Signature · 1,094 SNAP-authorized stores
Cuyahoga County, OH
Cuyahoga County's food-access picture is close to the national norm, with pockets that qualify as low-access. This profile breaks down who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 16.8%
- low-access pop.
- 25
- food-desert tracts
- 16.3%
- on SNAP
- 1.2M
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Cuyahoga County, OH
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-THIN
- LA-MODERATE 16.8% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -5.3 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 25 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 16.3% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 12.2% no vehicle
- DENSITY-THIN 6% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Athens County (+ 0.2 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Cuyahoga County ranks #1,958 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #50 of 88 counties in OH (16.8% low-access; 25 food-desert tracts).
- #1,958
- national by low-access %
- #50
- in OH
- 100
- low-access tracts
- 42K
- food-desert residents
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).
Signature read: 1,094 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Cuyahoga County compares nationally
Cuyahoga County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 16.8% low-access share that beats 37% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #1,958).
Cuyahoga County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
444 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 25 LILA.
Cuyahoga County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (441 urban, 3 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 3 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Cuyahoga County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Ohio, not a full county-board reprint
- Warren
Warren 45.7%
45.7 % low-access
- Allen 17.4
Allen 17.4%
17.4 % low-access
- Defiance 17.3
Defiance 17.3%
17.3 % low-access
- Athens 17
Athens 17%
17 % low-access
- Cuyahoga 16.8
Cuyahoga 16.8%
16.8 % low-access
- Wayne 16.5
Wayne 16.5%
16.5 % low-access
- Morrow 2.2
Morrow 2.2%
2.2 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 444 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 1,280,122 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 100 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 25 |
| Low-Access Population | 215,515 |
| Low-Access Share | 16.8%below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 42,413 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,245,873 |
| Median Household Income | $64,468 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 90,557 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 16.3%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 12.2%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.2% |
Thick SNAP store book in Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County has 1,094 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 13 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 541 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
61 towns share the 1,094 authorized stores; Cleveland holds 59% of them. 14 of the 61 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Independence, Warrensville Heights, Parma Heights, Shaker Heights, Garfield Heights, N Royalton and 8 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | 648 | 105 |
| Lakewood | 38 | 4 |
| Euclid | 33 | 5 |
| Maple Heights | 32 | 3 |
| Bedford | 28 | 4 |
| North Olmsted | 27 | 9 |
| Strongsville | 27 | 10 |
| Parma | 25 | 6 |
| Westlake | 22 | 7 |
| Solon | 15 | 5 |
Top 10 of 61 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 541 (250 shown)
- 116 shaker gas inc, cleveland
- 1201 oil inc. 1, cleveland
- 123 quick stop, cleveland
- 12431 superior, llc, cleveland
- 1303 clark inc, cleveland
- 131 foods inc, cleveland
- 17707 miles rd inc., cleveland
- 20960 gas inc, rocky river
- 3266 west 117th street, llc, cleveland
- 4030 sunoco inc, cleveland
- 5336 broadview rd., inc. 1, cleveland
- 6300 pramukh llc, brookpark
- 6947 st clair sunoco, cleveland
- 7-eleven 36237j, cleveland
- 7-eleven 55, maple heights
- 7-eleven h44, lakewood
