County food-access profile · Georgia
Coweta County, GA
Coweta County sits among the counties with the widest food-access gaps the USDA tracks, most residents here live well outside a comfortable walk or drive to a supermarket. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 44.9%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 6.9%
- on SNAP
- 153K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
44.9% of Coweta County residents live in a low-access area, and 3 of its 20 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 13
- low-access tracts
- 15K
- food-desert residents
- 3.2%
- households, no vehicle
- 7.4%
- below poverty line
Low access = living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket. Food deserts add a low-income condition (USDA LILA, 1-and-10-mile measure).
Coweta County carries one of the more serious food-access burdens the USDA Atlas tracks: its low-access share of 44.9% is well above the national share. 13 of the county's 20 census tracts fall into that category, areas where residents live far from a supermarket, covering about 57,148 people. 3 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 14,934 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
How Coweta County compares nationally
Coweta County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 44.9% low-access share outpaces 91% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #286 most-affected nationwide.
Coweta County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 20 census tracts in Coweta County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Coweta County vs. other Georgia counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Georgia
- Coweta
Coweta County, GA
44.9 % low-access
- Appling
Appling County, GA
47.8 % low-access
- Atkinson 23.5
Atkinson County, GA
23.5 % low-access
- Bacon 3.3
Bacon County, GA
3.3 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, GA
61.3 % low-access
- Baldwin
Baldwin County, GA
24.6 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 20 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 127,317 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 13 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 3 |
| Low-Access Population | 57,148 |
| Low-Access Share | 44.9%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 14,934 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 152,852 |
| Median Household Income | $95,548 |
| Poverty Rate | 7.4%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 3,861 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 6.9%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.2%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.5% |
About 6.9% of Coweta County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 44.9% of residents are low-access, well above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 6.9% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 3,861 households here.
- 3.2% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 3 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Coweta County
well above the national share
3 of Coweta County's 20 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 15.0% of all its tracts.
A further 10 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 13.
An estimated 57,148 residents, roughly 44.9% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 14,934 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 7 tracts (35.0%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Coweta County
Coweta County has 113 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 8 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 59 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 59
- 2235 shell, newnan
- cbs, newnan
- collinsworth bp, palmetto
- crossroads convenience store, newnan
- chevron food mart 0, newnan
- citgo, newnan
- citgo express, newnan
- coweta country junction, newnan
- d j's grocery, newnan
- dodson food, newnan
- five points grocery, newnan
- flash foods llc 2745121, newnan
- flash foods llc 2745164, senoia
- flowers bakery outlet 50001370, sharpsburg
- food mart, newnan
- frazier's at senoia, senoia
- frazier's at jackson, newnan
- fraziers - grantville, grantville
- fraziers at madras, newnan
- fraziers one stop, sharpsburg
- fraziers sharpsburg, sharpsburg
- greenville shell, newnan
- greison trail food mart 0, newnan
- hit-n-run food mart, senoia
- jd food mart, newnan
- khodal 369 llc, newnan
- lakeside shell, newnan
- lightning food store, newnan
- little peach, newnan
- mac's market, newnan
- marathon food mart, newnan
- mobil food mart, newnan
- newnan exxon, newnan
- neighborhood grocery, grantville
- neighbors market, newnan
- newells grocery, newnan
- newman one stop, newnan
- newnan bp foodmart, newnan
- newnan chevron, newnan
- newnan commercial properties llc, newnan
- newnan food mart, newnan
- newnan food mart, newnan
- newnan gas & food llc, newnan
- newnan texaco, newnan
- nifty foods, moreland
- olde towne convenience, newnan
- pilot travel center 422, newnan
- quiktrip 813, newnan
- quiktrip 1765, newnan
- race trac 298, newnan
- racetrac 2573, newnan
- raymond express, newnan
- red and eds, newnan
- redspot 1, newnan
- roscoe foodmart, newnan
- shelnutt grocery, newnan
- texaco food mart 0, newnan
- the witcher station, newnan
- welcome station, newnan
Combination Grocery/Other · 28
- cvs pharmacy 8907, nwenan
- cvs pharmacy 962, newnan
- cvs pharmacy 7214, newnan
- cvs pharmacy 7216, newnan
- dollar general 10653, haralson
- dollar general 18369, newnan
- dollar general 4778, newnan
- dollar general 6071, newnan
- dollar general 6822, newnan
- dollar general 8845, newnan
- dollar general 9113, grantville
- dollartree 8759, newnan
- dollartree plus 9074, newnan
- dollar general 13719, senoia
- dollar general 15035, newnan
- dollar general 15130, sharpsburg
- dollar general 24415, newnan
- dollar general 31255, newnan
- dollar general 5711, newnan
- dollar general store 17507, newnan
- dollar tree 540, newnan
- dollar tree 5575, newnan
- family dollar store 318, newnan
- family dollar store 4751, newnan
- rose's express 671, newnan
- walgreen 09890, newnan
- walgreens 17278, newnan
- walgreens 2454, newnan
Super Store · 10
- bj's membership club 147, newnan
- costco wholesale 1361, sharpsburg
- kroger 363, newnan
- kroger 420, newnan
- kroger 647, newnan
- little giant farmers market 618, newnan
- little giant farmers market 619, newnan
- sam's club 4789, sharpsburg
- target store t-1223, newnan
- walmart 494, newnan
Supermarket · 8
- aldi 76008 76008, newnan
- food depot 37, newnan
- publix 0786, newnan
- publix 1143, newnan
- publix 470, newnan
- publix super markets, inc. 1761, senoia
- publix super markets, inc. 1816, newnan
- publix super markets, inc. 1890, sharpsburg
Medium Grocery Store · 5
- hemrick super thrift, newnan
- mercado latino, newnan
- supermercado dos hermanos, newnan
- supermercado juquilita, newnan
- tienda del valle, newnan
Bakery Specialty · 1
- papa murphy's ga017, newnan
Large Grocery Store · 1
- crook's inc, newnan
Small Grocery Store · 1
- oriential market place, newnan
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Georgia
Compare Coweta County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
Coweta County sits inside Georgia (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.