County food-access profile · Georgia
Henry County, GA
Henry County sits among the counties with the widest food-access gaps the USDA tracks, most residents here live well outside a comfortable walk or drive to a supermarket. This profile covers who qualifies as a food desert and the income, SNAP, and vehicle-access context behind it.
- 49.4%
- low-access pop.
- 3
- food-desert tracts
- 10.5%
- on SNAP
- 250K
- residents (ACS 2024)
The food-access picture
49.4% of Henry County residents live in a low-access area, and 3 of its 25 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts.
- 20
- low-access tracts
- 25K
- food-desert residents
- 2.4%
- households, no vehicle
- 9.2%
- 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).
Henry County carries one of the more serious food-access burdens the USDA Atlas tracks: its low-access share of 49.4% is well above the national share. 20 of the county's 25 census tracts fall into that category, areas where residents live far from a supermarket, covering about 100,823 people. 3 of those also meet the low-income condition that defines a food desert, home to roughly 25,196 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 Henry County compares nationally
Henry County sits among the nation's most food-access-constrained counties: its 49.4% low-access share outpaces 93% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data, ranking #211 most-affected nationwide.
Henry County: USDA Food-Access Tier Breakdown
All 25 census tracts in Henry County, grouped by USDA classification (see "How the USDA defines low-access and food-desert tracts" above for what each tier means).
Henry County vs. other Georgia counties
Share of the population living in low-access areas, compared with other counties in Georgia
- Henry
Henry County, GA
49.4 % 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 | 25 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 203,922 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 20 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 3 |
| Low-Access Population | 100,823 |
| Low-Access Share | 49.4%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 25,196 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 249,960 |
| Median Household Income | $83,146 |
| Poverty Rate | 9.2%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 9,110 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.5%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 2.4%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 0.4% |
About 10.5% of Henry County households receive SNAP, versus a U.S. county median in the 11–13% range (Census ACS).
What this means
- 49.4% of residents are low-access, well above the national share for U.S. counties.
- 10.5% of households receive SNAP, the federal program that offsets food costs for 9,110 households here.
- 2.4% of households have no vehicle, the hidden multiplier that turns distance into a real barrier.
- 3 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 Henry County
well above the national share
3 of Henry County's 25 census tracts are USDA-designated food deserts, low-income areas where many residents also live far from a supermarket, about 12.0% of all its tracts.
A further 17 tracts are low-access but not low-income, bringing the total low-access tract count to 20.
An estimated 100,823 residents, roughly 49.4% of the county's 2010 population, live in one of these low-access areas.
Of those, 25,196 are also low-income, the group most exposed to genuine food hardship, since limited transportation compounds a limited budget.
The remaining 5 tracts (20.0%) meet the USDA's adequate-access threshold.
SNAP retailers in Henry County
Henry County has 193 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 9 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 94 locations (49% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 94
- 155bp, mcdonough
- 3d food mart, mcdonough
- 81 crossings, hampton
- apnjp 29, mcdonough
- ami 48 food mart, mcdonough
- ami 66 llc, stockbridge
- amoco food mart, stockbridge
- bp quick mart, mcdonough
- billy's food mart, stockbridge
- bp, mcdonough
- bp, mcdonough
- bp food mart, stockbridge
- bp food mart, stockbridge
- campground food mart, mcdonough
- chevron 138, stockbridge
- chevron food mart, stockbridge
- chevron food mart, mcdonough
- circle k 213, locust grove
- circle k 2723328, locust grove
- circle k 2723330, hampton
- circle k 2723333, mcdonough
- citgo food mart, hampton
- conyers food mart, stockbridge
- corner store, stockbridge
- county line bp, locust grove
- dev food mart, stockbridge
- downtown foodmart, stockbridge
- exxon food mart, ellenwood
- exxon foodmart na, stockbridge
- fairview shoppe, stockbridge
- fast lane, mcdonough
- food mart, mcdonough
- food mart, mcdonough
- gps groceries, hampton
- gulzar investments inc, ellenwood
- hampton grocery store, hampton
- hwy 81 food mart, mcdonough
- jp east lake 213, mcdonough
- jp locust grove 214, locust grove
- jp luella 211, locust grove
- jay's barber grocery, hampton
- jodeco bp, mcdonough
- jodeco food mart, mcdonough
- jp lake dow 238, mcdonough
- kelleytown food mart, mcdonough