- 7-eleven & 36741, inc. 36116, cleveland
- 7-eleven 36231a, strongsville
- 7-eleven store 36232b, solon
- 7-eleven store 36731a, cleveland
- 7-eleven store no. 36726a, cleveland
- 7-eleven, inc. 36235b, cleveland
- 7eleven store 2705 36738a, warrensville heights
- 8404 carnegie, cleveland
- 871 rocky river inc, berea
- 8806 superior grace inc, cleveland
- a & m food mart, bedford
- adm dairy deli, cleveland
- aaa gourmet deli llc, cleveland
- abe's market, cleveland
- abell foods and deli, cleveland
- airport convenient food mart, cleveland
- aladdin's baking co., cleveland
- american food mart, cleveland
- american gas, cleveland
- annapurna indian grocery, cleveland
- anns beverage, cleveland
- arlington market, cleveland
- arth enterprises llc, maple heights
- asian clothes & grocery, cleveland
- audreys delicatessen, parma
- avenue delicatessen, cleveland
- betty's food market inc, cleveland
- bp oil 140, cleveland
- bagley bp, cleveland
- bargain market, cleveland
- bartlett convenient, llc, cleveland
- beachwood 315, beachwood
- bedford downtown beverage, bedford
- bedford gas 1, bedford
- bedford sunoco, bedford
- berea 371, berea
- berea sunoco, berea
- beverage square, lakewood
- big b's beverage, cleveland
- big creek convenience, cleveland
- booklein books & news inc, cleveland
- boulevard convenient, cleveland
- bp, beachwood
- bp, cleveland
- bp 152, cleveland
- bp chester, cleveland
- bp il 102, cleveland
- bp northfield rd, bedford
- bp unimart 258, north olmsted
- brecksville 303, brecksville
- bretton beverage, north olmsted
- broadview more-4-less, broadview heights
- broadway marathon, cleveland
- brothers food mart, cleveland
- brothers gas, cleveland
- browns gas, cleveland
- buckeye sunoco mini mart, cleveland
- c's beverage &deli, cleveland
- chilli's ii, cleveland
- chillies deli, cleveland
- cleveland food market, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3-103, maple heights
- california market, cleveland
- carnegie bp, cleveland
- carnegie gas, cleveland
- cedar rd 356, cleveland
- cedar's finest, cleveland
- charlie's beverage, cleveland
- chester speedy mart, cleveland
- chillies 1 1, cleveland
- circle convenience, cleveland
- circle k 4705241, lakewood
- circle k 4705250, cleveland
- circle k 4705253, bedford
- circle k 4705501, bedford
- circle k 4705580, cleveland
- circle k 4705622, brook park
- circle k 4705664, cleveland
- circle k 4705689, solon
- circle k 4705701, cleveland
- circle k 5248, berea
- circle k 5621, maple heights
- circle k 5623, bedford
- cita african store llc, cleveland
- city mart, cleveland
- cj's beverage, euclid
- clark deli and grill, cleveland
- clark exxon, cleveland
- cleveland deli and beverage n/a, cleveland
- cleveland economy supermarket inc, cleveland
- cleveland mini mart., cleveland
- cleveland smokes and beverages, cleveland
- clifton mini mart, cleveland
- convenience food mart, beachwood
- convenient food mart, cleveland
- convenient food mart, cleveland
- convenient food mart, euclid
- convenient food mart 1, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3-057, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3-098, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3053, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3061, cleveland
- convenient food mart 3108 3108, lakewood
- convenient food mart 3115, euclid
- convenient food mart store 365, cleveland
- convenient food mart, inc. #346, cleveland
- convenient mart, cleveland
- convenient plus, strongsville
- corner pit stop deli, cleveland
- corner store & more, cleveland
- coventry food mart, cleveland
- crocker 362, westlake
- cypress beverage & deli, cleveland
- d & j food market, cleveland
- d & m beverage llc, cleveland
- dd foodmart llc, seven hills
- denley market, cleveland
- dixon market, cleveland
- dairy mart, cleveland
- dairy mart 5448, cleveland
- dari's mart, north royalton
- dave's beverage, cleveland
- dave's valero, berea
- deli 4 less, westlake
- deli mart, cleveland
- deli4less, bedford
- denison food mart, cleveland
- discountrus 1, cleveland
- dolloff food mart convenience, cleveland
- downtown convenience, cleveland
- downtown deli and beverage, cleveland
- e. 185th sunoco, cleveland
- e81st deli, cleveland
