Signature · 5 LILA tracts (31.3% of tracts)
Darlington County, SC
Darlington County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 5 LILA tracts (31.3% of the book) alongside 12.5% low-access.
- 12.5%
- low-access pop.
- 5
- food-desert tracts
- 19.5%
- on SNAP
- 63K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Darlington County, SC
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-MODERATE 12.5% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -9.6 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 5 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.5% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.4% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 31% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Hampton County (+ 0.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Darlington County lands in the lower national band (12.5%, #2,299 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,299
- national by low-access %
- #33
- in SC
- 5
- low-access tracts
- 5K
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 5 LILA tracts (31.3% of tracts) .
How Darlington County compares nationally
Darlington County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 12.5% low-access share that beats 26% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,305).
Darlington County's lower-band USDA tier split
16 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 5 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Darlington County has 6 urban and 10 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.
Darlington 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
- Greenwood 13.6
Greenwood 13.6%
13.6 % 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
- Barnwell 0
Barnwell 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 16 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 68,681 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 5 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 5 |
| Low-Access Population | 8,576 |
| Low-Access Share | 12.5%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 4,720 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 62,558 |
| Median Household Income | $48,581 |
| Poverty Rate | 21.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 4,986 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.5%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.4%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.9% |
Thick SNAP store book in Darlington County
Darlington County has 90 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 5 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 47 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 47
- 151 travel center, darlington
- circle k 2707228, hartsville
- circle k 2723149, darlington
- city food, darlington
- corner pantry 104, hartsville
- crosstown fuel, darlington
- cruizers # 4, florence
- cruizers 5, darlington
- cruizers ix, hartsville
- daily stop, darlington
- diya food mart, lamar
- eagle express#15, hartsville
- ez shop, darlington
- first stop, hartsville
- fox corner, hartsville
- hartsville food mart, hartsville
- high hill quick fill, darlington
- kens corner #9, lamar
- kk's mart, hartsville
- lotto palace il, hartsville
- lucky point convenience store, hartsville
- meera food mart, timmonsville
- murphy usa 7693, hartsville
- oates community store, lamar
- pramukh two, lamar
- refuel 1019, hartsville
- refuel 1020, hartsville
- refuel 1022, hartsville
- refuel 1023, hartsville
- refuel 1028, society hill
- refuel 1029, lamar
- refuel 1033, hartsville
- refuel 1036, darlington
- refuel 1037, florence
- refuel 1038, hartsville
- refuel 1044, hartsville
- refuel 1065, darlington
- refuel 1067, darlington
- super mart, timmonsville
- savers 2, hartsville
- savway 2, hartsville
- short trip 18, hartsville
- sky mart, darlington
- spring mart devyani, darlington
- stoplight, hartsville
- sunpoint 1, hartsville
- young's 3609, darlington
Combination Grocery/Other · 32
- cvs pharmacy 3821, hartsville
- cvs pharmacy 4657, darlington
- dollar general 13967, florence
- dollar general 14077, hartsville
- dollar general 18406, hartsville
- dollar general 18605, hartsville
- dollar general 18633, darlington
- dollar general 18731, hartsville
- dollar general 19628, darlington
- dollar general 3127, hartsville
- dollar general 4649, hartsville
- dollar general 7093, hartsville
- dollar general 7561, darlington
- dollar general 9425, lamar
- dollar general 11794, darlington
- dollar general 15293, darlington
- dollar general 20068, darlington
- dollar general 20340, hartsville
- dollar general 20559, hartsville
- dollar general 25459, society hill
- dollar general 30386, hartsville
- dollar tree 1802, hartsville
- dollar tree 6571, darlington
- dollartree 6876, hartsville
- family dollar store 6697, darlington
- family dollar 11970, hartsville
- family dollar 127, hartsville
- family dollar 3614, darlington
- family dollar 7561, lamar
- scwfc community market, hartsville
- walgreen 9737, darlington
- walgreens 10329, hartsville
Super Store · 5
- darlington iga 637, darlington
- hartsville iga 673, hartsville
- iga food center #62, hartsville
- walmart supercenter 1135, hartsville
- walmart supercenter 7188, darlington
Supermarket · 5
- food lion 1428, darlington
- food lion 2836, hartsville
- piggly wiggly 170, darlington
- piggly wiggly 196, lamar
- piggly wiggly 277, hartsville
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- darlington packing co, darlington
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 Darlington County vs Abbeville County → · All South Carolina counties →
Counties near Darlington County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Darlington 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 (12.5% here).
- Hardeman County, TN · 12.5% low-access
- Hardeman County, TN · 12.5% low-access
- Jefferson County, OR · 12.5% low-access
- Jefferson County, OR · 12.5% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside SC (19.5% here).
- Morrow County, OR · 19.5% SNAP
- Morrow County, OR · 19.5% SNAP
- Surry County, NC · 19.5% SNAP
- Surry County, NC · 19.5% 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.
Darlington County inside a lower low-access state context
Darlington 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 Darlington County, SC are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 45031. 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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