Signature · 4.1% low-access (9th pct)
Harvey County, KS
Harvey County lands in the lower national band on low-access (4.1%); supermarket distance is less binding than in the upper band, though local tracts can still diverge.
- 4.1%
- low-access pop.
- 0
- food-desert tracts
- 5.7%
- on SNAP
- 34K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Harvey County, KS
LA-ADEQUATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-NONE · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-CLEAR
- LA-ADEQUATE 4.1% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -18.0 pts vs US
- LILA-NONE 0 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 5.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-CLEAR 0% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Jefferson County ( -3.0 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Harvey County lands in the lower national band (4.1%, #2,863 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,863
- national by low-access %
- #104
- in KS
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 339
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 4.1% low-access (9th pct) (-18 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Harvey County compares nationally
Food access in Harvey County compares favorably nationally: its 4.1% low-access share is lower than the vast majority of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, higher than only 9% of them (rank #2,865).
Harvey County's lower-band USDA tier split
6 census tracts grouped by USDA classification .
By USDA urbanicity classification, Harvey County has 3 urban and 3 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.
Harvey County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Kansas, not a full county-board reprint
- Clark
Clark 100%
100 % low-access
- Pottawatomie 10.5
Pottawatomie 10.5%
10.5 % low-access
- Stanton 10.5
Stanton 10.5%
10.5 % low-access
- Kearny 8.8
Kearny 8.8%
8.8 % low-access
- Harvey 4.1
Harvey 4.1%
4.1 % low-access
- Jefferson 1.1
Jefferson 1.1%
1.1 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 6 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 34,684 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 0 |
| Low-Access Population | 1,414 |
| Low-Access Share | 4.1%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 339 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 33,756 |
| Median Household Income | $74,368 |
| Poverty Rate | 8.2%well below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 785 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 5.7%well below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.5%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.8% |
SNAP retailers in Harvey County
Harvey County has 25 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 6 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 14 locations (56% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 14
- casey's 1897, newton
- casey's 1953, hesston
- caseys general store 2956, hesston
- dillon's fuel center 84, newton
- happy store, newton
- hilltop convenience store, walton
- jump start 3, sedgwick
- jump start store #2 2, halstead
- jump start stores inc 18, newton
- jump start stores inc 19, newton
- kwik shop 350730, newton
- kwik shop 350761, burrton
- nusser fuels llc, newton
- quiktrip 333, newton
Combination Grocery/Other · 5
- braums 134, newton
- dollar general 12383, newton
- dollar general 20111, burrton
- dollar tree 2841, newton
- walgreens 07152, newton
Super Store · 3
- dillon store 077, newton
- dillon store 084, newton
- walmart sc 2428, newton
Farmers' Market · 1
- harvey county farmers market, newton
Large Grocery Store · 1
- halstead market, halstead
Medium Grocery Store · 1
- meridian grocery llc, newton
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Kansas
One of 104 counties in Kansas, 6 are shown here.
Compare Harvey County vs Allen County → · All Kansas counties →
Counties near Harvey County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Harvey County, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside KS (4.1% here).
- Grady County, GA · 4.1% low-access
- Grady County, GA · 4.1% low-access
- Chenango County, NY · 4.1% low-access
- Chenango County, NY · 4.1% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside KS (5.7% here).
- Sumter County, FL · 5.7% SNAP
- Sumter County, FL · 5.7% SNAP
- Placer County, CA · 5.7% SNAP
- Placer County, CA · 5.7% 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.
Harvey County inside a lower low-access state context
Harvey County sits inside Kansas (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 Harvey County, KS are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 20079. 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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