Food Access Research Atlas

Presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility;
Provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and
Offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes.

What can you do with the Atlas?

Create maps showing food access indicators by census tract using different measures and indicators of supermarket accessibility;
Compare food access measures based on 2015 data with the previous 2010 measures;
View indicators of food access for selected subpopulations; and
Download census-tract-level data on food access measures.

Note: For information about data sources and updates/revisions to the data and mapping application, see Documentation and Download the Data.

Users may also be interested in the Food Environment Atlas which provides a wide set of statistics on food choices, health and well-being, and community characteristics for all communities in the United States.