Signature · 651 SNAP-authorized stores
Hamilton County, OH
Hamilton County sits in the upper national band on low-access (31.1%, +9 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 31.1%
- low-access pop.
- 39
- food-desert tracts
- 12.2%
- on SNAP
- 831K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Hamilton County, OH
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-GAP · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 31.1% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +9.0 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 39 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 12.2% SNAP
- VEH-GAP 10.3% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 18% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Summit County (+ 0.0 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Hamilton County sits in the upper national band (31.1%, #868 of 3,079) with 39 LILA tracts.
- #868
- national by low-access %
- #16
- in OH
- 106
- low-access tracts
- 64K
- 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: 651 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Hamilton County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Hamilton County's 31.1% low-access share is elevated, higher than 72% of them and ranked #873 most-affected nationwide.
Hamilton County's elevated USDA tier split
222 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 39 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Hamilton County has 216 urban and 6 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.
Hamilton 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
- Crawford
Crawford 31.5%
31.5 % low-access
- Hamilton
Hamilton 31.1%
31.1 % low-access
- Summit
Summit 31.1%
31.1 % low-access
- Ottawa
Ottawa 31%
31 % low-access
- Wood
Wood 30.8%
30.8 % low-access
- Morrow 2.2
Morrow 2.2%
2.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 222 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 802,374 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 106 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 39 |
| Low-Access Population | 249,868 |
| Low-Access Share | 31.1%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 63,556 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 830,774 |
| Median Household Income | $72,470 |
| Poverty Rate | 15.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 43,374 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 12.2%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 10.3%above the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Hamilton County
Hamilton County has 651 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 2 store categories. Combination Grocery/Other lead with 200 locations (31% of the total), followed by convenience store.
Combination Grocery/Other · 200
- avril bleh meat market & deli, cincinnati
- big lots 3032, harrison
- big lots 3033, cincinnati
- badmos african market, cincinnati
- bengals quality fish & meats, cincinnati
- bombay grocers, cincinnati
- cvs 2715, cincinnati
- cvs 2764, cincinnati
- cvs 5426, cincinnati
- cvs 6082, sharonville
- cvs 6089, harrison
- cvs 6093, cincinnati
- cvs 6094, montgomery
- cvs 6095, cincinnati
- cvs 6101, cincinnati
- cvs 6107, cincinnati
- cvs 6110, cincinnati
- cvs 6111, cincinnati
- cvs 6123, anderson
- cvs 6126, cincinnati
- cvs 6129, cheviot
- cvs 6131, cincinnati
- cvs 6996, springdale
- cvs pharmacy 3246, cincinnati
- chamling grocery, cincinnati
- country fresh farm market, cincinnati
- court & main market, cincinnati
- dollar general 14293, cincinnati
- dollar general 14376, cincinnati
- dollar general 1441, cincinnati
- dollar general 2234, harrison
- dollar general 4544, loveland
- dollar general 6112, cincinnati
- dollar general 6736, cincinnati
- dollartree 09172, cincinnati
- dollartree 10781, cincinnati
- dollartree 11000, cincinnati
- dollartree 8795, cincinnati
- dollartree 8986, cincinnati
- delicias supermarket, cincinnati
- dollar general 10994, north bend
- dollar general 14515, cincinnati
- dollar general 14685, cincinnati
- dollar general 19249, cincinnati
- dollar general 19250, cincinnati
- dollar general 19251, cincinnati
- dollar general 19252, cincinnati
- dollar general 20283, cleves
- dollar general 21806, cincinnati
- dollar general 22356, cincinnati
- dollar general 23716, cincinnati
- dollar general 23771, mount healthy
- dollar general 31212, cincinnati
- dollar general 31233, cincinnati
- dollar general 7182, cincinnati
- dollar general 7925, cincinnati
- dollar general 9626, cincinnati
- dollar general store 10887, cincinnati
- dollar general store 16393, cincinnati
- dollar tree 0245, springdale
- dollar tree 1787, cincinnati
- dollar tree 1788, cincinnati
- dollar tree 2029, cincinnati
- dollar tree 2404, cincinnati
- dollar tree 2556, saint bernard
- dollar tree 3283, cincinnati
- dollar tree 3309, cincinnati
- dollar tree 3321, cincinnati
- dollar tree 3336, loveland
- dollar tree 3388, cincinnati
- dollar tree 3524, cincinnati
- dollar tree 3903, cincinnati
- dollar tree 4990, harrison
- dollar tree 5476, cincinnati
- dollar tree 6021, cincinnati
- dollar tree 6681, cincinnati
- dollar tree 7197, cincinnati
- dollar tree 8291, sharonville
- dollar tree 8365, loveland
- dollar tree 9033, cincinnati
- dollar tree 9060, harrison
- e star asian market, sharonville
- family dollar 12300, cincinnati
- family dollar 1792, cincinnati
- family dollar 1846, norwood
- family dollar 3137, cincinnati
- family dollar 3169, cincinnati
- family dollar 3566, cincinnati
- family dollar 3718, cincinnati
- family dollar 3820, cincinnati
- family dollar 4565, cincinnati
- family dollar 4883, cincinnati
- family dollar 5330, cincinnati
- family dollar 6140, cincinnati
- family dollar 6306, cincinnati
- family dollar 6374, cincinnati
- family dollar 6407, cincinnati
- family dollar 6830, cincinnati
- family dollar 8267, cincinnati
- family dollar 8466, cincinnati
- family dollar 8530, cincinnati
- family dollar store 10543, reading
- family dollar store 3699, cincinnati
- family dollar store 8058, cincinnati
- gramma debbie's kitchen, cincinnati
- grayson's meats and deli, cincinnati
- humbert's meats, cincinnati
- kuhlmann's fine meats & market, cincinnati
- leeblessing, cincinnati
- mi casita, cincinnati
- northside meat co., inc, cincinnati
- roses 517, cincinnati
- saigon market, cincinnati
- samarkand food market, cincinnati
- tienda el chapin, cincinnati
