County food-access profile · Georgia
Gwinnett County, GA
Distance to a supermarket is a real obstacle for a meaningful share of Gwinnett County residents. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert here and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it, from the USDA Food Access Research Atlas (2019) and the Census ACS (2024).
- 38.9%
- low-access pop.
- 18
- food-desert tracts
- 7.8%
- on SNAP
- 980K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
38.9% of Gwinnett County residents live in a low-access area, and 18 of its 113 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 79
- low-access tracts
- 78K
- food-desert residents
- 3.8%
- households, no vehicle
- 10.8%
- 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).
USDA data puts Gwinnett County's low-access share at 38.9%, above the national share. 79 of the county's 113 census tracts are classified low-access, meaning residents there live far from a supermarket, an area covering about 312,921 people. 18 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 78,183 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 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: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 113 census tracts in Gwinnett County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Gwinnett County vs. other Georgia counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Georgia
- Gwinnett
Gwinnett County, GA
38.9 % low-access
- Appling
Appling County, GA
47.8 % low-access
- Atkinson 23.5
Atkinson County, GA
23.5 % low-access
- Bacon 3.3
Bacon County, GA
3.3 % low-access
- Baker
Baker County, GA
61.3 % low-access
- Baldwin
Baldwin County, GA
24.6 % low-access
Food Access (USDA FARA 2019)
| 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 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| 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% |
About 7.8% of Gwinnett County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 38.9% of residents are low-access, above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 7.8% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 25,467 households here.
- 3.8% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 18 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 Gwinnett County
above the national share
18 of Gwinnett County's 113 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 15.9% of all its tracts.
A further 61 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 79.
An estimated 312,921 residents, roughly 38.9% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 78,183 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 34 tracts (30.1%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers 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 retailers.
Other Counties in Georgia
Compare Gwinnett County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
Gwinnett County sits inside Georgia (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.