Signature · 549 SNAP-authorized stores
DeKalb County, GA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of DeKalb County residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 24.6%
- low-access pop.
- 38
- food-desert tracts
- 12.8%
- on SNAP
- 765K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County DeKalb County, GA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 24.6% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +2.5 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 38 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 12.8% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 7.3% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 26% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Baldwin County (+ 0.0 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, DeKalb County ranks #1,318 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #64 of 151 counties in GA (24.6% low-access; 38 food-desert tracts).
- #1,318
- national by low-access %
- #64
- in GA
- 72
- low-access tracts
- 60K
- 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: 549 SNAP-authorized stores .
How DeKalb County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, DeKalb County's 24.6% low-access share is elevated, higher than 58% of them and ranked #1,323 most-affected nationwide.
DeKalb County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
144 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 38 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, DeKalb County has 142 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.
DeKalb County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Emanuel 25.5
Emanuel 25.5%
25.5 % low-access
- Hall 25
Hall 25%
25 % low-access
- DeKalb 24.6
DeKalb 24.6%
24.6 % low-access
- Baldwin 24.6
Baldwin 24.6%
24.6 % low-access
- Polk 24.2
Polk 24.2%
24.2 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 144 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 691,893 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 72 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 38 |
| Low-Access Population | 170,397 |
| Low-Access Share | 24.6%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 60,350 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 765,351 |
| Median Household Income | $80,644 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.7%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 36,708 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 12.8%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.3%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.4% |
Thick SNAP store book in DeKalb County
DeKalb County has 549 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 138 locations (25% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 138
- 2399 columbia business llc 0, decatur
- 2425 columbia, decatur
- 2911 food mart llc, brookhaven
- 2944 qm llc, stonecrest
- 3 brothers foodmart, lithonia
- 5960 enterprise llc, stone mountain
- 76 food mart, clarkston
- a & g food mart, decatur
- ar 6 investment business llc, lithonia
- aaa lucky mart, decatur
- aberus food mart, stone mountain
- addis grocery llc 1, clarkston
- alam 5048 llc, atlanta
- american food mart, atlanta
- ammazin food mart, decatur
- amoco food mart, atlanta
- amoco food mart, decatur
- an food mart, decatur
- arf food llc, decatur
- avondale food mart, decatur
- bp at candler, decatur
- bp food mart, decatur
- bp food & gas, decatur
- bp food mart, lithonia
- bp foodmart, tucker
- bp gas station, atlanta
- belvedere express, decatur
- best food mart, tucker
- best value, lithonia
- beuna suerte food mart, atlanta
- big daddys, decatur
- big h food mart, atlanta
- bighmart, stone mountain
- bouldercrest shell llc, ellenwood
- bp food mart, tucker
- bp food mart, stone mountain
- bp food mart, decatur
- bp food mart, lithonia
- bp food mart, stone mountain
- bp panthersville inc, ellenwood
- briarcliff quickmart, atlanta
- broadway chevron, atlanta
- brockett road chevron, clarkston
- bsb7 inc, decatur
- buchanan's food store, atlanta
- buddy's food store, atlanta
- buddys, decatur
- buford shell, brookhaven
- chevron food mart, stone mountain
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart, tucker
- citgo quik mart, stone mountain
- candler food mart, decatur
- cato convenience & variety store, decatur
- chamblee food mart, chamblee
- chamblee quick mart, atlanta
- chapel food mart, decatur
- cherry stone llc 1, decatur
- chevron extramile, lithonia
- chevron food mart, stone mountain
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart, stone mountain
- chevron food mart, tucker
- chevron food mart, clarkston
- chevron food mart, lithonia
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart, stone mountain
- chevron food mart, atlanta
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart, tucker
- chevron food mart, lithonia
- chevron food mart, decatur
- chevron food mart 0, stone mountain
- chevron foodmart, conyers
- chevron foodmart 402, decatur
- chevron tucker express, tucker
- chevron wesley chapel, decatur
- circle food shop 32, atlanta
- circle k, decatur
- circle k # 205, decatur
- circle k aamco no, atlanta
- circle k candler, decatur
- circle k lithonia, stonecrest
- circle m food shop 91, lithonia
- citgo food, snellville
- citgo food mart, stone mountain
- citgo food mart, lithonia
- citgo food mart, atlanta
- citgo food mart, stone mountain
- clarkston food mart, clarkston
- columbia food mart none, decatur
- compromise krish inc, scottdale
- conley food mart, conley
- country food, stone mountain
- covington food mart, lithonia
- d & d convenience store, decatur
- dekalb convenience store, atlanta
- discount food mart, atlanta