- lg texaco food mart, locust grove
- lg shell express, locust grove
- lovejoy convenience llc, hampton
- maha meladi, llc, hampton
- marathon express, stockbridge
- marathon food mart na, stockbridge
- maraton food mart, locust grove
- matt's warehouse deals, stockbridge
- mcdonough food & gas llc, mcdonough
- mcdonough market, mcdonough
- mobil food mart, stockbridge
- ms ahana business inc, mcdonough
- murphy usa 5502, stockbridge
- murphy usa 6679, mcdonough
- murphy usa 7389, stockbridge
- murphy usa 7495, locust grove
- one stop (shell), hampton
- payal d inc, locust grove
- petros spivey, stockbridge
- pick n go, mcdonough
- platinum fuel stop, mcdonough
- quiktrip 772, stockbridge
- quiktrip 783, mcdonough
- quiktrip 789, stockbridge
- quick shop, hampton
- quiktrip 783, mcdonough
- quiktrip 820, mcdonough
- quiktrip 837, locust grove
- quiktrip 842, mcdonough
- race trac 182, hampton
- race trac 2514, mcdonough
- race trac 72, mcdonough
- racetrac 2479, mcdonough
- racetrac 2604, mcdonough
- racetrac 2673, mcdonough
- racetrack food mart, mcdonough
- raceway 6706, stockbridge
- rock quarry food mart, stockbridge
- shaiyaz inc, stockbridge
- shell food mart, mcdonough
- shell food mart, mcdonough
- speedy 11, mcdonough
- speedy6, mcdonough
- speedy9, stockbridge
- sr 42 truck stop llc, stockbridge
- sunoco food mart, stockbridge
- texaco food mart- ellenwood, ellenwood
- tonys one stop, hampton
- valero food mart, hampton
Combination Grocery/Other · 55
- 1 pot seafood, mcdonough
- cvs pharmacy 5633, ellenwood
- cvs pharmacy 7501, mcdonough
- cvs pharmacy 8395, mcdonough
- cvs pharmacy 8934, mcdonough
- cvs pharmacy 5628, stockbridge
- cvs pharmacy 5682, mcdonough
- cvs pharmacy 7064, stockbridge
- cvs pharmacy 79, mcdonough
- dollar general 19521, stockbridge
- dollar general 4030, stockbridge
- dollar general 4882, mcdonough
- dollar general 6613, stockbridge
- dollar general 9004, ellenwood
- dollar general 9528, hampton
- dollar general 9690, mcdonough
- dollar general 11231, locust grove
- dollar general 11374, stockbridge
- dollar general 12087, locust grove
- dollar general 12163, mcdonough
- dollar general 12371, stockbridge
- dollar general 13019, stockbridge
- dollar general 13727, mcdonough
- dollar general 15798, stockbridge
- dollar general 20384, mcdonough
- dollar general 20479, mcdonough
- dollar general 20578, mcdonough
- dollar general 20742, hampton
- dollar general 21744, hampton
- dollar general 22146, hampton
- dollar general 23000, mcdonough
- dollar general 23254, locust grove
- dollar general 23774, mcdonough
- dollar general 30323, mcdonough
- dollar general store 17311, mcdonough
- dollar tree 1999, mcdonough
- dollar tree 3069, hampton
- dollar tree 317, stockbridge
- dollar tree 3398, mcdonough
- dollar tree 3533, stockbridge
- dollar tree 4762, locust grove
- dollar tree 7805, mcdonough
- family dollar 5315, ellenwood
- family dollar 8965, mcdonough
- family dollar 9135, mcdonough
- family dollar store 5987, hampton
- n&s caribbean market, hampton
- sariling atin atl, mcdonough
- sefa african market & braiding, mcdonough
- walgreen 06209, stockbridge
- walgreen 09621, ellenwood
- walgreens 09501, stockbridge
- walgreens 17028, mcdonough
- walgreens 6208, mcdonough
- walgreens 9623, mcdonough
Supermarket · 20
- aldi 76031, mcdonough
- aldi 76064, stockbridge
- aldi 77022 77022, lovejoy
- food depot 1, stockbridge
- food depot 24, mcdonough
- food depot 45, stockbridge
- food depot 62, hampton
- ingles markets 445, ellenwood
- ingles markets 467, stockbridge
- ingles markets 495, locust grove
- publix 0092, stockbridge
- publix 0547, stockbridge
- publix 0816, mcdonough
- publix 1052, locust grove
- publix 1054, mcdonough
- publix super markets, inc. 1725, mcdonough
- publix super markets, inc. 1786, mcdonough
- publix super markets, inc. 1891, hampton
- publix super markets, inc. 2102, locust grove
- sprouts farmers market 532, stockbrige
Super Store · 14
- bj's wholesale club 235, mcdonough
- costco wholesale 1675, mcdonough
- kroger 369, stockbridge
- kroger 405, mcdonough
- kroger 427, ellenwood
- kroger 493, stockbridge
- kroger 633, mcdonough
- sam's club 4804, mcdonough
- target store t-1461, mcdonough
- walmart 745, stockbridge
- walmart supercenter 3201, mcdonough
- walmart supercenter 3402, stockbridge
- walmart supercenter 5709, locust grove
- walmart supercenter 5363, hampton
Medium Grocery Store · 5
- carniceria garcia 2, stockbridge
- d market, mcdonough
- de la villa market, mcdonough
- little guyana caribbean grocery shop, mcdonough
- select meats fish & produce, mcdonough
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 2
- a & b ventures - dba t & t meats, mcdonough
- t&t meats, locust grove
Fruits/Veg Specialty · 1
- mcb's fresh produce, mcdonough
Seafood Specialty · 1
- 138 fish market, stockbridge
Small Grocery Store · 1
- purified african market, hampton
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator, currently authorized retailers.
Other Counties in Georgia
Compare Henry County vs Appling County → · All Georgia counties →
Food access nationally, Georgia in context
Henry 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.