Signature · 40.9% low-access (88th pct)
Forsyth County, NC
Forsyth County sits in the upper national band on low-access (40.9%, +18.8 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 40.9%
- low-access pop.
- 23
- food-desert tracts
- 13.9%
- on SNAP
- 390K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Forsyth County, NC
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-SEVERE 40.9% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +18.8 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 23 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 13.9% SNAP
- VEH-OK 6.2% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 25% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Union County ( -1.6 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Forsyth County sits in the upper national band (40.9%, #369 of 3,079) with 23 LILA tracts.
- #369
- national by low-access %
- #3
- in NC
- 63
- low-access tracts
- 50K
- 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: 40.9% low-access (88th pct) (+18.8 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Forsyth County compares nationally
Forsyth County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 40.9% low-access share outpaces 88% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #370 most-affected nationwide.
Forsyth County's elevated USDA tier split
93 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 23 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Forsyth County has 84 urban and 9 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.
Forsyth County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in North Carolina, not a full county-board reprint
- Hyde
Hyde 60.5%
60.5 % low-access
- Bertie
Bertie 45.9%
45.9 % low-access
- Forsyth
Forsyth 40.9%
40.9 % low-access
- Union
Union 39.3%
39.3 % low-access
- Onslow
Onslow 38.9%
38.9 % low-access
- Dare
Dare 35.6%
35.6 % low-access
- Greene 0.1
Greene 0.1%
0.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 93 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 350,670 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 63 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 23 |
| Low-Access Population | 143,383 |
| Low-Access Share | 40.9%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 49,909 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 389,977 |
| Median Household Income | $67,165 |
| Poverty Rate | 14.5%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 22,305 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.9%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 6.2%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Forsyth County
Forsyth County has 342 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 159 locations (46% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 159
- 14th street mini mart, winston salem
- 311 super stop llc, winston salem
- 67 gas for less, pfafftown
- 7-eleven 36068a 36068a, kernersville
- academy grocery, winston salem
- adams market, winston salem
- akron market 201, winston salem
- akron mart, winston salem
- b & s super mart, winston salem
- boca de rio inc / fairway one stop 4, winston salem
- boulos 2 inc dba akron shell 202, winston salem
- brewer family fare 405, winston salem
- brother food mart llc, winston salem
- buy & go 2, winston salem
- by lo citgo 3, winston salem
- chief's pick a pack, kernersville
- circle k 1519, winston salem
- circle k 1539, lewisville
- circle k 2701495, clemmons
- circle k 2704358, winston salem
- circle k 2706477, kernersville
- circle k 2720795, kernersville
- circle k 2723160, clemmons
- circle k 2723188, rural hall
- circle k 2723205, winston salem
- clemmons bp, clemmons
- dana & tjs country grocery, winston salem
- dos hermanos mexican store, winston salem
- e stop, lewisville
- el jacal 2 minimarket inc, winston salem
- el pariente tienda hispana, winston salem
- el taino, winston salem
- exprezit, kernersville
- fairway 9 n/a, winston salem
- fairway one stop, winston salem
- fairway one stop #7, winston salem
- fairway one stop 5, winston salem
- first street mart, winston salem
- fjt nc inc, winston salem
- flowers bakery outlet 479, winston salem
- gas n go, winston salem
- glenn deli & grocery, winston salem
- gr mart tobacco & vape, winston salem
- great american store, winston salem
- guru convenience store, winston salem
- hop in, winston salem
- hop in, winston salem
- horneytown country store, high point
- hospital family fare 290, winston salem
- j & b food mart inc, winston salem
- j and j food mart, winston salem
- jays mart, winston salem
- jb's food mart, winston salem
- joe's kwik mart 6014, kernersville
- jonestown family fare 314, winston salem
- jonestown shell, winston salem
- kay mart 2, winston salem
- kernersville family fare 318, kernersville
- kesh mart 1, belews creek
- konnoak shell, winston salem
- kristy food mart, winston salem
- la perlita, winston salem
- la tili supermarket inc, winston salem
- liberty plus convenience store, winston salem
- liberty street citgo, winston salem
- liberty street grocery, winston salem
- link grocery, winston salem
- love's travel stop 883, rural hall
- lovely food mart, winston salem
- low price mart, kernersville
- marymar supermarket, winston salem
- mlc discount store, winston salem
- murphy express 8814, winston salem
- murphy usa 7420, winston-salem
- neighborhood grocery store, winston salem
- nick food mart, germanton
- northpoint family fare 355, winston salem
- northwest discount, winston salem
- om mini mart, winston salem
- parkway express, winston salem
- parkway family fare 370, winston salem
- parkway shell, winston salem
- peters creek bp, winston salem
- petro 66, kernersville
- pik & go, rural hall
- pineview self service, winston salem
- pop hop mercado, winston salem
- quality mark 29 1063, winston salem
- quality mart, winston salem
- quality mart # 54 1754, winston salem
- quality mart #33 1082, kernersville
- quality mart #53 1753, winston salem
- quality mart #55 1755, rural hall
- quality mart #56 1756, winston salem
- quality mart #57 1757, winston salem
- quality mart #58 1758, winston salem
- quality mart #59 1759, pfafftown
- quality mart #60 1760, lewisville
- quality mart 18, winston salem
- quality mart 32 1064, kernersville
- quality mart 37 1093, winston salem
- quality mart 38 1095, winston salem
