Signature · 9 LILA tracts (36% of tracts)
Gregg County, TX
Gregg County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 9 LILA tracts (36% of the book) alongside 24.2% low-access.
- 24.2%
- low-access pop.
- 9
- food-desert tracts
- 13.5%
- on SNAP
- 125K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Gregg County, TX
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 24.2% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +2.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 9 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.5% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.6% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 36% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Burnet County ( -0.1 pts)
The food-access picture
According to the USDA Food Access Research Atlas, Gregg County ranks #1,349 of 3,079 U.S. counties by low-access share and #130 of 252 counties in TX (24.2% low-access; 9 food-desert tracts).
- #1,349
- national by low-access %
- #130
- in TX
- 14
- low-access tracts
- 12K
- 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: 9 LILA tracts (36% of tracts) .
How Gregg County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Gregg County's 24.2% low-access share is elevated, higher than 57% of them and ranked #1,355 most-affected nationwide.
Gregg County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
25 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 9 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Gregg County has 20 urban and 5 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.
Gregg County low-access neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Jefferson 24.4
Jefferson 24.4%
24.4 % low-access
- Presidio 24.4
Presidio 24.4%
24.4 % low-access
- Gregg 24.2
Gregg 24.2%
24.2 % low-access
- Burnet 24.1
Burnet 24.1%
24.1 % low-access
- Kimble 24.1
Kimble 24.1%
24.1 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 25 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 121,730 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 14 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 9 |
| Low-Access Population | 29,435 |
| Low-Access Share | 24.2%near the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 12,122 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 125,480 |
| Median Household Income | $66,550 |
| Poverty Rate | 16.1%above the national average |
| SNAP Households | 6,530 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.5%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.6%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Gregg County
Gregg County has 136 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 57 locations (42% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 57
- aj's fast stop, gladewater
- anitas food and fuel, longview
- best mart, gladewater
- big papas, longview
- brake time, longview
- cefco 105, kilgore
- cefco 1071, longview
- cefco 1073, longview
- cefco 1076, white oak
- cefco 1077, longview
- cefco 1086, longview
- cefco 79, gladewater
- corner market, longview
- corner market, longview
- corner market, longview
- cowboys quick stop, longview
- cowboys stop, longview
- e z mart 4323, longview
- e-z mart 4234, longview
- e-z mart 4235, longview
- eastman kandi mart, longview
- ez mart 2, kilgore
- food & fuel stop, kilgore
- fuel depo corner mart #1, longview
- fuel depo corner mart #3, longview
- gladewater corner mart, gladewater
- heritage the market at eastman, longview
- heritage the market at green top, longview
- j&b food mart 1, longview
- karen's, longview
- kilgore food mart, kilgore
- lama 101, longview
- lama 103, longview
- lama 104, white oak
- lama 107, longview
- lil tommy's gas & go, longview
- longview gas mart i, longview
- longview gas mart ii, longview
- lucky mart 1, longview
- mike's quick stop, longview
- murphy express 8637, longview
- murphy express 8894, longview
- murphy usa 7002, longview
- murphy usa 7391, longview
- murphy usa 7802, kilgore
- no. 1 longview store inc, longview
- quick stop, longview
- quick track #37 00005, kilgore
- quiktrip 7916, longview
- racetrac 2658, longview
- roughneck center, white oak
- scotties longview, longview
- seymour's quick stop #2, gladewater
- texas best smokehouse 5, longview
- wills 7-eleven 23, longview
- wills 7-eleven 25, longview
- zippy j's 6, longview
Combination Grocery/Other · 46
- braum's 323, longview
- braum's 325, longview
- cvs pharmacy inc 6899, longview
- cvs pharmacy inc 6925, kilgore
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7444, gladewater
- dollar general 0244, gladewater
- dollar general 11084, longview
- dollar general 11700, longview
- dollar general 1700, longview
- dollar general 1716, kilgore
- dollar general 19433, kilgore
- dollar general 1963, longview
- dollar general 4093, longview
- dollar general 4494, longview
- dollar general 7164, kilgore
- dollar general 8078, longview
- dollar general 8674, longview
- dollar general 8927, white oak
- dollartree 8774, gladewater
- dollartree 9632, longview
- dollar general 20246, longview
- dollar general 22335, longview
- dollar general 30067, longview
- dollar general 30276, kilgore
- dollar general store 16922, gladewater
- dollar general tax-beeran, kilgore
- dollar tree 1515, longview
- dollar tree 3887, longview
- dollar tree 5893, kilgore
- dollar tree 6944, longview
- dollar tree 7199, longview
- dollar tree 8579, longview
- family dollar 12489, longview
- family dollar 1305, longview
- family dollar 2279, longview
- family dollar 3140, gladewater
- family dollar 4109, longview
- family dollar 4525, longview
- family dollar 5070, longview
- family dollar store 11702, longview
- family dollar store 3289, longview
- nice way 0, longview
- walgreens 07264, longview
- walgreens 07611, longview
- walgreens 07892, longview
- walgreens 11175, kilgore
Supermarket · 15
- albertsons 4112, longview
- aldi 75028 75028, longview
- brookshire food store 8, kilgore
- brookshire food store 45, longview
- brookshire food store 50, white oak
- brookshire food store 7, gladewater
- fresh by brookshires #803 803, longview
- lmmm dallas #20, ltd., longview
- super 1 foods 606, longview
- super 1 foods 612, longview
- skinners gro & mkt, longview
- spring market 727, lakeport
- sprouts farmers market 186, longview
- super 1 foods 632, longview
- vitamin cottage natural food market u133, longview
Super Store · 9
- kroger 959, longview
- sam's club 6422, longview
- super mercado monterrey 12, longview
- target store t 2283, longview
- walmart 3828, longview
- walmart neighborhood market 4114, longview
- walmart supercenter 572, kilgore
- walmart supercenter 398, longview
- walmart supercenter 399, longview
Large Grocery Store · 3
- grocery services north 14, longview
- longview meat market llc carreta 3, longview
- pioneer market, kilgore
Small Grocery Store · 2
- gene's grocery and market, longview
- pacific asian market, llc, longview
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 1
- hwy 80 produce, clarksville city
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- clower meat market, kilgore
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- the sasquatch's trading post, gladewater
Seafood Specialty · 1
- east young fish & seafood, longview
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Texas
One of 253 counties in Texas, 6 are shown here.
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Nationwide peers for Gregg County's low-access or SNAP share
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Gregg County, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside TX (24.2% here).
- Ward County, ND · 24.2% low-access
- Ward County, ND · 24.2% low-access
- Guilford County, NC · 24.2% low-access
- Guilford County, NC · 24.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (13.5% here).
- McMinn County, TN · 13.5% SNAP
- McMinn County, TN · 13.5% SNAP
- Crockett County, TN · 13.5% SNAP
- Crockett County, TN · 13.5% 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, Texas in context
Gregg County sits inside Texas (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 Gregg County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48183. 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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