Signature · 4 LILA tracts (30.8% of tracts)
Cherokee County, SC
Cherokee County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 4 LILA tracts (30.8% of the book) alongside 11.5% low-access.
- 11.5%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 14.1%
- on SNAP
- 57K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Cherokee County, SC
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-MODERATE 11.5% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -10.6 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 14.1% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 31% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Chesterfield County ( -0.4 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Cherokee County lands in the lower national band (11.5%, #2,367 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,367
- national by low-access %
- #34
- in SC
- 4
- low-access tracts
- 3K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 4 LILA tracts (30.8% of tracts) .
How Cherokee County compares nationally
Cherokee County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 11.5% low-access share that beats 24% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,377).
Cherokee County's lower-band USDA tier split
13 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Cherokee County has 4 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.
Cherokee County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in South Carolina, not a full county-board reprint
- Beaufort
Beaufort 49%
49 % low-access
- Hampton 12.7
Hampton 12.7%
12.7 % low-access
- Darlington 12.5
Darlington 12.5%
12.5 % low-access
- Cherokee 11.5
Cherokee 11.5%
11.5 % low-access
- Chesterfield 11.1
Chesterfield 11.1%
11.1 % low-access
- Jasper 9.8
Jasper 9.8%
9.8 % low-access
- Barnwell 0
Barnwell 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 13 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 55,342 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 4 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 6,381 |
| Low-Access Share | 11.5%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 2,850 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 56,647 |
| Median Household Income | $50,288 |
| Poverty Rate | 18.4%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 3,105 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.1%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.4%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.0% |
Thick SNAP store book in Cherokee County
Cherokee County has 68 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 7 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 41 locations (60% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 41
- 150 food mart, gaffney
- 7-eleven 41808h, blacksburg
- 7-eleven 42686h, gaffney
- a & d food mart, gaffney
- auto stop 105, gaffney
- corner stop #2, gaffney
- carolina lines, gaffney
- circle k 2723438, gaffney
- circle k 2723959, gaffney
- circle k 2723961, gaffney
- corner stop # 6 -, gaffney
- corner stop 1, gaffney
- corner stop 9, blacksburg
- corner store 1, gaffney
- five point of sc llc, gaffney
- fuel max gasoline 3, gaffney
- gaffney mini mart 307, gaffney
- gaffney stop and shop, gaffney
- guanajuatos super market & taqueria, gaffney
- hickory point, blacksburg
- hwy 29 #2 foodmart, gaffney
- jk's food mart, blacksburg
- love's travel stops & country stores, inc 397, blacksburg
- moms statelines, gaffney
- murphy usa 6761, gaffney
- p c mart 1017, gaffney
- petro pointe 5, gaffney
- pilot travel center 453, gaffney
- pilot travel center 4566, blacksburg
- pilot travel center 711, blacksburg
- pops corner, gaffney
- prishika llc, gaffney
- prk 1 llc, gaffney
- quick mart, blacksburg
- quiktrip 1047, blacksburg
- quiktrip 1120, gaffney
- saveway 18, gaffney
- spamgroupllc, gaffney
- state line grocery, gaffney
- sunny one stop, gaffney
- h&k food mart 1, gaffney
Combination Grocery/Other · 17
- cvs pharmacy 2555, gaffney
- dollar general 11298, gaffney
- dollar general 17685, gaffney
- dollar general 18610, gaffney
- dollar general 19527, gaffney
- dollar general 1977, gaffney
- dollar general 7260, gaffney
- dollar general 7651, blacksburg
- dollar general 11368, gaffney
- dollar general 15960, gaffney
- dollar general 20841, blacksburg
- dollar general 25733, blacksburg
- dollar general 30620, gaffney
- dollar tree 1537, gaffney
- family dollar store 46, gaffney
- family dollar 11900, blacksburg
- walgreens 9996, gaffney
Supermarket · 5
- aldi 66010, gaffney
- food lion 2105, blacksburg
- food lion 63, gaffney
- ingles markets 15, gaffney
- ingles markets 203, gaffney
Super Store · 2
- dollar general market 13349, gaffney
- walmart supercenter 638, gaffney
Food Buying Co-op · 1
- foodshare cherokee, gaffney
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- brown retail outlet, gaffney
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- sunnydale meats, gaffney
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in South Carolina
One of 45 counties in South Carolina, 6 are shown here.
Compare Cherokee County vs Abbeville County → · All South Carolina counties →
Counties near Cherokee County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Cherokee County, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside SC (11.5% here).
- Harrison County, TX · 11.5% low-access
- Harrison County, TX · 11.5% low-access
- Salt Lake County, UT · 11.5% low-access
- Salt Lake County, UT · 11.5% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside SC (14.1% here).
- Lawrence County, TN · 14.1% SNAP
- Lawrence County, TN · 14.1% SNAP
- Wilbarger County, TX · 14.1% SNAP
- Wilbarger County, TX · 14.1% 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.
Cherokee County inside a lower low-access state context
Cherokee County sits inside South Carolina (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 .
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 Cherokee County, SC are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 45021. 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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