Signature · 22 LILA tracts (44.9% of tracts)
Clayton County, GA
Clayton County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 22 LILA tracts (44.9% of the book) alongside 39.2% low-access.
- 39.2%
- low-access pop.
- 22
- food-desert tracts
- 19.3%
- on SNAP
- 299K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Clayton County, GA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 39.2% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +17.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 22 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 7.1% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 45% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Cobb County ( -0.3 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Clayton County sits in the upper national band (39.2%, #429 of 3,079) with 22 LILA tracts.
- #429
- national by low-access %
- #25
- in GA
- 31
- low-access tracts
- 42K
- 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: 22 LILA tracts (44.9% of tracts) .
How Clayton County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Clayton County's 39.2% low-access share is elevated, higher than 86% of them and ranked #433 most-affected nationwide.
Clayton County's elevated USDA tier split
49 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 22 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Clayton County has 47 urban and 2 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.
Clayton County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Bleckley
Bleckley 39.6%
39.6 % low-access
- Rockdale
Rockdale 39.6%
39.6 % low-access
- Clayton
Clayton 39.2%
39.2 % low-access
- Cobb 38.9
Cobb 38.9%
38.9 % low-access
- Gwinnett 38.9
Gwinnett 38.9%
38.9 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 49 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 259,424 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 31 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 22 |
| Low-Access Population | 101,685 |
| Low-Access Share | 39.2%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 41,566 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 298,924 |
| Median Household Income | $59,806 |
| Poverty Rate | 17.9%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 20,461 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.3%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.1%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Clayton County
Clayton County has 264 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 157 locations (59% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 157
- 1152 mount zion 0, morrow
- 6121 citgo mart, morrow
- 655 food and gas, forest park
- 685 fast lane inc, jonesboro
- 8848 food market, jonesboro
- a one store, forest park
- a one stores ii, riverdale
- ami 72 llc, jonesboro
- amoco food shop, jonesboro
- amoco foodmart, rex
- ayaan mount zion, jonesboro
- bp food mart, riverdale
- bp food mart 0, forest park
- big a shell food mart, riverdale
- big h, jonesboro
- bp express, jonesboro
- bp food mart, forest park
- bp food mart, morrow
- bp foodmart, forest park
- bp garden walk, atlanta
- bp to-go, atlanta
- buddy's food mart, forest park
- buddys supermart, morrow
- chevron food & gas, forest park
- chevron food mart, forest park
- chevron food mart, ellenwood
- chevron food mart, riverdale
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, morrow
- chevron food mart, jonesboro
- chevron food mart 0, morrow
- chevron foodmart, ellenwood
- circle k #100, morrow
- circle k #235, riverdale
- circle k 113 113, forest park
- circle k 119, morrow
- circle k 191, lake city
- circle m food shop 57, forest park
- citgo food mart, jonesboro
- citgo food mart, riverdale
- citgo food mart, rex
- citgo foodmart, riverdale
- citgo quick mart, jonesboro
- citgo quick shop, lake city
- discount food mart, ellenwood
- discount food mart, forest park
- ellenwood citgo, ellenwood
- express in and out, ellenwood
- express mart, riverdale
- express shop bp 0, riverdale
- exxon, rex
- exxon food mart, ellenwood
- exxon food mart, forest park
- exxon food mart, atlanta
- exxon food mart, forest park
- exxon food mart, riverdale
- exxon food mart, jonesboro
- fm ellenwood, ellenwood
- family groceries, forest park
- fayetville food mart, atlanta
- flint mart, jonesboro
- flowers bakery outlet 176, riverdale
- food mart, jonesboro
- food mart, jonesboro
- food mart, jonesboro
- food mart 0, jonesboro
- foodyo, jonesboro
- forest park food mart, forest park
- forest park mart llc, forest park
- forest park quick mart, morrow
- gardenwalk raceway, riverdale
- gas express llc dba circle k 127, college park
- gk grocery store, rex
- h&y food mart, forest park
- happy food mart, forest park
- happy mart, jonesboro
- happy stop food mart, riverdale
- harbour food mart, atlanta
- highway 85 food mart, riverdale
- hv food mart, morrow
- international supermarket, forest park
- jay mahavir llc, forest park
- jonesboro chevron, jonesboro
- jp rex 209, rex
- k & b grocery, riverdale
- keshav sks, jonesboro
- kings mini mart, riverdale
- lake food mart, morrow
- lake mart, morrow
- lakeridge food mart, riverdale
- lucky grocery store, jonesboro
- mars gas and food, jonesboro
- magic food mart, jonesboro
- marathon food mart, jonesboro
- market at lovejoy amoco, hampton
- market at tara, jonesboro
- mars mobil inc, morrow
- moes zion holdings, morrow
- mt. zion chevron, jonesboro
- murphy express 8761, ellenwood
- murphy usa 7156, lovejoy
- neighborhood food mart, atlanta
- neighborhood grocery, morrow
- one stop food mart, atlanta
- pak n go no, forest park
- parker's grocery, conley
