4. ²· Full Line Grocery Stores
Food Deserts
Detroit Boundary
Bus Buffer in Miles
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
5. .25 Mile Buffer Population Percent of
Population
Served 643,728 87.1%
Unserved 94,995 12.9%
.15 Mile Buffer Population Percent of
Population
Served 476,957 64.6%
Unserved 261,766 35.4%
Potential data inaccuracies :
• Unreliability of bus routes
• Handicap accessibility
• Additional physical barriers
• Time challenges (inflexibility)
6.
7. Outside Food Desert Food Desert
Population 698,031 40,695
Median Household
Income
$30,704 $24,025
Per Capita Income $15,700 $13,076
Cars per Driver 0.47 0.49
Editor's Notes
Purpose: Detroit has food deserts. Current food distribution centers (full-line grocery stores; food retailers) do not meet needs of entire population. We conducted spatial analyses
Consequently, we seek to find and describe the ideal location for a future food distribution center that would address to a degree these food justice issues and better meet the needs of current Detroit residents.
To locate a new food distribution center we conducted a habitat suitability model considering these criteria:
Financial accessibility
Transportation
Density
Sources: We gathered data from USDA, Michigan Geographic Data Library, City of Detroit, Data Driven Detroit, American Community Survey (2007-2011), SEMCOG
