Signature · 7.8% SNAP (9th pct in GA)
Gwinnett County, GA
Gwinnett County sits in the upper national band on low-access (38.9%, +16.8 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 38.9%
- low-access pop.
- 18
- food-desert tracts
- 7.8%
- on SNAP
- 980K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Gwinnett County, GA
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 38.9% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +16.8 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 18 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 7.8% SNAP
- VEH-OK 3.8% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 16% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Cobb County (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Gwinnett County sits in the upper national band (38.9%, #441 of 3,079) with 18 LILA tracts.
- #441
- national by low-access %
- #27
- in GA
- 79
- low-access tracts
- 78K
- 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: 7.8% SNAP (9th pct in GA) (-4.3 pts vs U.S. SNAP) .
How Gwinnett County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Gwinnett County's 38.9% low-access share is elevated, higher than 86% of them and ranked #444 most-affected nationwide.
Gwinnett County's elevated USDA tier split
113 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 18 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Gwinnett County has 113 urban and 0 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.
Gwinnett County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Georgia, not a full county-board reprint
- Chattahoochee
Chattahoochee 97.7%
97.7 % low-access
- Bleckley
Bleckley 39.6%
39.6 % low-access
- Clayton
Clayton 39.2%
39.2 % low-access
- Gwinnett 38.9
Gwinnett 38.9%
38.9 % low-access
- Cobb 38.9
Cobb 38.9%
38.9 % low-access
- Barrow 38.4
Barrow 38.4%
38.4 % low-access
- Dade 0
Dade 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 113 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 805,321 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 79 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 18 |
| Low-Access Population | 312,921 |
| Low-Access Share | 38.9%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 78,183 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 979,864 |
| Median Household Income | $87,890 |
| Poverty Rate | 10.8%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 25,467 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 7.8%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 3.8%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Gwinnett County
Gwinnett County has 577 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 3 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 142 locations (25% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 142
- 29 market, lawrenceville
- aki mart, lilburn
- al-far cafe food mart, lilburn
- amoco food mart, norcross
- amoco gas & food, snellville
- annistown food and gas inc, stone mountain
- atlanta chevron, lawrenceville
- azrl, buford
- bp food mart, peachtree corners
- bp food mart, buford
- bp food mart, suwanee
- beaver express, lilburn
- blessed african market, peachtree corners
- bp food mart, suwanee
- bp food mart, norcross
- bp food mart, lawrenceville
- bp food mart, dacula
- bp food mart 0, peachtree corners
- bp rockbridge, stone mountain
- buford market, buford
- carniceria guadalajara 2, lawrenceville
- chevron circle k, loganville
- chevron circle k, lawrenceville
- chevron circle k, lawrenceville
- chevron food mart, peachtree corners
- chevron food mart, buford
- chevron food mart, norcross
- chevron food mart, duluth
- chevron food mart, norcross
- chevron food mart, snellville
- chevron food mart, norcross
- chevron food mart, norcross
- chevron food mart, duluth
- chevron food mart, snellville
- chevron food mart, snellville
- chevron food mart, lawrenceville
- chevron food mart, lawrenceville
- chevron food mart, snellville
- chevron food mart, tucker
- chevron food mart, buford
- chevron food mart, peachtree corners
- chevron food mart 1, norcross
- chevron food mart n/a, suwanee
- chevron foodmart, snellville
- chevron quick mart, norcross
- circle k #199, suwanee
- circle k 227, suwanee
- circle k n/a, dacula
- circle k suwanee, suwanee
- circle m food shop 40, suwanee
- citgo food mart, norcross
- citgo food mart, lawrenceville
- citgo food shop 0, norcross
- citgo food store, snellville
- citgo gas station, buford
- cruse food mart, lawrenceville
- daily food mart, snellville
- discount food mart, lawrenceville
- discovery shell, lawrenceville
- duluth food mart, duluth
- el rancho market, atlanta
- ez grocery, braselton
- european farmers market, buford
- european taste llc, sugar hill
- express food mart, peachtree corners
- express food mart, norcross
- express foodmart, lilburn
- exxon, snellville
- exxon, peachtree corners
- exxon buford, atlanta
- exxon food mart, lawrenceville
- exxon food mart, norcross
- exxon food mart, lilburn
- ez market, norcross
- food mart, lawrenceville
- food mart, sugar hill
- food mart, lawrenceville
- food mart amoco, lawrenceville
- food mart and more, lilburn
- food mart/cell phone repair, lawrenceville
- golden pantry food stores 1048, dacula
- gravel springs 786 llc, buford
- grayson caribbean market, lawrenceville
- grayson xpress food mart, lawrenceville
- h & s mart inc., lawrenceville
- happy shop food mart, tucker
- harry food mart, grayson
- indian trail shell, lilburn
- jalisco grocery, lawrenceville
- jimmy carter amoco, norcross
- k and b food mart #1, snellville
- kwick check food store, dacula
- koala 8, snellville
- la consentida, lilburn
- la familia mart, loganville
- la fiesta food mart#2, lawrenceville
- la tapatia meat market, dacula
- latinos supermarket, lilburn
- lawrenceville food mart, lawrenceville
- lenora exxon food mart, snellville
- lilburn food mart, lilburn
- living well farmers market, suwanee
- loganville market, loganville
