County food-access profile · Texas
Guadalupe County, TX
Guadalupe County sits among the counties with the widest food-access gaps the USDA tracks, most residents here live well outside a comfortable walk or drive to a supermarket. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 41.3%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 9.0%
- on SNAP
- 184K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
41.3% of Guadalupe County residents live in a low-access area, and 3 of its 29 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 14
- low-access tracts
- 16K
- food-desert residents
- 3.2%
- households, no vehicle
- 9.3%
- below poverty line
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, 1-and-10-mile measure).
Guadalupe County carries one of the more serious food-access burdens the USDA Atlas tracks: its low-access share of 41.3% is well above the national share. 14 of the county's 29 census tracts fall into that category, areas where residents live far from a supermarket, covering about 54,266 people. 3 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 16,284 low-income residents.
How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts
The USDA measures food access by distance to the nearest supermarket. A census tract is "low-access" when a meaningful share of residents live more than one mile from a supermarket in urban areas, or more than ten miles in rural areas. A tract becomes a "food desert" only when it is both low-access and low-income, because distance is far harder to overcome for households without a car or a cushion in the budget. Counts on this page are aggregated from the tract level, where the federal data is actually published, so a single county figure can hide neighbourhoods that are much better or much worse served than the average. Distance also does not capture everything that shapes whether a family eats well: the presence of a full-service grocer rather than a convenience store, public transit, food pantries, and the price and quality of what is on the shelf all matter beyond the radius the Atlas can draw.
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: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 29 census tracts in Guadalupe County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Guadalupe County vs. other Texas counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Texas
- Guadalupe
Guadalupe County, TX
41.3 % low-access
- Anderson
Anderson County, TX
43.8 % low-access
- Andrews
Andrews County, TX
26.8 % low-access
- Angelina
Angelina County, TX
26 % low-access
- Aransas
Aransas County, TX
31.7 % low-access
- Archer
Archer County, TX
18.3 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| 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 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| 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% |
About 9.0% of Guadalupe County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 41.3% of residents are low-access, well above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 9.0% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 5,919 households here.
- 3.2% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 3 tracts meet the USDA food-desert threshold (low-income and low-access).
USDA low-access figures reflect the 2019 Atlas (2010 tract populations); socioeconomic context is the latest Census ACS 5-year (2024).
What the food-access data shows for Guadalupe County
well above the national share
3 of Guadalupe County's 29 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 10.3% of all its tracts.
A further 11 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 14.
An estimated 54,266 residents, roughly 41.3% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 16,284 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 15 tracts (51.7%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers 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 retailers.
Other Counties in Texas
Compare Guadalupe County vs Anderson County → · All Texas counties →
Food access nationally, Texas in context
Guadalupe County sits inside Texas (ringed). Each state is colored by its population-weighted low-access share; click any state to compare.
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted · Census ACS 2024 context
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Data Sources & Methodology
USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019): low-access and food-desert tract classifications, low-access population, and low-income low-access counts. ers.usda.gov/food-access-research-atlas
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2024 5-Year Estimates: population, median income, poverty, SNAP participation, vehicle access, and group quarters. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
Low access is defined as living more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket; a food desert adds a low-income condition. Read the full methodology →
Data current as of (most recent source-data vintage; figures reflect the 2019 USDA Atlas and 2024 Census ACS).
Note: This page presents public USDA and Census data for informational purposes and is not professional advice. Figures reflect the cited dataset vintages and may differ from the most recent local conditions. How this data is sourced & verified.