Signature · 1.0% low-access (4th pct)
Giles County, VA
Giles County lands in the lower national band on low-access (1.0%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 1.0%
- low-access pop.
- 0
- food-desert tracts
- 11.1%
- on SNAP
- 17K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Giles County, VA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-NONE · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-CLEAR
- LA-ADEQUATE 1.0% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -21.1 pts vs US
- LILA-NONE 0 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 11.1% SNAP
- VEH-OK 7.1% no vehicle
- DENSITY-CLEAR 0% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Middlesex County (+ 0.1 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Giles County lands in the lower national band (1.0%, #3,010 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #3,010
- national by low-access %
- #120
- in VA
- 0
- low-access tracts
- 62
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 1.0% low-access (4th pct) (-21.1 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Giles County compares nationally
Food access in Giles County compares favorably nationally: its 1.0% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 4% of them (rank #3,013).
Giles County's lower-band USDA tier split
4 census tracts grouped by USDA classification .
By USDA urbanicity classification, Giles County has 0 urban and 4 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.
Giles County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Virginia, not a full county-board reprint
- Highland
Highland 99.7%
99.7 % low-access
- Middlesex 1.1
Middlesex 1.1%
1.1 % low-access
- Giles 1
Giles 1%
1 % low-access
- Greensville 0.7
Greensville 0.7%
0.7 % low-access
- Madison 0.7
Madison 0.7%
0.7 % low-access
- Clarke 0.4
Clarke 0.4%
0.4 % low-access
- Dickenson 0
Dickenson 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 4 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 17,286 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 0 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 0 |
| Low-Access Population | 180 |
| Low-Access Share | 1.0%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 62 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 16,557 |
| Median Household Income | $65,691 |
| Poverty Rate | 9.3%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 741 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 11.1%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.1%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.0% |
SNAP retailers in Giles County
Giles County has 24 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 12 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 12
- gobble stop 1, narrows
- hilltop deli, newport
- joe's kwik marts 8302, glen lyn
- little giant grocery, pembroke
- main street market, pearisburg
- pearisburg fast fuels 1, pearisburg
- stop in food stores 8160, rich creek
- star mart, pearisburg
- stop in 8170, rich creek
- super val-u, narrows
- super val-u grocery 1, newport
- tangent outdoors, inc., pembroke
Combination Grocery/Other · 6
- dollar general 14083, narrows
- dollar general 2709, pearisburg
- dollar general 6403, rich creek
- dollar general 6433, pembroke
- dollar tree 6155, pearisburg
- walgreens 17869, pearisburg
Supermarket · 3
- food lion 130, pearisburg
- grant's supermarket 6, rich creek
- grants supermarket 10, narrows
Large Grocery Store · 1
- jewells market, rich creek
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- walker valley market, pearisburg
Super Store · 1
- walmart supercenter 2646, pearisburg
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Virginia
One of 132 counties in Virginia, 6 are shown here.
Compare Giles County vs Accomack County → · All Virginia counties →
Counties near Giles County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Giles County, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside VA (1.0% here).
- Union County, SD · 1.0% low-access
- Union County, SD · 1.0% low-access
- Calhoun County, SC · 1.0% low-access
- Calhoun County, SC · 1.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside VA (11.1% here).
- Wood County, TX · 11.1% SNAP
- Wood County, TX · 11.1% SNAP
- Taylor County, TX · 11.1% SNAP
- Taylor County, TX · 11.1% 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.
Giles County inside a lower low-access state context
Giles County sits inside Virginia (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 Giles County, VA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 51071. 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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