Signature · 41.3% low-access (89th pct)
Guadalupe County, TX
Guadalupe County sits in the upper national band on low-access (41.3%, +19.2 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 41.3%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 9.0%
- on SNAP
- 184K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Guadalupe County, TX
LA-SEVERE · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-SEVERE 41.3% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +19.2 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 3 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.0% SNAP
- VEH-OK 3.2% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 10% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Pecos County (+ 0.1 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Guadalupe County sits in the upper national band (41.3%, #359 of 3,079) with 3 LILA tracts.
- #359
- national by low-access %
- #46
- in TX
- 14
- low-access tracts
- 16K
- 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: 41.3% low-access (89th pct) (+19.2 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Guadalupe County compares nationally
Guadalupe County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 41.3% low-access share outpaces 89% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #360 most-affected nationwide.
Guadalupe County's elevated USDA tier split
29 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 3 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Guadalupe County has 19 urban and 10 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.
Guadalupe County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Texas, not a full county-board reprint
- Throckmorton
Throckmorton 100%
100 % low-access
- Erath
Erath 42.4%
42.4 % low-access
- Runnels
Runnels 41.5%
41.5 % low-access
- Pecos
Pecos 41.4%
41.4 % low-access
- Guadalupe
Guadalupe 41.3%
41.3 % low-access
- McCulloch
McCulloch 40.9%
40.9 % low-access
- Rains 0
Rains 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 29 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 131,533 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 14 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 3 |
| Low-Access Population | 54,266 |
| Low-Access Share | 41.3%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 16,284 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 183,642 |
| Median Household Income | $92,375 |
| Poverty Rate | 9.3%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 5,919 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.0%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.2%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Guadalupe County
Guadalupe County has 99 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 5 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 65 locations (66% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 65
- 7-eleven convenience store 40561a, seguin
- 7-eleven convenience store 35802c, schertz
- 7-eleven convenience store 38487a, schertz
- cibolo valley food mart, cibolo
- circle k 2704028, seguin
- circle k 2704039, seguin
- circle k 2741094, seguin
- circle k 2742034, schertz
- circle k management ck 138, schertz
- country club express, schertz
- dyess parkview market, seguin
- food basket #4, new braunfels
- food mart, seguin
- guadalupe meat market, san marcos
- halftime #3, seguin
- j's food mart, schertz
- kingsbury country store, kingsbury
- knight stop, cibolo
- kwik shop, seguin
- lil super, seguin
- love's travel stop 463, seguin
- luling mini mart, luling
- marcos food mart, seguin
- market at avery park, new braunfels
- matador food mart, seguin
- matador food mart #2, seguin
- murphy express 8752, schertz
- murphy usa 6621, seguin
- murphy usa 7685, schertz
- my corner store, seguin
- pic-n-pac 1, mcqueeney
- picnpac 10, seguin
- picnpac 11, seguin
- picnpac 12, marion
- picnpac 13, seguin
- picnpac 14, schertz
- picnpac 15, cibolo
- picnpac 16, cibolo
- picnpac 3, seguin
- picnpac 4, seguin
- picnpac 5, mcqueeney
- picnpac 7, seguin
- picnpac 8, seguin
- picnpac 9, schertz
- pit stop food mart 17, new braunfels
- quiktrip 4033, schertz
- quiktrip 4034, schertz
- quiktrip 4044, seguin
- quiktrip 4050, cibolo
- refuel 326, seguin
- rise n stop #2, san marcos
- road ranger llc 285, seguin
- s & s food mart, schertz
- sa randolph express, cibolo
- stripes 40562h, san marcos
- salazar grocery and market, seguin
- seguin food mart, seguin
- select stop, selma
- select stop, new braunfels
- starcky's, seguin
- stripes no. 2505, seguin
- sweet stop, seguin
- valero corner store 2741017, schertz
- valero corner store 2742009, new braunfels
- weenie mart, mc queeney
Combination Grocery/Other · 24
- arlan's market #15, schertz
- cvs pharmacy 10595, cibolo
- cvs pharmacy 11045, cibolo
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7784, seguin
- cvs/ pharmacy inc 7816, schertz
- dollar general 10332, marion
- dollar general 14496, new braunfels
- dollar general 14544, seguin
- dollar general 18624, seguin
- dollar general 8888, schertz
- dollar tree 3637, schertz
- dollar general 11978, mcqueeney
- dollar general 17832, seguin
- dollar general 18632, seguin
- dollar general 20024, schertz
- dollar general 20683, seguin
- dollar general 22260, seguin
- dollar general 22612, seguin
- dollar general 24010, seguin
- dollar tree 1170, seguin
- dollar tree 7752, cibolo
- family dollar 1906, seguin
- walgreens 05963, schertz
- walgreens 09810, seguin
Supermarket · 6
- arlan's market #13, seguin
- granzins meat market, seguin
- heb 415, schertz
- heb food store 716, seguin
- heb food store 785, cibolo
- la michoacana meat market 12, seguin
Super Store · 3
- walmart 901, seguin
- walmart supercenter 3391, schertz
- walmart supercenter 4115, cibolo
Large Grocery Store · 1
- penshorn meat market, marion
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.
Compare Guadalupe County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Counties near Guadalupe County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Guadalupe 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 (41.3% here).
- Gloucester County, NJ · 41.3% low-access
- Gloucester County, NJ · 41.3% low-access
- Dawson County, NE · 41.3% low-access
- Dawson County, NE · 41.3% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside TX (9.0% here).
- Butler County, PA · 9.0% SNAP
- Butler County, PA · 9.0% SNAP
- Oconto County, WI · 9.0% SNAP
- Oconto County, WI · 9.0% 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.
Guadalupe County inside a higher low-access state context
Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe County, TX are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 48187. 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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