Signature · 1 LILA tracts (50% of tracts)
Charlton County, GA
Charlton County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 1 LILA tracts (50% of the book) alongside 7.3% low-access.
- 7.3%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 25.2%
- on SNAP
- 13K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Charlton County, GA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ADEQUATE 7.3% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -14.8 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-HEAVY 25.2% SNAP
- VEH-OK 7.0% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 50% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Coffee County ( -0.1 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Charlton County lands in the lower national band (7.3%, #2,689 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,689
- national by low-access %
- #110
- in GA
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 385
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 1 LILA tracts (50% of tracts) .
How Charlton County compares nationally
Food access in Charlton County compares favorably nationally: its 7.3% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 14% of them (rank #2,689).
Charlton County's lower-band USDA tier split
2 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
All 2 of Charlton County's tracts are rural in the USDA classification, so every one is judged on the 10-mile test: a resident counts as low-access only when the nearest supermarket is more than 10 miles away.
Charlton County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Terrell 8
Terrell 8%
8 % low-access
- Clinch 7.7
Clinch 7.7%
7.7 % low-access
- Charlton 7.3
Charlton 7.3%
7.3 % low-access
- Coffee 7.2
Coffee 7.2%
7.2 % low-access
- Crisp 6.1
Crisp 6.1%
6.1 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 2 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 12,171 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 885 |
| Low-Access Share | 7.3%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 385 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 12,818 |
| Median Household Income | $61,276 |
| Poverty Rate | 18.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 1,064 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 25.2%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.0%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 4.5% |
SNAP retailers in Charlton County
Charlton County has 17 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 4 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 9 locations (53% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
2 towns share the 17 authorized stores; Folkston holds 82% of them. Every one of these towns has at least one grocery-grade outlet (2 across the county).
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Folkston | 14 | 1 |
| Saint George | 3 | 1 |
Convenience Store · 9
- flash foods llc 27435, folkston
- flash foods llc 2745041, folkston
- flash foods llc 2745048, folkston
- friendly express 31, folkston
- jack rabbit, folkston
- jsk food mart, folkston
- lacy's kountry store, saint george
- om food mart n/a, folkston
- raceway #7000 7000, folkston
Combination Grocery/Other · 6
- dollar general 4056, folkston
- dollartree 8537, folkston
- dollar general 15657, folkston
- dollar general 17128, saint george
- family dollar store 564, folkston
- walgreens 19997, folkston
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- canadays corner, saint george
Super Store · 1
- harveys supermarket 1661, folkston
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Georgia
One of 158 counties in Georgia, 6 are shown here.
Compare Charlton County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Counties near Charlton County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Charlton County, both outside Georgia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside GA (7.3% here).
- De Witt County, IL · 7.3% low-access
- Crawford County, MO · 7.3% low-access
- Scioto County, OH · 7.3% low-access
- Franklin County, ID · 7.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (25.2% here).
- St. Bernard Parish, LA · 25.1% SNAP
- Meigs County, OH · 25.1% SNAP
- Hopewell city, VA · 25.1% SNAP
- Johnson County, KY · 25.3% 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.
Georgia among South Atlantic states
Georgia ranks 1st of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (30.9%). Charlton County, at 7.3%, runs 23.6 pts below the Georgia rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
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 .
PlainFoodAccess renders this county profile directly from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates), no number is typed in by an editor. Figures for Charlton County, GA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 13049. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-06-23. Primary sources: USDA Food Access Research Atlas and Census ACS 5-year estimates.
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