12.4
Clatsop County, OR
12.4 % low-access
- Columbia 6.1
Columbia County, OR
6.1 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 104 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 529,710 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 32 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 75,771 |
| Low-Access Share | 14.3%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 12,223 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 603,947 |
| Median Household Income | $107,772 |
| Poverty Rate | 8.1%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 24,720 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.5%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.6%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.4% |
About 10.5% of Washington County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 14.3% of residents are low-access, near the national share for U.S. counties.
- 10.5% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 24,720 households here.
- 5.6% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 1 tract 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 Washington County
near the national share
1 of Washington County's 104 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 1.0% of all its tracts.
A further 31 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 32.
An estimated 75,771 residents, roughly 14.3% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 12,223 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 72 tracts (69.2%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Washington County
Washington County has 302 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 129 locations (43% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 129
- 1 food 4 mart, beaverton
- 26 market, timber
- 7 eleven 23999 c, portland
- 7 eleven store 16394c, portland
- 7 star convenience store # 2 n/a, forest grove
- 7 star convenience store 11 0, gaston
- 7 star convenience store 6, forest grove
- 7-eleven 14522 g, portland
- 7-eleven 14 505 b, hillsboro
- 7-eleven 22510c, beaverton
- 7-eleven 23153 d, beaverton
- 7-eleven 25653 c, tigard
- 7-eleven 25742e, portland
- 7-eleven 34135 a, beaverton
- 7-eleven 35354 a, sherwood
- 7-eleven store 16572g, aloha
- 7-eleven store 35335a, beaverton
- 7-eleven #25458e 25458e, beaverton
- 7-eleven #25516e 25516e, beaverton
- 7-eleven #27388f 27388d, beaverton
- 7-eleven #38537a 38537a, hillsboro
- 7-eleven 18950d, beaverton
- 7-eleven 19690a 19690a, hillsboro
- 7-eleven 20715d, forest grove
- 7-eleven 23726c, tualatin
- 7-eleven 25562c, portland
- 76 hillsboro, hillsboro
- 76 of beaverton, beaverton
- 76 of canyon, beaverton
- 76 of cornelius cornelius, cornelius
- 76 of tualatin, tualatin
- a1 market 100, hillsboro
- allen market, beaverton
- aloha 170th chevron 20, beaverton
- aloha 185th chevron 8, beaverton
- aloha express market, beaverton
- apatzingan market & deli, cornelius
- arco ampm, beaverton
- arco ampm 7207, beaverton
- arco ampm allen, beaverton
- best mart, beaverton
- blooming junction, cornelius
- csi 1010, sherwood
- csi 1123, beaverton
- csi 1125, hillsboro
- csi 1189, portland
- csi 1192, beaverton
- cedar hills chevron extra mile 5, beaverton
- center market 15, beaverton
- chevron station 1009, beaverton
- city center food mart #3 3, portland
- cornelius food market, cornelius
- costless market, hillsboro
- fred meyer fuel center 143, hillsboro
- friendly food european food store, portland
- glenwood food mart, gales creek
- green light food mart, beaverton
- hasco stations, llc 8049, gales creek
- highland food market, beaverton
- in-n-out market 2, banks
- jackson's food store 511, hillsboro
- jackson's food store 516, cedar mill
- jacksons food stores 512, hillsboro
- jacksons food stores 513, hillsboro
- jacksons food stores 514, beaverton
- jacksons food stores 515, beaverton
- jacksons food stores 517, beaverton
- jacksons food stores 518, tigard
- jacksons food stores 519, tigard
- jacksons food stores 530, tigard
- jacksons food stores 533, tualatin
- la morenita, beaverton
- las jaras, portland
- lucky market & deli, forest grove
- market express 207167, north plains
- north plains arco 6058, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 014, beaverton
- plaid pantry 015, beaverton
- plaid pantry 017, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 019, tigard
- plaid pantry 020, forest grove
- plaid pantry 025, cornelius
- plaid pantry 049, portland
- plaid pantry 067, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 099, forest grove
- plaid pantry 118, beaverton
- plaid pantry 122, portland
- plaid pantry 126, beaverton
- plaid pantry 149, portland
- plaid pantry 160, tualatin
- plaid pantry 170, beaverton
- plaid pantry 176, beaverton
- plaid pantry 205, beaverton
- plaid pantry 206, aloha
- plaid pantry 210, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 214, portland
- pandaderia y pasteleria, beaverton
- people mart 14, portland
- plaid pantry 216, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 219, hillsboro
- plaid pantry 227, beaverton
- plaid pantry 232, beaverton
- progress grocery & deli, beaverton
- quick-stop mart llc, beaverton
- r & d retail services corporation, forest grove
- rainbow market, sherwood
