Signature · 42.7% low-access (90th pct)
Butler County, OH
Butler County sits in the upper national band on low-access (42.7%, +20.6 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 42.7%
- low-access pop.
- 19
- food-desert tracts
- 9.8%
- on SNAP
- 393K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Butler County, OH
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-SEVERE 42.7% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +20.6 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 19 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.8% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.7% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 24% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Noble County (+ 0.2 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Butler County sits in the upper national band (42.7%, #322 of 3,079) with 19 LILA tracts.
- #322
- national by low-access %
- #5
- in OH
- 55
- low-access tracts
- 35K
- food-desert residents
Upper-band counties often pair elevated low-access with clustered LILA tracts. Low access = >1 mile urban / >10 miles rural.
Signature read: 42.7% low-access (90th pct) (+20.6 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Butler County compares nationally
Butler County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 42.7% low-access share outpaces 90% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #327 most-affected nationwide.
Butler County's elevated USDA tier split
80 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 19 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Butler County has 71 urban and 9 rural census tracts. The 1-mile (urban) vs 10-mile (rural) distance threshold above applies per tract, so a county's access rate reflects this mix.
Butler County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Ohio, not a full county-board reprint
- Warren
Warren 45.7%
45.7 % low-access
- Clermont
Clermont 45.4%
45.4 % low-access
- Delaware
Delaware 44.1%
44.1 % low-access
- Noble
Noble 42.9%
42.9 % low-access
- Butler
Butler 42.7%
42.7 % low-access
- Morrow 2.2
Morrow 2.2%
2.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 80 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 368,130 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 55 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 19 |
| Low-Access Population | 157,041 |
| Low-Access Share | 42.7%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 34,714 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 392,876 |
| Median Household Income | $81,590 |
| Poverty Rate | 11.8%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 14,429 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.8%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.7%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Butler County
Butler County has 304 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 7 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 159 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 159
- 18 millville operations llc, hamilton
- a one shop n/a, oxford
- ag market, fairfield township
- alem brothers llc, middletown
- ameristop, fairfield
- ameristop food mart, west chester
- amir retailers inc 0, hamilton
- amoco middletown, middletown
- bp, hamilton
- blue ball shell, middletown
- bp dixie, fairfield
- bp express, middletown
- casey's 3668, trenton
- casey's 3847, fairfield township
- casey's 4031, hamilton
- carniceria el camino, fairfield
- central supermarket, middletown
- certified oil corp 400436, hamilton
- circle k 4705216, fairfield
- circle k 4705220, liberty twp
- circle k 4705223, west chester
- circle k 4705485, oxford
- colony food mart, oxford
- dabbelts market, hamilton
- das foods llc, hamilton
- das mart, hamilton
- das petroleum, hamilton
- davey's food mart, middletown
- dixie food mart, fairfield
- dixie marathon, hamilton
- eaton market, hamilton
- fair food mart, hamilton
- fairfield food mart, fairfield
- fairfield shell, fairfield
- fillnsip, hamilton
- food mart, fairfield
- friendly express food mart, fairfield
- gas and go grub, middletown
- gas depot, fairfield
- gp monroe llc, monroe
- grab n go fairfield, fairfield
- hamilton bp, hamilton
- hamilton quick shop, fairfield township
- harry and sons holdings, hamilton
- high street food mart, hamilton
- highland food mart, middletown
- hiral enterprises llc, west chester
- jamies market, hamilton
- jays food mart, fairfield
- jiffy mart, fairfield
- johnson's grocery, hamilton
- jp food mart llc, hamilton
- lefferson food mart, middletown
- maggard's grocery & carry out, hamilton
- ma sunoco, hamilton
- madison food mart, middletown
- main st marathon, hamilton
- main street bp, hamilton
- main street marathon, monroe
- marathon, okeana
- maruti 101 corporation, fairfield
- max mart, middletown
- megan's grocery & deli, somerville
- meijer gas station 135, hamilton
- meijer gas station 147, west chester
- miami party supplies, hamilton
- middletown eaton sunoco 40, middletown
- middletown food mart, middletown
- middletown food mart, middletown
- middletown quick stop, middletown
- midtown- carryout drive-thru, middletown
- millville bp, hamilton
- millville food mart, hamilton
- minnick'a drive thru 15, hamilton
- minnick's drive thru 12, hamilton
- minnick's drive thru 16, hamilton
- minnick's drive thru 17, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 01, fairfield
- minnicks drive thru 02, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 03, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 04, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 05, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 06, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 07, fairfield
- minnicks drive thru 08, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 09, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 10, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 11, hamilton
- minnicks drive thru 13, hamilton
- mit oil llc, middletown
- monroe iga express, monroe
- multinicks drive thru 14, fairfield
- murphy usa 6754, hamilton
- namaste curry house, fairfield
- new miami quick stop, hamilton
- north end market, hamilton
- nvs petroleum inc., middletown
- oxford sunoco sunoco, middletown