- pit shop convenience store, riverdale
- popstop, jonesboro
- quiktrip 724, atlanta
- quiktrip 726, riverdale
- quiktrip 756, jonesboro
- quiktrip 760, riverdale
- quiktrip 787, ellenwood
- quiktrip 791, morrow
- quick food shop, hampton
- quiktrip 799r, jonesboro
- quiktrip 849, forest park
- quiktrip 814, morrow
- race trip, morrow
- racetrac 2574, forest park
- raceway, jonesboro
- ray1610 food mart inc, riverdale
- rex c store, rex
- rex road chevron, ellenwood
- right stop 0, riverdale
- right stop exxon, jonesboro
- riverdale food & gas, riverdale
- riverdale food mart, riverdale
- riverdale usa inc, jonesboro
- royal food mart, forest park
- rs riverdale inc, jonesboro
- ruta inc, atlanta
- shell food mart, college park
- sarpanch investments inc, riverdale
- shell food mart, morrow
- shell food mart, forest park
- shell food mart, jonesboro
- shell food mart, jonesboro
- shell food mart, hampton
- shell foodmart, hampton
- shell foodmart, forest park
- shreegiriraj business llc, riverdale
- speedzone, jonesboro
- spn herbs, morrow
- sss holdings iii, llc, forest park
- sun food market, atlanta
- sunoco food mart, jonesboro
- tanz food mart, riverdale
- tara convenience, jonesboro
- texaco food mart, forest park
- texaco food mart, riverdale
- texaco food mart, forest park
- the nayberhood store, jonesboro
- u s amoco, atlanta
- valero food mart, riverdale
- vrajk llc dba jp lovejoy, hampton
- z food mart, forest park
Combination Grocery/Other · 55
- cvs pharmacy 2088, morrow
- cvs pharmacy 2184, forest park
- cvs pharmacy 2281, jonesboro
- cvs pharmacy 2468, riverdale
- cvs pharmacy 4549, jonesboro
- carniceria garcia inc, forest park
- dollar general 11170, hampton
- dollar general 2498, riverdale
- dollar general 4011, riverdale
- dollar general 7574, jonesboro
- dollar general 8077, jonesboro
- dollar general 8090, college park
- dollar tree 4017, ellenwood
- dollar general 12309, morrow
- dollar general 14975, jonesboro
- dollar general 16824, jonesboro
- dollar general 19088, lake city
- dollar general 20164, forest park
- dollar general 20907, riverdale
- dollar general 21437, rex
- dollar tree 3478, morrow
- dollar tree 412, jonesboro
- dollar tree 445, riverdale
- dollar tree 4895, forest park
- dollar tree 5135, jonesboro
- dollar tree 6030, morrow
- dollar tree 7885, jonesboro
- dollar tree 995, morrow
- family dollar store 10792, rex
- family dollar 11059, jonesboro
- family dollar 12510, riverdale
- family dollar 270, jonesboro
- family dollar 2930, riverdale
- family dollar 3669, forest park
- family dollar 397, forest park
- family dollar 4107, morrow
- family dollar 4238, jonesboro
- family dollar 4367, riverdale
- family dollar 4967, morrow
- family dollar 5239, rex
- family dollar 6415, jonesboro
- family dollar 6973, jonesboro
- family dollar 7963, forest park
- family dollar 8894, jonesboro
- family dollar 9226, forest park
- family dollar store 10473, jonesboro
- family dollar store 10699, riverdale
- family dollar store 2678, atlanta
- family dollar store 4220, atlanta
- family dollar store 8515, lovejoy
- family dollar store 8648, riverdale
- peggis african market n/a, riverdale
- supermercados jaguar, forest park
- walgreen 09271, jonesboro
- walgreens 11758, riverdale
Super Store · 14
- abc green farm, morrow
- costco wholesale 0579, morrow
- kroger 319, riverdale
- kroger 373, jonesboro
- kroger 492, lake city
- kroger store 413, jonesboro
- little giant farmers market 614, riverdale
- la morena supermarket inc, jonesboro
- lidl 1186, jonesboro
- morrow international farmers market, inc., morrow
- super h mart, riverdale
- sam's club 8287, morrow
- supermercado talpa 11, morrow
- walmart 787, riverdale
Medium Grocery Store · 10
- acroplus afro-carib market, riverdale
- carniceria garcia 5, forest park
- carniceria y tienda el progreso # 5 inc, riverdale
- el chido #2, forest park
- la consentida3, morrow
- main st grocery mart no, jonesboro
- mi rancho supermarket inc, morrow
- super mercado garcias, riverdale
- supermercado la potosina, jonesboro
- trinh grocery, morrow
Small Grocery Store · 7
- cici's mini market llc, jonesboro
- el granero grocery rex llc, rex
- el latino supermarket, jonesboro
- kom pong thom market, atlanta
- lee market & cafe, atlanta
- mi mexico tienda y taqueria, morrow
- tienda hispana la alegria 1, forest park
Seafood Specialty · 3
- international fresh seafood, atlanta
- new orleans bay seafood, jonesboro
- vip new orleans seafood, jonesboro
Delivery Route · 2
- buyers choice gourmet meats n/a, morrow
- premium meat & seafood, jonesboro
Large Grocery Store · 1
- select international farmers market 1, jonesboro
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- t&k discount meats and seafood 1, jonesboro
Showing 250 of 264 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 Georgia
One of 158 counties in Georgia, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Clayton County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Clayton 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 (39.2% here).
- St. Charles County, MO · 39.2% low-access
- St. Charles County, MO · 39.2% low-access
- Houston County, TX · 39.2% low-access
- Houston County, TX · 39.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (19.3% here).
- Edgar County, IL · 19.3% SNAP
- Edgar County, IL · 19.3% SNAP
- Yuba County, CA · 19.3% SNAP
- Yuba County, CA · 19.3% 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.
Clayton County inside a higher low-access state context
Clayton County sits inside Georgia (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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