- discount food mart, decatur
- discount smokes, decatur
- dollar savers, decatur
- dunwoody shell, atlanta
- el loteria, atlanta
- el mundo food mart, atlanta
- el progreso, atlanta
- el rey supermercado, chamblee
- exxon food mart, brookhaven
- exxon food mart, decatur
- exxon food mart, decatur
- exxon food mart, clarkston
- ez market, brookhaven
- ez shop, atlanta
- family food mart 1, lithonia
- fiesta food mart 2, atlanta
- flatshoals bp, atlanta
- food & gas, atlanta
- food mart, stone mountain
- food mart, ellenwood
- food mart, atlanta
- food mart convenience store, lithonia
- glenwood 786, decatur
- glenwood chevron, decatur
- glenwood food mart, decatur
- gurnor llc, stone mountain
- gwinnett convenience store, atlanta
- hairston food mart, stone mountain
- hbm food mart, stone mountain
- hop n shop food store, decatur
- idlewood food mart, tucker
- indian bazaar, atlanta
- international food market, decatur
- j & s food mart, avondale estates
- jp dunwoody 208, atlanta
- jv food mart, decatur
Combination Grocery/Other · 112
- 4 sisters asian grocery 1, clarkston
- abc christian books & natural foods, decatur
- b & k meats, decatur
- balageru food mart, clarkston
- best new orleans seafood of atlanta llc, decatur
- brito supermarket, atlanta
- cherians, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 4513, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4537, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4742, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 5355, cumming
- cvs pharmacy 2083, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 2116, stone mountain
- cvs pharmacy 2175, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 2367, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 2504, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 2526, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 4505, chamblee
- cvs pharmacy 4530, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 4595, lithonia
- cvs pharmacy 4684, decatur
- cvs pharmacy 5376, atlanta
- cvs pharmacy 7312, stone mountain
- cvs pharmacy 7689, atlanta
- cvs/pharmacy 4733, atlanta
- dollar general 13055, ellenwood
- dollar general 13079, tucker
- dollar general 13962, scottdale
- dollar general 18964, lithonia
- dollar general 3916, lithonia
- dollar general 8243, stone mountain
- dollar tree 4705, decatur
- dollartree 10310, atlanta
- dollartree 9717, lithonia - stonecrest
- dollartree 9948, lithonia
- dollar general 10145, lithonia
- dollar general 12540, clarkston
- dollar general 12819, lithonia
- dollar general 13141, tucker
- dollar general 17213, doraville
- dollar general 18636, stone mountain
- dollar general 19081, brookhaven
- dollar general 19085, decatur
- dollar general 19087, decatur
- dollar general 20540, lithonia
- dollar general 23360, tucker
- dollar tree 1031, decatur
- dollar tree 1480, decatur
- dollar tree 1564, brookhaven
- dollar tree 1797, atlanta
- dollar tree 2238, lithonia
- dollar tree 3291, lithonia
- dollar tree 3667, atlanta
- dollar tree 4231, atlanta
- dollar tree 4380, decatur
- dollar tree 4819, tucker
- dollar tree 6737, atlanta
- dollar tree 717, decatur
- dollar tree 7322, stonecrest
- dollar tree 755, stone mountain
- dollar tree 7897, stone mountain
- dollar tree 8338, ellenwood
- dukes international market inc, decatur
- elsa mart, stone mountain
- eyrus food mart llc, clarkston
- family dollar 10281, atlanta
- family dollar 11616, lithonia
- family dollar 11635, scottdale
- family dollar 11824, decatur
- family dollar 12411, stone mountain
- family dollar 12488, stonecrest
- family dollar 13758, decatur
- family dollar 2602, stone mountain
- family dollar 3475, clarkston
- family dollar 470, lithonia
- family dollar 511, decatur
- family dollar 5820, decatur
- family dollar 7203, stone mountain
- family dollar 7339, lithonia
- family dollar 7528, decatur
- family dollar 7600, lithonia
- family dollar 8168, stone mountain
- family dollar 8346, stone mountain
- family dollar store 10154, clarkston
- family dollar store 10681, stone mountain
- family dollar store 7463, atlanta
- family dollar store 7641, decatur
- family dollar store 8474, decatur
- georgia halal meat, decatur
- halal madina market, atlanta
- international grocery market, clarkston
- la seafood market, decatur
- lavista food mart, tucker
- meat masters, decatur
- motherland foods market llc, stone mountain
- roses 1895, decatur
- south asian market, clarkston
- subhlaxmi grocers 1, tucker
- the kosher gourmet, atlanta
- walgreens 5580, decatur
- walgreens 5759, decatur
- walgreens 6202, lithonia
- walgreens 6205, lithonia
- walgreens 6481, decatur
- walgreens 07167, atlanta
- walgreens 10457, tucker
- walgreens 11757, atlanta
- walgreens 12262, atlanta
- walgreens 2359, atlanta
- walgreens 7478, decatur
- walgreens 7741, atlanta
- walgreens 7995, stone mountain
Showing 250 of 549 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
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Nationwide peers for DeKalb County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for DeKalb 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 (24.6% here).
- Jerome County, ID · 24.6% low-access
- Jerome County, ID · 24.6% low-access
- Middlesex County, MA · 24.6% low-access
- Middlesex County, MA · 24.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (12.8% here).
- Clinton County, IA · 12.8% SNAP
- Clinton County, IA · 12.8% SNAP
- Page County, IA · 12.8% SNAP
- Page County, IA · 12.8% 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.
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
DeKalb 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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