What corner stores in city council districts 8 & 9 need to know about their surrounding community

Sources: Esri, ZillowPrepared by: Alicia Virani

Victoria Mini Market is in the heart of City Council District 8 & is a corner store looking to sell fruits & veggies.

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Bernard ParksCouncilperson for District 8

Jan PerryCouncilperson for District 9

Sources: EsriPrepared by: Alicia Virani

The total population for these two districts is 588,361.

Median Income is: $24, 676

Median Income by Block Group in City Council Districts 8 & 9

Sources: Esri, US CensusPrepared by:

Alicia Virani

Large Chain Grocery Stores in City Council Districts 8 & 9

There is one grocery store for

every 60,000 residents in this

area.

If only the 4 largest grocery

stores are counted, there is only one grocery store for every

150,000 residents.

Sources: Esri, CA Dept. of Public Health

Prepared by: Alicia Virani

Corner Stores v. Fruit & Veggie Vendors

“Convenience other” is a convenience store that is independent or in a chain of 4 or fewer stores. These are your typical “corner stores”.

There are a total of 64 corner stores, which amounts to 1 corner store for every 9,000 residents Sources: Esri, CA Dept. of Public Health

Prepared by: Alicia Virani

The sales volume for the fruit & vegetable vendors can serve as an example for corner stores that wish to sell fruits & vegetables.

Location of convenience stores Location of fruit and vegetable markets

Grocery stores in these districts are walking distance* from only 9% of the population

The 4 largest grocery stores in these

districts have a total of 51,534 people

within a .5 mile radius.

This leaves 91% of the population at a

distance of .5 miles or greater from a large

grocery store.

Corner stores are far more accessible due

to their sheer numbers.

*Walking Distance = within .5 miles

Sources: Esri, CA Dept. of Public HealthPrepared by: Alicia Virani

Large chain stores and population density

Corner stores should accept food stamps if they want to attract and cater to their surrounding communities

The median percentage of

people receiving food stamps is 16%.

Because of the accessibility of

corner stores in these districts, they would benefit from

selling fruits and vegetables and accepting food

stamps to encourage greater patronage.

Percentage of people receiving food stamps by block group

Sources: Esri, CA Dept. of Public HealthPrepared by: Alicia Virani

Skills used

•Inset Map (Slide 1)

•Point graduated symbol (Slides 4 & 5)

•Boundary subsets selection (All slides: city council districts 8 & 9 were selected from all LA County city council districts and converted to a shape file)

•Buffering (Slide 6)

•Geoprocessing (All slides: the two city council districts were dissolved into one; clipping was used for all slides to clip L.A.-wide data (grocery stores, convenience stores, fruit & veggie vendors, food stamp %, population income, etc.) to the city council districts.

•Geocoding (Slides 4, 5, 6, & 7)