Signature · 3 LILA tracts (30% of tracts)
Guernsey County, OH
Guernsey County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 3 LILA tracts (30% of the book) alongside 29.0% low-access.
- 29.0%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 17.1%
- on SNAP
- 38K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Guernsey County, OH
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 29.0% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +6.9 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 3 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 17.1% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 8.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 30% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Stark County ( -0.1 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Guernsey County sits in the upper national band (29.0%, #1,004 of 3,079) with 3 LILA tracts.
- #1,004
- national by low-access %
- #24
- in OH
- 4
- low-access tracts
- 5K
- 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: 3 LILA tracts (30% of tracts) .
How Guernsey County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Guernsey County's 29.0% low-access share is elevated, higher than 68% of them and ranked #1,004 most-affected nationwide.
Guernsey County's elevated USDA tier split
10 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 3 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Guernsey County has 5 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.
Guernsey County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Ohio, not a full county-board reprint
- Warren
Warren 45.7%
45.7 % low-access
- Greene
Greene 29.4%
29.4 % low-access
- Clinton
Clinton 29.3%
29.3 % low-access
- Guernsey
Guernsey 29%
29 % low-access
- Stark
Stark 28.9%
28.9 % low-access
- Montgomery
Montgomery 28.8%
28.8 % low-access
- Morrow 2.2
Morrow 2.2%
2.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 10 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 40,087 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 4 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 3 |
| Low-Access Population | 11,625 |
| Low-Access Share | 29.0%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 5,015 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 38,223 |
| Median Household Income | $58,478 |
| Poverty Rate | 15.3%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,790 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 17.1%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 8.8%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.4% |
Thick SNAP store book in Guernsey County
Guernsey County has 37 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 20 locations (54% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 20
- 821 carryout operating llc, byesville
- bp, cambridge
- bellstores 1070, cambridge
- bellstores 1161, byesville
- buffalo 1210, pleasant city
- circle k 4705268, byesville
- circle k 4705285, cambridge
- dba hondros market and deli, cambridge
- go mart 57, lore city
- murphy usa 6731, cambridge
- par mar store 231, cambridge
- pilot travel center 6, cambridge
- pranay international llc, cambridge
- sallys shortcut llc, kimbolton
- sheetz 387, cambridge
- speedway 1017, lore city
- speedway 5120, cambridge
- stillion center market, cambridge
- tajekam llc 2, cambridge
- the pantry door and deli, cambridge
Combination Grocery/Other · 11
- cvs 3472, cambridge
- dollar general 592, cambridge
- dollar general 8807, cambridge
- dollar general 11101, byesville
- dollar general 12326, pleasant city
- dollar general 18418, lore city
- dollar general 24127, senecaville
- dollar general 31455, cumberland
- dollar tree 1469, cambridge
- family dollar 7, cambridge
- giant eagle 2468, cambridge
Supermarket · 3
- aldi 61004 61004, cambridge
- cash saver 4, cambridge
- riesbeck's food markets 6, cambridge
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- mk&j market llc, pleasant city
Small Grocery Store · 1
- nature shack, quaker city
Super Store · 1
- walmart supercenter 3262, cambridge
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Ohio
One of 87 counties in Ohio, 6 are shown here.
Compare Guernsey County vs Adams County → · All Ohio counties →
Counties near Guernsey County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Guernsey County, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OH (29.0% here).
- Berkeley County, SC · 29.0% low-access
- Berkeley County, SC · 29.0% low-access
- Beadle County, SD · 29.0% low-access
- Beadle County, SD · 29.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OH (17.1% here).
- Sullivan County, NY · 17.1% SNAP
- Sullivan County, NY · 17.1% SNAP
- Clarendon County, SC · 17.1% SNAP
- Clarendon County, SC · 17.1% 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.
Guernsey County inside a higher low-access state context
Guernsey County sits inside Ohio (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 Guernsey County, OH are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 39059. 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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