Signature · 459 SNAP-authorized stores
Montgomery County, OH
Montgomery County sits in the upper national band on low-access (28.8%, +6.7 pts vs U.S.), with SNAP/vehicle context from ACS 2024.
- 28.8%
- low-access pop.
- 35
- food-desert tracts
- 13.5%
- on SNAP
- 536K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Montgomery County, OH
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-MIXED
- LA-ELEVATED 28.8% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +6.7 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 35 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 13.5% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 8.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-MIXED 23% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Stark County (+ 0.1 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Montgomery County sits in the upper national band (28.8%, #1,018 of 3,079) with 35 LILA tracts.
- #1,018
- national by low-access %
- #26
- in OH
- 71
- low-access tracts
- 54K
- 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: 459 SNAP-authorized stores .
How Montgomery County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Montgomery County's 28.8% low-access share is elevated, higher than 67% of them and ranked #1,018 most-affected nationwide.
Montgomery County's elevated USDA tier split
152 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 35 LILA.
Montgomery County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (145 urban, 7 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 7 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Montgomery 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
- Greene
Greene 29.4%
29.4 % low-access
- Clinton
Clinton 29.3%
29.3 % low-access
- Guernsey
Guernsey 29%
29 % low-access
- Stark
Stark 28.9%
28.9 % low-access
- Montgomery
Montgomery 28.8%
28.8 % low-access
- Morrow 2.2
Morrow 2.2%
2.2 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 152 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 535,153 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 71 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 35 |
| Low-Access Population | 153,955 |
| Low-Access Share | 28.8%above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 54,238 |
Demographics & Assistance (Census ACS 2024)
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 536,096 |
| Median Household Income | $66,139 |
| Poverty Rate | 15.0%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 31,126 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 13.5%above the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 8.5%near the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 3.1% |
Thick SNAP store book in Montgomery County
Montgomery County has 459 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 11 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 238 locations (52% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
20 towns share the 459 authorized stores; Dayton holds 66% of them. 9 of the 20 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Trotwood, New Lebanon, Clayton, Union, West Carrollton, Farmersville and 3 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Dayton | 304 | 52 |
| Miamisburg | 20 | 5 |
| Moraine | 16 | 2 |
| Englewood | 15 | 5 |
| Huber Heights | 14 | 4 |
| Centerville | 13 | 4 |
| Kettering | 13 | 5 |
| Brookville | 10 | 1 |
| Vandalia | 10 | 1 |
| Germantown | 9 | 1 |
Top 10 of 20 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 238
- (dryden) marathon, moraine
- 1 suite gift shop, dayton
- 2001 needmore sunoco, dayton
- 3351 main st moraine llc 6466787323, moraine
- 3rd st shell, dayton
- 7851 marathon, dayton
- a-1 foodmart, dayton
- am pm w 3rd market, dayton
- airway drive thru, dayton
- airway shell, dayton
- all in one roaddog 109, dayton
- am pm market, dayton
- bp quick stop 449, dayton
- bingo drive through na, dayton
- bodega on wilkinson, dayton
- bp gas station, miamisburg
- brown st sunoco 39, dayton
- byers road 727, miamisburg
- casey's 3707, huber heights
- casey's 4402, brookville
- circle k 4705735, dayton
- citizen market, dayton
- casey's 4242, huber heights
- casey's general store 3555, new lebanon
- casey's general store 3667, clayton
- centerpoint shell 8, dayton
- chemtag fashion and african market, dayton
- circle k 4705344, dayton
- circle k 4705718, moraine
- circle m, dayton
- clark gas station, dayton
- clark gas station, dayton
- clark gas station, dayton
- clayton 711, clayton
- community food mart, dayton
- cork n brew, dayton
- coronette market, dayton
- county line shell, dayton
- day cin petroleum, dayton
- dayton bp 571, dayton