- raleigh hill oil llc, portland
- rocket #5457 5457, hillsboro
- rocket #7450 7450, tigard
- rocket 5452, beaverton
- rose neighborhood market, beaverton
- s & s market, hillsboro
- seven eleven 17916, portland
- sherlocks grocery 2, hillsboro
- snack jacks, manning
- space age fuel #23, beaverton
- space age fuel #24, portland
- stafford hills 76 & car wash, wilsonville
- stop by bakery and restaurant, beaverton
- svs forest grove inc., forest grove
- tanasbourne west chevron 1, hillsboro
- tienda y carniceria palacios, beaverton
- tualatin chevron, tualatin
- tualatin gas & food no, tualatin
- us market 550, north plains
- us market 500, cornelius
- us market 700 llc, hillsboro
- walker sinclair, beaverton
- west union sun foods llc, hillsboro
Combination Grocery/Other · 44
- bazaar world food, beaverton
- bi-mart 618, hillsboro
- bi-mart 632, beaverton
- bi-mart 635, forest grove
- bi-mart 640, portland
- bi-mart 662, beaverton
- cvs pharmacy 11150, portland
- cvs pharmacy 11658, portland
- cvs pharmacy 11669, beaverton
- cvs pharmacy 11676, beaverton
- dollartree 9906, portland
- dollar tree 1894, sherwood
- dollar tree 1902, hillsboro
- dollar tree 2074, aloha
- dollar tree 2099, portland
- dollar tree 2129, portland
- dollar tree 2284, beaverton
- dollar tree 2349, forest grove
- dollar tree 2378, hillsboro
- dollar tree 2985, hillsboro
- dollar tree 3244, tigard
- dollar tree 3701, tigard
- dollar tree 4279, beaverton
- dollar tree 4543, portland
- dollar tree 8626, hillsboro
- hp enterprise hwy99, portland
- india supermarket, beaverton
- india sweets & spices, beaverton
- jim's market, banks
- la nortena market, beaverton
- la universal minimarket llc, hillsboro
- papa murphys pizza or028, hillsboro
- sunset jerky and more, banks
- walgreens 05952, portland
- walgreens 06370, beaverton
- walgreens 06831, hillsboro
- walgreens 06852, aloha
- walgreens 07665, sherwood
- walgreens 09353, cornelius
- walgreens 1082, portland
- walgreens 13780, hillsboro
- walgreens 15071, portland
- walgreens 15403, aloha
- walgreens 5780, tigard
Medium Grocery Store · 23
- a one international mart, portland
- bhais meat market, portland
- can tho market, beaverton
- el campesino cornelius, cornelius
- el porvenir llc, portland
- fruteria el campesino, beaverton
- gaston supermarket, gaston
- halal meat & mediterranean food, tigard
- hillsboro seafood market llc, hillsboro
- la cabana, hillsboro
- manila market inc, aloha
- nuevo horizonte market llc, beaverton
- ranchito super store, beaverton
- rose market, beaverton
- salsa market, beaverton
- san francisco tienda, beaverton
- sher llc 1, beaverton
- super mercado la montana, forest grove
- super mercado san alejandro 1, cornelius
- supermercado tequila, beaverton
- tanyas european deli, beaverton
- viet, thai & himalaya market, beaverton
- yesenias foods, hillsboro
Super Store · 18
- 99 ranch market 93, beaverton
- asian food center beaverton llc, beaverton
- beaverton grocery outlet 235, beaverton
- costco wholesale 0009, aloha
- costco wholesale 0111, portland
- costco wholesale 0692, hillsboro
- fred meyer 00482, beaverton
- fred meyer 143, hillsboro
- fred meyer 285, portland
- fred meyer 35, beaverton
- fred meyer 375, portland
- fred meyer 393, tualatin
- fred meyer 60, cornelius
- fred meyer 661, hillsboro
- grocery outlet of hillsboro 104, hillsboro
- grocery outlet of tanasbourne 194, beaverton
- h-mart portland, inc, portland
- king city grocery outlet 23, portland
Bakery Specialty · 15
- b&k pizza or127, beaverton
- franz bakery thrift 9017, tigard
- la panadera llc, forest grove
- papa murphy's or005, beaverton
- papa murphy's or023, portland
- papa murphy's or033, portland
- papa murphy's pizza or-034, beaverton
- papa murphy's pizza or052, hillsboro
- papa murphy's take and bake pizza or130, portland
- papa murphy's take and bake pizza or90, hillsboro
- papa murphy's take and bake pizza or003, tualatin
- papa murphys or-022, forest grove
- papa murphys or-086, beaverton
- papa murphys or103, sherwood
- sunbela com llc, beaverton
Farmers' Market · 11
- aloha community farmers' market, beaverton
- beaverton farmers market, beaverton
- cedar mill farmers market, portland
- cornelius farmers market, cornelius
- forest grove farmer's market, forest grove
- gaston farm and artisans market nafmnp, gaston
- hillsboro farmers markets, hillsboro
- sun gold farm, llc, forest grove
- tigard bull mountain farmers market 1, portland
- tigard farmers market, portland
- tigard farmers market, portland
Large Grocery Store · 5
- cedar halaal market, beaverton
- krishna supermarket 001, beaverton
- mingala international market, beaverton
- su casa imports, inc, hillsboro
- san juan super market, hillsboro
Small Grocery Store · 4
- fresh halal meat, beaverton
- halal grocery market & bakery, beaverton
- sari-sari asian store llc, beaverton
- tienda el cerrito 1, beaverton
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 1
- 185th produce, beaverton
Showing 250 of 302 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Oregon
Compare Washington County vs Baker County → · All Oregon counties →
Food access nationally, Oregon in context
Washington County sits inside Oregon (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.