Signature · 5.5% low-access (11th pct)
Gloucester County, VA
Gloucester County lands in the lower national band on low-access (5.5%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 5.5%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 7.1%
- on SNAP
- 40K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Gloucester County, VA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ADEQUATE 5.5% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -16.6 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-LIGHT 7.1% SNAP
- VEH-OK 2.1% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 13% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Caroline County ( -0.2 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Gloucester County lands in the lower national band (5.5%, #2,788 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,788
- national by low-access %
- #104
- in VA
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 575
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 5.5% low-access (11th pct) (-16.6 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Gloucester County compares nationally
Food access in Gloucester County compares favorably nationally: its 5.5% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 11% of them (rank #2,789).
Gloucester County's lower-band USDA tier split
8 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Gloucester County has 1 urban and 7 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.
Gloucester 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
- Powhatan 6.1
Powhatan 6.1%
6.1 % low-access
- Lexington city 5.9
Lexington city 5.9%
5.9 % low-access
- Gloucester 5.5
Gloucester 5.5%
5.5 % low-access
- Caroline 5.3
Caroline 5.3%
5.3 % low-access
- Carroll 5.1
Carroll 5.1%
5.1 % low-access
- Dickenson 0
Dickenson 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 8 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 36,858 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 2,042 |
| Low-Access Share | 5.5%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 575 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 39,526 |
| Median Household Income | $84,306 |
| Poverty Rate | 5.2%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 1,089 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 7.1%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 2.1%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.8% |
Thick SNAP store book in Gloucester County
Gloucester County has 31 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 16 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 16
- 7-eleven 10848j, hayes
- 7-eleven 20570k, saluda
- 7-eleven inc 34309h, gloucester
- 7-eleven inc f 19634a, gloucester
- 7-eleven inc f 34065a, gloucester
- 7-eleven inc f 34314, gloucester
- 7-eleven, inc. 34068j, hayes
- 7-eleven 34067a, hayes
- achilles shopping center, hayes
- adner express mart, saluda
- gloucester point speedway, gloucester point
- joe's kwik mart 8402, gloucester
- love food mart 19, hayes
- murphy usa 7632, gloucester
- stop & go, gloucester point
- wawa 652, hayes
Combination Grocery/Other · 8
- dollar general 18229, gloucester
- dollartree 10234, hayes
- dollar general 1844, hayes
- dollar general 2682, gloucester
- dollar tree 0382, gloucester
- dollar tree 4211, hayes
- family dollar store 1983, hayes
- walgreens 11298, hayes
Supermarket · 3
- aldi 80028, gloucester
- food lion 1472, gloucester
- food lion 610, hayes
Super Store · 2
- kroger 577, hayes
- walmart supercenter 1759, gloucester
Seafood Specialty · 1
- crabs express, gloucester
Small Grocery Store · 1
- mustard seed natural market, hayes
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 Gloucester County vs Accomack County → · All Virginia counties →
Counties near Gloucester County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Gloucester 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 (5.5% here).
- Edmonson County, KY · 5.5% low-access
- Edmonson County, KY · 5.5% low-access
- DeWitt County, TX · 5.6% low-access
- Juniata County, PA · 5.6% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside VA (7.1% here).
- Berkeley County, SC · 7.1% SNAP
- Berkeley County, SC · 7.1% SNAP
- Ward County, ND · 7.1% SNAP
- Ward County, ND · 7.1% 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.
Gloucester County inside a lower low-access state context
Gloucester 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 Gloucester County, VA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 51073. 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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