- lucky buford bp, inc., buford
- lucky food shop, norcross
- m food mart, buford
- majik market, duluth
- majik market, norcross
- marathon food mart, buford
- mars singleton inc, norcross
- mercado primo, lawrenceville
- mini mart, dacula
- mitchell food mart, norcross
- mountain mart and car wash, stone mountain
- murphy usa 6783, suwanee
- murphy usa 7221, lawrenceville
- murphy usa 7407, buford
- murphy usa 7553, buford
- mysha 786 investment llc 1, norcross
- nalley's, buford
- nazareth food mart, lilburn
- neighbor's market, lawrenceville
- neighborhood market, lilburn
- neighbors market, lilburn
- new hope shell food mart, lawrenceville
- norcross food & gas no, norcross
- norcross shell food mart, norcross
- oakland foodmart, lawrenceville
- ollies food mart inc, duluth
- parkwood road convenience store, snellville
- pit stop convenient store, sugar hill
- quick food mart, norcross
- quick mart, lawrenceville
- quik trip 785, buford
- quiktrip 700, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 710, duluth
- quiktrip 714, norcross
- quiktrip 717, tucker
- quiktrip 718, norcross
- quiktrip 731, duluth
- quiktrip 735, norcross
- quiktrip 746, duluth
Combination Grocery/Other · 106
- 4 d's tropical supermarket, lawrenceville
- a & c african carribean store, lawrenceville
- big lots 3325, buford
- cvs pharmacy 2570, lawrenceville
- cvs pharmacy 279, buford
- cvs pharmacy 2841, lawrenceville
- cvs pharmacy 3766, dacula
- cvs pharmacy 4512, snellville
- cvs pharmacy 4730, lawrenceville
- cvs pharmacy 5352, duluth
- cvs pharmacy 5653, buford
- cvs pharmacy 5789, suwanee
- cvs pharmacy 2084, lilburn
- cvs pharmacy 2101, snellville
- cvs pharmacy 2108, norcross
- cvs pharmacy 2228, norcross
- cvs pharmacy 4553, lawrenceville
- cvs pharmacy 4618, lilburn
- cvs pharmacy 4737, lawrenceville
- cvs pharmacy 7633, norcross
- cvs pharmacy 7893, snellville
- cvs/pharmacy 2103, lawrenceville
- carniceria y taqueria la moreliana, snellville
- carniceria y tienda la confianza 1, norcross
- charlotte way tropical market, lawrenceville
- corner's edge butcher shoppe, loganville
- dollar general 13941, snellville
- dollar general 1520, snellville
- dollar general 1566, lawrenceville
- dollar general 18593, lilburn
- dollar general 18893, duluth
- dollar general 2564, lilburn
- dollar general 8548, norcross
- dollar general 8947, norcross
- dollar general 8948, lilburn
- dollar general 9046, buford
- dollar general 9160, duluth
- dollar tree 865, norcross
- dollartree 8180, lawrenceville
- dollartree 9860, lawrenceville
- dollar general 12581, loganville
- dollar general 13457, buford
- dollar general 14086, dacula
- dollar general 14326, dacula
- dollar general 19089, norcross
- dollar general 20478, snellville
- dollar general 23151, loganville
- dollar general 30422, dacula
- dollar general 30427, suwanee
- dollar tree 0537, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 1083, norcross
- dollar tree 1114, buford
- dollar tree 2033, suwanee
- dollar tree 3402, buford
- dollar tree 362, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 3672, snellville
- dollar tree 370, snellville
- dollar tree 436, stone mountain
- dollar tree 4723, lilburn
- dollar tree 4810, suwanee
- dollar tree 5351, buford
- dollar tree 5383, duluth
- dollar tree 5411, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 6090, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 6525, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 6558, lilburn
- dollar tree 6937, dacula
- dollar tree 7083, dacula
- dollar tree 7504, lilburn
- dollar tree 7676, buford
- dollar tree 7774, lawrenceville
- dollar tree 8508, duluth
- dollar tree 859, liburn
- dollar tree 8608, lawrenceville
- dry food tropical marcket, snellville
- family dollar 11178, snellville
- family dollar 11394, lawrenceville
- family dollar 12308, snellville
- family dollar 3891, norcross
- family dollar 4576, lawrenceville
- family dollar 8213, lawrenceville
- family dollar store 8049, norcross
- family dollar store 8331, norcross
- family dollar store 8557, lawrenceville
- flavors of africa by sheba foods, lilburn
- gangwon international, duluth
- jalisco market, norcross
- shreeji cash n carry 1, norcross
- walgreen 07960, lawrenceville
- walgreen's 07001, norcross
- walgreens 5899, lawrenceville
- walgreen 10248, snellville
- walgreens 05990, suwanee
- walgreens 06207, norcross
- walgreens 12147, dacula
- walgreens 5446, lawrenceville
- walgreens 5896, lawrenceville
- walgreens 5989, duluth
- walgreens 6088, lawrenceville
- walgreens 6699, suwanee
- walgreens 7502, duluth
- walgreens 7546, grayson
- walgreens 7608, stone mountain
- walgreens 7958, buford
- walgreens 9494, buford
- yeamare food mart, lilburn
Bakery Specialty · 2
- esquisito bakery cafe llc 3, lawrenceville
- mega bakery, lawrenceville
Showing 250 of 577 authorized retailers, largest categories first.
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.
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Counties near Gwinnett County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
SNAP-led peer set first for Gwinnett County (7.8%), with low-access neighbours deduped against it, both outside Georgia.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside GA (38.9% here).
- McCracken County, KY · 38.9% low-access
- McCracken County, KY · 38.9% low-access
- Blue Earth County, MN · 38.9% low-access
- Blue Earth County, MN · 38.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (7.8% here).
- Elmore County, ID · 7.8% SNAP
- Elmore County, ID · 7.8% SNAP
- Clay County, IN · 7.8% SNAP
- Clay County, IN · 7.8% 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.
Gwinnett County inside a higher low-access state context
Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County, GA are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 13135. 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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