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 #441 most-affected nationwide.
Gwinnett County's elevated USDA tier split
113 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 18 LILA.
All 113 of Gwinnett County's tracts are urban in the USDA classification, so every one is judged on the 1-mile test, the stricter of the two distance thresholds.
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 12 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 250 locations (43% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
20 towns share the 577 authorized stores; Lawrenceville holds 24% of them. 3 of the 20 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Stone Mountain, Hoschton, Liburn.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceville | 141 | 50 |
| Norcross | 92 | 27 |
| Duluth | 59 | 27 |
| Lilburn | 59 | 22 |
| Snellville | 55 | 15 |
| Buford | 49 | 16 |
| Suwanee | 35 | 14 |
| Dacula | 24 | 7 |
| Peachtree Corners | 16 | 6 |
| Loganville | 11 | 3 |
Top 10 of 20 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 250
- 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
- quiktrip 748, norcross
- quiktrip 750, norcross
- quiktrip 751, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 764, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 766, dacula
- quiktrip 769, suwanee
- quiktrip 776, norcross
- quiktrip 784, dacula
- quiktrip 786, buford
- quiktrip 790, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 794, snellville
- quiktrip 804, snellville
- quiktrip 831, duluth
- quick mart, norcross
- quick mart, lilburn
- quick mart chevron, duluth
- quick pick mart, hoschton
- quick stop, lawrenceville
- quickshop, snellville
- quik trip 705, norcross
- quiktrip 1718, norcross
- quiktrip 1751, dacula
- quiktrip 1766, peachtree corners
- quiktrip 703r, norcross
- quiktrip 706, duluth
- quiktrip 725, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 740r, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 755, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 759, lawrenceville
- quiktrip 795r, stone mountain
- quiktrip 830, buford
- quiktrip 816, snellville
- quiktrip 844, suwanee
- race trac 158, lawrenceville
- race trac 206, lawrenceville
- race trac 2329, norcross
- race trac 234, loganville
- race trac 2409, duluth
- race trac 2424, sugar hill
- race trac 260, lawrenceville
- race trac 301, lawrenceville
- race trac 467, lawrenceville
- race trac 490, norcross
- race trac 55, snellville
- race trac 659, duluth
- race trac 94, lawrenceville
- racetrac 2354, snellville
- racetrac 2468, norcross
- racetrac 2524, peachtree corners
- raceway, suwanee
- raceway 6920 6920, atlanta
- ruma food mart, lawrenceville
- s mini mart, lawrenceville
- s&s international market, snellville
- satellite food mart, duluth
- shell annistown, snellville
- shell circle k, loganville
- shell express, lilburn
- shell five forks, lilburn
- shell food mart, buford
- shell food mart, buford
- shell food mart, lawrenceville
- shell food mart, norcross
- shell food mart, suwanee
- shell food mart, duluth
- shell food mart, norcross
- shell food mart, norcross
- shell food mart, peachtree corners
- shell food mart, lilburn
- shell food mart, lawrenceville
- shell food mart no, lawrenceville
- shell old norcross, duluth
- shop-n-go, norcross
- smart food mart 2, stone mountain
- solo food mart, duluth
- sommys food mart, norcross
- speede stop, lawrenceville
- speedway 4102, lawrenceville
- speedway 4103, norcross
- speedway 4104, tucker
- speedway 4105, snellville
- spicyhill caribbean market, lawrenceville
- ss food mart n/a, lawrenceville
- stone mountain mart, stone mountain
- stop n save, duluth
- sugarhill food mart, buford
- supermercado, lilburn
- supermercado exito, norcross
- surani brothers corporation, lilburn
- sveta llc, lawrenceville
- sweetwater texaco hop in, duluth
- texaco 1, norcross
- texaco food market, dacula
- texaco food mart, lilburn
- texaco food mart, lilburn
- texaco food mart, snellville
- texaco food mart #252, duluth
- texaco foodmart, lawrenceville
- the little farm grocery store, atlanta
- tienda la favorita, norcross
- trail gas stop, lilburn
- valero, suwanee
- valero fastmart, snellville
- valero food mart, lawrenceville
- valero food mart, duluth
- valero food mart, norcross
- vp food mart, duluth
- vp foodmart, norcross
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
- Blue Earth County, MN · 38.9% low-access
- Redwood County, MN · 38.9% low-access
- Onslow County, NC · 38.9% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside GA (7.8% here).
- Elmore County, ID · 7.8% SNAP
- Clay County, IN · 7.8% SNAP
- Morgan County, IN · 7.8% SNAP
- Bourbon County, KS · 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.
Georgia among South Atlantic states
Georgia ranks 1st of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (30.9%). Gwinnett County, at 38.9%, runs 8.0 pts above the Georgia rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
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 .
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