Food Security Insights

Nearly 14 million U.S. households are food insecure today. Help alleviate the hunger crisis by reaching more of them with the assistance they need.

Dynamic Data,
Timely Insights

Target food assistance to those who need it most.

Food assistance can make all the difference to families facing hunger. But many are unaware of aid and often missed by traditional outreach efforts. UrbanFootprint Food Security Insights closes the gap.

Quantify current food insecurity risk

Locate the hardest-to-reach households

Chart and convey progress to stakeholders

Quantify current food insecurity risk

Locate the hardest-to-reach households

Chart and convey progress to stakeholders

Quantify & map food insecurity prevalence and risk

Pinpoint and measure the number of households at risk of food insecurity in any community, with precision down to the census block group level

Target neighborhoods and households in greatest need of SNAP and other benefits today using frequently updated, dynamic data

Target more households in need

Using SNAP application data, “map the gap” between applications and unmet need, enabling you to target underserved and vulnerable populations

Leverage that gap data to conduct hyper-targeted outreach to households at highest risk of food insecurity

Track & convey your strategic progress

Quantify and communicate progress toward your outreach goals with customizable charts and maps

Engage the public and community stakeholders with visually impactful storytelling

Our methodology

Static data

Food Security Insights is built on commercially-sourced parcel data along with trusted public and open data sources using proprietary algorithms and data normalization processes.

Dynamic data

We acquire and integrate the latest available data to reflect current economic and unemployment conditions, linking food security to household characteristics.

Biweekly updates

To ensure the highest quality and accuracy, we validate Food Security Insights against publicly available data as well as internal benchmarks.

Our methodology

Static data

Food Security Insights is built on commercially-sourced parcel data along with trusted public and open data sources using proprietary algorithms and data normalization processes.

Dynamic data

We acquire and integrate the latest available data to reflect current economic and unemployment conditions, linking food security to household characteristics.