Signature · 4.1% low-access (9th pct)
Grady County, GA
Grady County lands in the lower national band on low-access (4.1%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 4.1%
- low-access pop.
- 0
- food-desert tracts
- 20.3%
- on SNAP
- 26K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Grady County, GA
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-NONE · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-CLEAR
- LA-ADEQUATE 4.1% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -18.0 pts vs US
- LILA-NONE 0 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 20.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 5.3% no vehicle
- DENSITY-CLEAR 0% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Taylor County (+ 0.1 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Grady County lands in the lower national band (4.1%, #2,862 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,862
- national by low-access %
- #120
- in GA
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 345
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 4.1% low-access (9th pct) (-18 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Grady County compares nationally
Food access in Grady County compares favorably nationally: its 4.1% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 9% of them (rank #2,865).
Grady County's lower-band USDA tier split
6 census tracts grouped by USDA classification .
By USDA urbanicity classification, Grady County has 0 urban and 6 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.
Grady County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Brantley 4.3
Brantley 4.3%
4.3 % low-access
- Taylor 4.2
Taylor 4.2%
4.2 % low-access
- Grady 4.1
Grady 4.1%
4.1 % low-access
- Heard 3.7
Heard 3.7%
3.7 % low-access
- Pulaski 3.7
Pulaski 3.7%
3.7 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 6 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 25,011 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 0 |
| Low-Access Population | 1,031 |
| Low-Access Share | 4.1%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 345 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 26,108 |
| Median Household Income | $58,980 |
| Poverty Rate | 20.3%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,054 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 20.3%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 5.3%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.7% |
Thick SNAP store book in Grady County
Grady County has 32 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 5 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 16 locations (50% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 16
- 716 food mart, cairo
- bishops express, whigham
- cairo travel centre, cairo
- calvary market, calvary
- easy stop cairo, cairo
- murphy usa 7199, cairo
- once conveneint stop 5, cairo
- one convenient stop 1, cairo
- one convenient stop 2, cairo
- one convenient stop 3, cairo
- pmj food mart, cairo
- quick buys #108, cairo
- quick buys 2, cairo
- shradha enterprise llc, cairo
- susie q's 30, cairo
- trawick's, cairo
Combination Grocery/Other · 9
- dollar general 8260, cairo
- dollar general 849, cairo
- dollar general 11650, whigham
- dollar general 16839, cairo
- dollar general 17928, cairo
- dollar general 25301, cairo
- dollar tree 3079, cairo
- family dollar store 422, cairo
- walgreens 11107, cairo
Medium Grocery Store · 3
- la mexicana llc, cairo
- route 84 country store, cairo
- tienda latina, cairo
Supermarket · 3
- cairo iga, cairo
- cost kutter 494, cairo
- sunstop market 936, cairo
Super Store · 1
- walmart supercenter 858, cairo
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
One of 158 counties in Georgia, 6 are shown here.
Compare Grady County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Counties near Grady County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Grady 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 (4.1% here).
- Harvey County, KS · 4.1% low-access
- Harvey County, KS · 4.1% low-access
- Chenango County, NY · 4.1% low-access
- Chenango County, NY · 4.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (20.3% here).
- Las Animas County, CO · 20.3% SNAP
- Las Animas County, CO · 20.3% SNAP
- Fleming County, KY · 20.3% SNAP
- Fleming County, KY · 20.3% 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.
Grady County inside a lower low-access state context
Grady 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 .
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 Grady County, GA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 13131. 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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