Signature · 34.7% low-access (80th pct)
Linn County, OR
Linn County sits in the upper national band on low-access (34.7%, +12.6 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 34.7%
- low-access pop.
- 5
- food-desert tracts
- 19.7%
- on SNAP
- 131K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Linn County, OR
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-POCKET · SNAP-HEAVY · VEH-OK · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 34.7% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +12.6 pts vs US
- LILA-POCKET 5 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-HEAVY 19.7% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.2% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 24% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Klamath County ( -0.4 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Linn County sits in the upper national band (34.7%, #607 of 3,079) with 5 LILA tracts.
- #607
- national by low-access %
- #9
- in OR
- 12
- low-access tracts
- 13K
- 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: 34.7% low-access (80th pct) (+12.6 pts vs U.S. low-access).
How Linn County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Linn County's 34.7% low-access share is elevated, higher than 80% of them and ranked #612 most-affected nationwide.
Linn County's elevated USDA tier split
21 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 5 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Linn County has 14 urban and 7 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.
Linn County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Oregon, not a full county-board reprint
- Wheeler
Wheeler 100%
100 % low-access
- Harney 38.1
Harney 38.1%
38.1 % low-access
- Baker 37.9
Baker 37.9%
37.9 % low-access
- Linn 34.7
Linn 34.7%
34.7 % low-access
- Klamath 34.3
Klamath 34.3%
34.3 % low-access
- Umatilla 30.5
Umatilla 30.5%
30.5 % low-access
- Tillamook 2.9
Tillamook 2.9%
2.9 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 21 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 116,672 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 12 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 5 |
| Low-Access Population | 40,524 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.7%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 13,442 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 130,706 |
| Median Household Income | $76,329 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 10,009 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 19.7%well above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.2%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Linn County
Linn County has 107 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 10 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 64 locations (60% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 64
- 7 eleven 38799a, albany
- 7-eleven #38800b 38800b, sweet home
- 7-eleven 23216d, albany
- 7-eleven 38802a, albany
- 7-eleven #21911e 21911e, albany
- 7-eleven 23022c, albany
- 7-eleven 24230b 24230b, lebanon
- albany food market, albany
- american market 99, harrisburg
- arco am/pm mini mkt 5437, albany
- carson oil co inc 19, albany
- center market 37, albany
- circle k stores 2709640, albany
- circle k stores 2709642, tangent
- cottonwoods market, albany
- crawfordsville market 2, crawfordsville
- crowfoot grocery, lebanon
- dari mart store 20, harrisburg
- dari mart store 21, albany
- dari mart store 22, albany
- dari mart store 24, brownsville
- everyone's market 4, lebanon
- extramile convenience stores 0109, albany
- ez stop market & deli, harrisburg
- fast break market, albany
- foster lake market 1, sweet home
- gps market, albany
- geary street market, albany
- guru ramdas inc, halsey
- hill-top market, sweet home
- holley market, sweet home
- hwy 20 truck stop, albany
- hwy 34 market, albany
- knothole market and texaco, lebanon
- kwik mart, sweet home
- lacomb grocery, lebanon
- lebanon market, lebanon
- linn- benton community college bookstore, albany
- love's travel stop 728, albany
- lyons market, lyons
- main st market 7, lebanon
- main st. market 1, sweet home
- main st. market 2, sweet home
- midway market #1, sweet home
- priyanura inc, lebanon
- shedd market & deli, shedd
- santiam market, lebanon
- speedee mart 1, sweet home
- stop n save 8, albany
- stop-n-save #16, brownsville
- stop-n-save 9, albany
- stop-n-save 6, mill city
- store 1232, albany
- tom tom deli market chevron, albany
- towne pump, albany
- tri valley food mart, albany
- tri valley food mart #103, albany
- us market 170, albany
- us mini mart 2, lebanon
- us market 180, albany
- us mini mart 21, albany
- us mini mart 3, lebanon
- us market 250, albany
- west scio santiam market & deli 2, scio
Combination Grocery/Other · 12
- bi-mart 606, albany
- bi-mart 665, lebanon
- bi-mart 685, sweet home
- dollar general 18086, sweet home
- dollar general 18547, brownsville
- dollar general store 17223, harrisburg
- dollar tree 1508, albany
- dollar tree 2791, lebanon
- dollar tree 7588, sweet home
- mill city grocery n/a, mill city
- tienda la paloma llc, albany
- walgreens 06530, albany
Super Store · 7
- costco wholesale 0682, albany
- fred meyer 5, albany
- grocery outlet of lebanon 252, lebanon
- sweet home thriftway, sweet home
- target store t-0609, albany
- walmart 1775, lebanon
- walmart 5396, albany
Medium Grocery Store · 5
- carniceria los compadres, albany
- grocery deals, harrisburg
- the grocery depot 1, lebanon
- the grocery depot 2, albany
- wheeler dealer 4, albany
Supermarket · 5
- grocery outlet of albany or 148, albany
- safeway 1558, lebanon
- safeway 1659, albany
- safeway 1710, sweet home
- winco foods 143, albany
Farmers' Market · 4
- albany farmers market, albany
- lebanon downtown farmers market, lebanon
- lebanon downtown winter farmers market, lebanon
- sweet home farmers market, sweet home
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 4
- better beef company, albany
- murray beef, lebanon
- oregon valley family farm, albany
- sweet home meat market and smokehouse, sweet home
Bakery Specialty · 3
- franz bakery outlet 9010, albany
- papa murphy's 106 or106, lebanon
- papa murphy's or019, albany
Small Grocery Store · 2
- 4 seasons farmers market corp, lebanon
- lyons corner market, lyons
Large Grocery Store · 1
- stop n save 11, scio
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Oregon
One of 35 counties in Oregon, 6 are shown here.
Compare Linn County vs Baker County → · All Oregon counties →
Counties near Linn County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Linn County, both outside Oregon so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside OR (34.7% here).
- Atoka County, OK · 34.7% low-access
- Atoka County, OK · 34.7% low-access
- Portage County, OH · 34.7% low-access
- Portage County, OH · 34.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OR (19.7% here).
- Muskogee County, OK · 19.7% SNAP
- Muskogee County, OK · 19.7% SNAP
- Nolan County, TX · 19.7% SNAP
- Nolan County, TX · 19.7% 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.
Linn County inside a higher low-access state context
Linn County sits inside Oregon (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 Linn County, OR are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 41043. 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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