- quality mart 39 1096, winston salem
- quality mart 41 1141, kernersville
- quality mart 46 1146, kernersville
- quality mart 61, walkertown
- quick one stop, kernersville
- reynolda family fare 398, winston salem
- robinhood family fare 400, winston salem
- s&k food mart, winston salem
- salem mart, winston salem
- sam's gas n grill, rural hall
- sam's mart 112, winston salem
- sav way, winston salem
- sheetz 355, walkertown
- sheetz 411, arcadia
- sheetz 436, kernersville
- sheetz 453, winston salem
- sheetz 512, kernersville
- sheetz 568, winston salem
- sheetz 578, kernersville
- sheetz 633, winston salem
- sheetz 641, winston salem
- sheetz 871, winston salem
- snak's, winston salem
- speedway 6925, winston salem
- speedway 6926, winston salem
- speedway 6927, winston salem
- speedway 6929, winston salem
- speedway 6930, winston salem
- speedway 6931, winston salem
- speedway 6932, winston salem
- speedway 6933, winston salem
- speedway 6935, winston salem
- speedway 6936, winston salem
- speedway 6937, winston salem
- speedway 6938, clemmons
- speedway 6941, kernersville
- speedway 8200, winston salem
- speedway 8201, winston salem
- speedway 8202, winston salem
- speedway 8203, winston salem
- stop and save mart inc, clemmons
- sungate mini mart, winston salem
- three boys no, winston salem
- three brothers by-lo, winston salem
- three corner food mart, winston salem
- tickled pink convenience store 1, winston salem
- tripstop, winston salem
- union cross bp, kernersville
- waughtown market, winston salem
- wake mart exxon, winston salem
- waughtown grocery, winston salem
- what a convenience, winston salem
- winston food mart inc, winston salem
- xeeie inc, winston salem
- z & zee corner llc, winston salem
- zee mart, winston salem
- zee mart #3, winston salem
Combination Grocery/Other · 78
- cvs 1218, walkertown
- cvs 5595, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 1944, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 3516, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 3574, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 4253, clemmons
- cvs pharmacy 5540, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 7030, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 7584, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 7681, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 3518, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 3643, kernersville
- cvs pharmacy 3812, winston salem
- cvs pharmacy 3832, kernersville
- cvs pharmacy 7026, clemmons
- dollar general 14072, winston salem
- dollar general 14226, winston salem
- dollar general 18435, belews creek
- dollar general 2962, winston salem
- dollar general 3240, winston salem
- dollar general 3585, winston salem
- dollar general 4019, winston salem
- dollar general 7020, kernersville
- dollar general 8550, pfafftown
- dollar general 9499, clemmons
- dollar tree 1897, winston salem
- dollartree 10455, winston salem
- dollartree 10468, kernersville
- dollartree 9284, kernersville
- dollar general 12654, winston salem
- dollar general 12966, winston salem
- dollar general 16511, tobaccoville
- dollar general 18066, winston salem
- dollar general 20342, winston salem
- dollar general 20429, winston salem
- dollar general 21247, winston salem
- dollar general 23896, winston salem
- dollar general 31051, winston salem
- dollar general 3404, walkertown
- dollar general store 17188, kernersville
- dollar tree 0212, winston salem
- dollar tree 1115, winston salem
- dollar tree 2142, winston salem
- dollar tree 2707, kernersville
- dollar tree 2779, clemmons
- dollar tree 2842, walkertown
- dollar tree 5377, winston salem
- dollar tree 7055, winston salem
- dollar tree 7329, winston salem
- dollar tree 821, winston salem
- dollar tree 996, winston salem
- el jarocho, winston salem
- family dollar store 6552, winston salem
- family dollar 11551, winston salem
- family dollar 12364, walkertown
- family dollar 142, winston salem
- family dollar 3531, winston salem
- family dollar 4921, winston salem
- family dollar 533, winston salem
- family dollar 7840, winston salem
- family dollar store 11242, winston salem
- family dollar store 3857, winston salem
- family dollar store 6975, winston salem
- family dollar store 7340, winston salem
- family dollar store 7507, rural hall
- kachin asian market llc, winston salem
- rose's express 1473, winston salem
- walgreen 07397, winston salem
- walgreen 09191, winston salem
- walgreens 01253, kernersville
- walgreens 06690, winston salem
- walgreens 07647, winston salem
- walgreens 09558, clemmons
- walgreens 10089, winston salem
- walgreens 11202, winston salem
- walgreens 11312, clemmons
- walgreens 12562, walkertown
- walgreens 17618, rural hall
Medium Grocery Store · 6
- carniceria el rincon latino llc, winston salem
- guru market, winston salem
- halal meat market & grocery, winston salem
- la mejor bakery inc., kernersville
- la palmera, winston salem
- la victoria, winston salem
Farmers' Market · 3
- old salem cobblestone farmers market, winston salem
- pure & just sustainable 1, winston salem
- winston-salem fairgrounds farmers market, winston salem
Large Grocery Store · 2
- cya groceries llc, winston salem
- los primos meat market inc retail, winston salem
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 2
- blessed foods llc, winston salem
- ogburn station meat market inc, winston salem
Showing 250 of 342 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 North Carolina
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Counties near Forsyth County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Forsyth County, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside NC (40.9% here).
- Archuleta County, CO · 40.9% low-access
- Archuleta County, CO · 40.9% low-access
- Escambia County, FL · 41.0% low-access
- Torrance County, NM · 40.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside NC (13.9% here).
- Osage County, OK · 13.9% SNAP
- Osage County, OK · 13.9% SNAP
- Berks County, PA · 13.9% SNAP
- Berks County, PA · 13.9% 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.
Forsyth County inside a higher low-access state context
Forsyth County sits inside North 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 .
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