- p&g food mart, middletown
- platinum developers llc, hamilton
- power pump gas llc, trenton
- quiktrip 7095, west chester
- riverview food mart, hamilton
- roosevelt bp, middletown
- ross marathon, fairfield
- s & a convenience store, middletown
- seven star eleven hamilton, hamilton
- shell 1208, west chester
- shell 1209, liberty twp
- shell 1212, west chester
- shell 1219, fairfield
- shell 1224, monroe
- shell dixie, fairfield
- shiva 2 llc, middletown
- shree aarju llc, hamilton
- skyview best stop, hamilton
- sloans market, middletown
- snack shack na, oxford
- speedway 1197, west chester
- speedway 1218, middletown
- speedway 1251, oxford
- speedway 3389, fairfield
- speedway 3405, west chester
- speedway 3428, hamilton
- speedway 5010, fairfield
- speedway 5276, middletown
- speedway 5405, middletown
- speedway 6336 6336, middletown
- speedway 7048, monroe
- speedway 8016, middletown
- speedway 8019, trenton
- speedway 9367, west chester
- speedway 9383, monroe
- speedway 9390, hamilton
- speedway 9608, hamilton
- speedway 9609, fairfield
- speedway 9781, cincinnati
- star one drive thru, middletown
- star's sales llc, hamilton
- sunoco, west chester
- sunoco food mart, middletown
- sunrise sunoco, middletown
- taj foodtown llc, hamilton
- thorntons #442559 442559, hamilton
- thorntons 442562, monroe
- thorntons 550, fairfield
- thorntons 552, west chester
- thorntons 75, hamilton
- trentondkaf llc, trenton
- verity discount smoke & carry out, middletown
- verity drive thru, middletown
- verity fuel services llc, middletown
- wawa store 7203, liberty township
- wawa store 7205, fairfield
- wawa store 7213, fairfield
- winton food mart, fairfield
- woodside sunoco, hamilton
- yankee drive thru, middletown
- zip drive thru, middletown
Combination Grocery/Other · 80
- cvs 2342, west chester
- cvs 5433, hamilton
- cvs 6080, fairfield
- cvs 6083, hamilton
- cvs 6084, oxford
- cvs 6954, middletown
- cvs pharmacy 6137, middletown
- dollar general 1241, oxford
- dollar general 1450, trenton
- dollar general 18685, middletown
- dollar general 3468, hamilton
- dollar general 4015, middletown
- dollar general 7402, fairfield
- dollar general 8206, west chester
- dollartree 10358, hamilton
- dollartree 9261, liberty twp
- dollartree 9927, middletown
- dollar general 10437, middletown
- dollar general 10810, hamilton
- dollar general 12741, middletown
- dollar general 14484, hamilton
- dollar general 15406, middletown
- dollar general 16484, hamilton
- dollar general 20996, hamilton
- dollar general 21562, hamilton
- dollar general 22403, hamilton
- dollar general 22993, middletown
- dollar general 23244, hamilton
- dollar general 25431, fairfield
- dollar general 3045, fairfield
- dollar general 31489, middletown
- dollar general store 17315, oxford
- dollar tree 1920, hamilton
- dollar tree 3305, fairfield
- dollar tree 4414, oxford
- dollar tree 5526, west chester
- dollar tree 6991, hamilton
- dollar tree 7279, fairfield township
- dollar tree 8286, hamilton
- dollar tree 9186, hamilton
- dollar tree 9242, west chester
- el oaxaqueno llc, hamilton
- family dollar 0752, fairfield
- family dollar 11917, hamilton
- family dollar 9326, fairfield
- family dollar store 1093, middletown
- family dollar store 4229, monroe
- family dollar store 4660, hamilton
- family dollar store 4933, middletown
- family dollar store 6284, middletown
- family dollar store 7782, trenton
- hammanns butcher shop deli, fairfield
- himalayan spice, hamilton
- india bazar, west chester
- super mercado garcia, hamilton
- united dairy farmers 015, west chester
- united dairy farmers 038, hamilton
- united dairy farmers 058, fairfield
- united dairy farmers 080, west chester
- united dairy farmers 106, oxford
- united dairy farmers 138, fairfield
- united dairy farmers 162, hamilton
- united dairy farmers 163, hamilton
- united dairy farmers 164, middletown
- united dairy farmers 171, middletown
- united dairy farmers 172, west chester
- united dairy farmers 182, fairfield
- united dairy farmers 24, west chester
- united dairy farmers 245, trenton
- walgreens 06471, middletown
- walgreens 05196, fairfield
- walgreens 05203, hamilton
- walgreens 05762, west chester
- walgreens 06682, west chester
- walgreens 07046, fairfield
- walgreens 07239, hamilton
- walgreens 09520, liberty twp
- walgreens 09577, west chester
- walgreens 11511, trenton
- walgreens 13635, liberty township
Large Grocery Store · 5
- al couch supermarket, hamilton
- baladna butchery and market 1, west chester
- casablanca, west chester
- el valle verde ii, hamilton
- las palmas supermercado llc, fairfield
Medium Grocery Store · 3
- allen's market, hamilton
- asafo african food distributors, fairfield
- aseda markets llc, west chester
Farmers' Market · 1
- oxford farmers market association, oxford
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 1
- la palmita, monroe
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- special t meats, hamilton
Showing 250 of 304 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Ohio
One of 87 counties in Ohio, 6 are shown here.
Compare Butler County vs Adams County → · All Ohio counties →
Counties near Butler County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Butler County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OH (42.7% here).
- Sussex County, NJ · 42.7% low-access
- Sussex County, NJ · 42.7% low-access
- Hamblen County, TN · 42.7% low-access
- Hamblen County, TN · 42.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OH (9.8% here).
- Warren County, NY · 9.8% SNAP
- Warren County, NY · 9.8% SNAP
- Ulster County, NY · 9.8% SNAP
- Ulster County, NY · 9.8% SNAP
Source: USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) + Census ACS 2024 SNAP. Peers floor at 10,000 residents so stub counties cannot own the match.
Butler County inside a higher low-access state context
Butler County sits inside Ohio (ringed). Each state is colored by population-weighted low-access; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
Read with this county
Sources: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019) · U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates · methodology · compiled .
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