Signature · 4 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts)
Cherokee County, TX
Cherokee County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 4 LILA tracts (33.3% of the book) alongside 33.7% low-access.
- 33.7%
- low-access pop.
- 4
- food-desert tracts
- 14.7%
- on SNAP
- 52K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Cherokee County, TX
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 33.7% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +11.6 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 4 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 14.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 33% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Kleberg County (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Cherokee County sits in the upper national band (33.7%, #690 of 3,079) with 4 LILA tracts.
- #690
- national by low-access %
- #68
- in TX
- 7
- low-access tracts
- 6K
- 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: 4 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts) .
How Cherokee County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Cherokee County's 33.7% low-access share is elevated, higher than 78% of them and ranked #696 most-affected nationwide.
Cherokee County's elevated USDA tier split
12 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 4 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Cherokee County has 5 urban and 7 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 high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Starr 33.9
Starr 33.9%
33.9 % low-access
- Cherokee 33.7
Cherokee 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Kleberg 33.7
Kleberg 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Lynn 33.7
Lynn 33.7%
33.7 % low-access
- Upton 33.4
Upton 33.4%
33.4 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 12 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 50,845 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 7 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 4 |
| Low-Access Population | 17,117 |
| Low-Access Share | 33.7%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 6,499 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 51,886 |
| Median Household Income | $61,261 |
| Poverty Rate | 18.2%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,668 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 14.7%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.5%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 6.2% |
Thick SNAP store book in Cherokee County
Cherokee County has 40 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 4 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 17 locations (43% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 17
- 7-eleven 41830h, jacksonville
- bolton food store 1, jacksonville
- brookshire brothers express 15, wells
- cefco 1107, jacksonville
- cefco 1111, rusk
- champs food mart, jacksonville
- cotton's eastlake store, bullard
- jake's market and grill # 2, jacksonville
- jake's market and grill 1, jacksonville
- jake's market and grill #3, jacksonville
- mash country market, jacksonville
- murphy usa 7772, jacksonville
- race runner 3, jacksonville
- rusk stop, rusk
- truck-erz, jacksonville
- truckerz 1, rusk
- wills 7-eleven 26, jacksonville
Combination Grocery/Other · 16
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7780, jacksonville
- dollar general 0998, rusk
- dollar general 10733, jacksonville
- dollar general 13919, alto
- dollar general 4235, jacksonville
- dollartree 9561, jacksonville
- dollar general 12355, wells
- dollar general 20054, jacksonville
- dollar general 21664, jacksonville
- dollar tree 1066, jacksonville
- family dollar 11903, jacksonville
- family dollar 2914, jacksonville
- family dollar 4568, rusk
- family dollar store 10564, new summerfield
- family dollar store 8312, alto
- kim's 46, rusk
Super Store · 4
- brookshire brothers 17, jacksonville
- brookshire brothers 22, rusk
- brookshire brothers 7, alto
- walmart supercenter 180, jacksonville
Supermarket · 3
- carniceria del pueblo, jacksonville
- super 1 foods 650, jacksonville
- t&r wilburn, llc, jacksonville
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Cherokee County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Counties near Cherokee County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Cherokee County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (33.7% here).
- Charlotte County, VA · 33.7% low-access
- Charlotte County, VA · 33.7% low-access
- Frederick County, VA · 33.7% low-access
- Frederick County, VA · 33.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (14.7% here).
- Lincoln County, WA · 14.7% SNAP
- Lincoln County, WA · 14.7% SNAP
- Hampshire County, WV · 14.7% SNAP
- Hampshire County, WV · 14.7% 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 higher low-access state context
Cherokee County sits inside Texas (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, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48073. 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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