- tienda la perla escondida llc, cincinnati
- tienda tutuapense, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 001, norwood
- united dairy farmers 005, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 023, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 025, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 046, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 051, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 065, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 071, norwood
- united dairy farmers 075, norwood
- united dairy farmers 079, harrison
- united dairy farmers 087, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 093, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 096, harrison
- united dairy farmers 105, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 107, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 111, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 112, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 114, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 115, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 123, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 125, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 128, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 129, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 131, sharonville
- united dairy farmers 135, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 140, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 141, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 144, terrace park
- united dairy farmers 145, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 146, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 151, norwood
- united dairy farmers 154, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 158, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 16, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 161, reading
- united dairy farmers 166, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 168, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 170, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 179, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 180, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 184, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 187, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 189, harrison
- united dairy farmers 191, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 196, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 29, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 3, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 30, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 36, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 64, blue ash
- united dairy farmers 69, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 76, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 77, cincinnati
- united dairy farmers 83, newtown
- united dairy farmers 98, cincinnati
- vonderhaar's market, reading
- walgreens #7181 07181, cincinnati
- walgreens 00274, cincinnati
- walgreens 4246, cincinnati
- walgreens 5632, cincinnati
- walgreens 7435, norwood
- walgreens 01502, cincinnati
- walgreens 02136, cincinnati
- walgreens 02694, cincinnati
- walgreens 02697, cincinnati
- walgreens 02875, cincinnati
- walgreens 03672, cincinnati
- walgreens 03807, cincinnati
- walgreens 04245, cincinnati
- walgreens 04522, cincinnati
- walgreens 04731, cincinnati
- walgreens 04893, cincinnati
- walgreens 06191, loveland
- walgreens 06653, cincinnati
- walgreens 07470, harrison
- walgreens 07877, cincinnati
- walgreens 07900, cincinnati
- walgreens 09775, cincinnati
- walgreens 10493, cincinnati
- walgreens 11269, cincinnati
- walgreens 11630, cincinnati
- walgreens 12830, cincinnati
- walgreens 12831, cincinnati
Convenience Store · 50
- 1 stop market, cincinnati
- a to z wireless center & grocery, cincinnati
- abyssinia food mart, cincinnati
- adama pam convenience store, cincinnati
- ajm discount shop, cincinnati
- alfaa 12 12, cincinnati
- alfaa 2, cincinnati
- alfaa 26 26, cincinnati
- all n 1, cincinnati
- amali's mini mart, cincinnati
- amarshop, cincinnati
- ameristop, cincinnati
- ameristop food market, cincinnati
- ameristop food mart, cincinnati
- ameristop food mart, cincinnati
- ameristop food mart 1, cincinnati
- ameristop food mart 29032, cincinnati
- ameristop food mart 29096, cincinnati
- ameristop foodmart, cincinnati
- ameristop good mart, cincinnati
- ameristore carry out, cincinnati
- andreas grocery llc, cincinnati
- anna enterprise llc, cincinnati
- avondale food mart, cincinnati
- b&d asian nepali market, cincinnati
- b&d asian plaza 1, cincinnati
- bp northside, cincinnati
- bs market llc, cincinnati
- bank street market, cincinnati
- beechwood bp 0000965488, cincinnati
- beekman market #1, cincinnati
- billies pony keg, cincinnati
- bj fish & chicken., cincinnati
- blair market inc, cincinnati
- blue ash marathon, blue ash
- boudinot bp, cincinnati
- bp foodmart, cincinnati
- bp gas station, cincinnati
- bp glenway, cincinnati
- bpmitchell, cincinnati
- bramble market, cincinnati
- brauns deli, cincinnati
- bud's pony keg, cincinnati
- casey's 4380, whitewater twp
- central park market, cincinnati
- canasta supermarket, cincinnati
- cee kay ii, llc, cincinnati
- chester rd sunoco 44, cincinnati
- circle k 4700059, harrison
- circle k 4705288, cincinnati
Showing 250 of 651 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 Ohio
One of 87 counties in Ohio, 6 are shown here.
Compare Hamilton County vs Adams County → · All Ohio counties →
Counties near Hamilton County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Hamilton 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 (31.1% here).
- Sanders County, MT · 31.1% low-access
- Sanders County, MT · 31.1% low-access
- Clay County, MO · 31.1% low-access
- Clay County, MO · 31.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OH (12.2% here).
- Grady County, OK · 12.2% SNAP
- Grady County, OK · 12.2% SNAP
- Murray County, OK · 12.2% SNAP
- Murray County, OK · 12.2% 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.
Hamilton County inside a higher low-access state context
Hamilton 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 Hamilton County, OH are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 39061. 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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