- eddy road beverage, cleveland
- emery food mart, warrensville heights
- eaglestores -parma, cleveland
- east 116th drive thru llc, cleveland
- east 185th shell, cleveland
- east 55th shell, cleveland
- east 55th street shell, cleveland
- east end market, lakewood
- eastside market, cleveland
- eddies mini mart, cleveland
- eddy's beverage, cleveland
- eleven star llc, cleveland
- elsafa market, cleveland
- emery and green sunoco, cleveland
- emery convenient food mart, cleveland
- engle rd sunoco, brookpark
- euclid & noble mini mart 1, cleveland
- euclid chillie's llc, euclid
- euclid convenience, cleveland
- euclid gas, cleveland
- euclid mart, euclid
- euclid mart, cleveland
- euclid mini mart and gas corp, euclid
- euclid square shell, euclid
- euclid sunoco food mart, cleveland
- euclid superior food and gas, cleveland
- euro grocers, cigars and smoking accessories, north royalton
- express food mart # 2 n/a, lakewood
- express fuel, cleveland
- express gas 1, e cleveland
- ez go kwik mart llc, euclid
- ez mart food store, cleveland
- ezechange, cleveland
- fairview convenient food mart n/a, cleveland
- family convenience store, maple heights
- family food market, cleveland
- five p inc, cleveland
- fleet gas, cleveland
- fleet gas deli, cleveland
- flying oil llc, north royalton
- food mart plus, maple heights
- food mart supermarket, cleveland
- food plus, cleveland
- food xpress and gas inc., cleveland
- foodtown supermarket, cleveland
- frank's beverage, cleveland
- franklin shell, lakewood
- franks sunoco food mart, cleveland
- freeway sunoco, cleveland
- friendship 88, olmsted twp
- friendship 91, oakwood
- friendly corner llc, cleveland
- fulton beverage, cleveland
- fulton gas n go inc, cleveland
- gabriels marathon, cleveland
- gabriels shell, cleveland
- garden valley shop express, cleveland
- gas and go, cleveland
- gas mart, euclid
- gas usa, cleveland
- gates mills 390, gates mills
- getgo 3086, strongsville
- getgo 3088, broadview heights
- getgo 3201, cleveland
- getgo 3203, cleveland
- getgo 3218, cleveland
- getgo 3228, solon
- getgo 3230, cleveland
- getgo 3297, rocky river
- getgo 3316, westlake
- getgo 3360, north olmsted
- getgo 3361, cleveland
- getgo 3431, lakewood
- getgo 3440, cleveland
- getgo 3465, brookpark
- ghuman inc, cleveland
- giant mart, cleveland
- go mart deli, cleveland
- grab & go 0, cleveland
- granpas abe kitchen llc, cleveland
- green road beverage, cleveland
- guallys bakery, cleveland
- guateohio, cleveland
- guru enterprises llc, maple heights
- halal vienna market llc, cleveland
- hari sunoco, cleveland
- harvard gas & go, cleveland
- harvard marathon, cleveland
- harvard uptown deli llc, cleveland
- hayden gas & go, cleveland
- hayden sams deli, cleveland
- heights beverage, university heights
- heights mechanical corp., cleveland
- henean gas, cleveland
- highland 311, cleveland
- highland food mart, cleveland
- hirsch's sunoco, berea
- hop in sunoco, bedford
- hough beverage, cleveland
- hp exxon, cleveland
- hq denison llc, cleveland
Showing 250 of 1,094 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 Ohio
One of 87 counties in Ohio, 6 are shown here.
Compare Cuyahoga County vs Adams County → · All Ohio counties →
Nationwide peers for Cuyahoga County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Cuyahoga County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OH (16.8% here).
- Madison County, NY · 16.8% low-access
- Fayette County, PA · 16.8% low-access
- Hawkins County, TN · 16.8% low-access
- Jefferson County, TN · 16.8% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OH (16.3% here).
- Indiana County, PA · 16.3% SNAP
- Madison County, TN · 16.3% SNAP
- Gonzales County, TX · 16.3% SNAP
- Panola County, MS · 16.3% 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.
Ohio among East North Central states
Ohio ranks 2nd of 5 East North Central states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Cuyahoga County, at 16.8%, runs 8.3 pts below the Ohio rate.
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 Cuyahoga County, OH are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 39035. 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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