- dayton mart, dayton
- dayton nutra foods, trotwood
- delphos market, dayton
- dixie food mart, dayton
- dixie stop, dayton
- downtown stop llc 1, dayton
- express mart, dayton
- east fifth gas, dayton
- el mercadito llc, dayton
- englewood shell, englewood
- ephrem marathon, dayton
- everyday food mart, dayton
- farmersville sunoco, farmersville
- fat daddy's roaddog, moraine
- food mart oxford, dayton
- four points 1023 inc 1, dayton
- free pike shell, dayton
- g & g mini mart 1, dayton
- germantown drivethru, germantown
- giant oil 572 - salem stop llc, dayton
- gill food mart inc, dayton
- gnk eastwood market, dayton
- gnr carryout, dayton
- gnr market llc, dayton
- gnr market llc, dayton
- gr 596, brookville
- gr590, dayton
- great fuel bp, dayton
- h h & g stores inc, dayton
- h&s foods llc, dayton
- happy asian mart, dayton
- heincke ameristop, miamisburg
- hetvi corporation, dayton
- huber shell, dayton
- ivaan oil llc, dayton
- jackies market, dayton
- jay shree krishna llc, dayton
- k food mart, dayton
- k pantry mart, dayton
- kaseys food mart, germantown
- keowee sunoco, dayton
- linden drive thru 0, dayton
- linden stop giant 576, dayton
- love's travel stop 427, dayton
- main marathon, dayton
- main mart, dayton
- main st mini mart, dayton
- main street carryout, miamisburg
- marathon, dayton
- marathon, dayton
- marathon 311 0, englewood
- marathon 4351, dayton
- marathon 4600, dayton
- marathon food mart, dayton
- marathon food mart, dayton
- marathon gas station, dayton
- marathon quick mart, dayton
- meijer gas station 102, kettering
- meijer gas station 103, dayton
- meijer gas station 106, englewood
- meijer gas station 241, huber heights
- miamisburg 804, miamisburg
- midnight carryout, dayton
- midway marathon, germantown
- more for less, dayton
- msg grocery, dayton
- murphy usa 6935, moraine
- murphy usa 7162, clayton
- nick's food mart, dayton
- north dayton drivethru, dayton
- northtown drive thru, dayton
- nutra foods huber heights llc, dayton
- om oil brookville, brookville
- om oil dixie 1, dayton
- om oil needmore, dayton
- om oil north main llc, dayton
- om oil trotwood, trotwood
- one minute stop llc, brookville
- one stop, dayton
- pippins market, trotwood
- ps sandhu inc, dayton
- parker fuels, dayton
- pick n roll drive thru, dayton
- pilot travel center 97, vandalia
- quick mart, dayton
- quick shop, miamisburg
- quiktrip 7092, dayton
- quiktrip 7096, dayton
- radhe krishna inc, dayton
- ranchview 717, vandalia
- ray's xenia ave market, dayton
- rays drive thru and corner market, dayton
- ready to go 5, dayton
- robin food mart llc, dayton
- s and g stores llc 70, brookville
- s and g stores llc 71, new lebanon
- s&s 574, dayton
- sam's market, dayton
- shop 4 less, dayton
- sns store llc, dayton
- superette enterprises inc, dayton
- salem avenue family market, dayton
- salem marathon, dayton
- salem marathon, dayton
- salem sunoco, dayton
- sammy's food mart, llc 2426, dayton
- sammy's fuel mart 1290, dayton
- sammy's neighborhood market 3705, dayton
- saumy enterprises llc, dayton
- save foods, dayton
- seven bright star, dayton
- sheetz 785, dayton
- sheetz 807, dayton
- sheetz 839, dayton
- sheetz 842, washington township
- sheetz 888, west carrollton
- sheetz 910, dayton
- shell 741, moraine
- shree gopi inc, germantown
- shree rang inc.dba miller lane sunoco, dayton
- shreehari corp, dayton
- siebenthaler shell, dayton
- singh union inc, union
- smith's carry out, dayton
- smithville food mart, dayton
- smithville market, dayton
- speedway 1032, dayton
- speedway 1036, dayton
- speedway 1091, dayton
- speedway 1131, dayton
- speedway 1143, centerville
- speedway 1165, dayton
- speedway 1167, vandalia
- speedway 1194 1194, dayton
- speedway 1219, brookville
- speedway 1232, miamisburg
- speedway 3401, dayton
- speedway 5064, dayton
- speedway 5079, dayton
- speedway 5081, dayton
- speedway 5089, dayton
- speedway 5091, dayton
- speedway 5169 5169, dayton
- speedway 5241, englewood
- speedway 5259, miamisburg
- speedway 5266, dayton
- speedway 5286, dayton
- speedway 6219 6219, dayton
- speedway 8013, brookville
- speedway 8014, germantown
- speedway 8017, moraine
- speedway 8241, dayton
- speedway 9300, dayton
- speedway 9342, dayton
- speedway 9365, dayton
- speedway 9560, new lebanon
- speedway 9565, dayton
- speedway 9605, dayton
- speedway 9607, dayton
- speedway 9616, vandalia
- speedway 9630, dayton
- speedway 9632, centerville
- speedway 9697, miamisburg
- speedway 9726, dayton
- speedway 9731, dayton
- speedway 9903, dayton
- spring valley shell, centerville
- stanley ave 704, dayton
- star one fuel, moraine
- stop n shop, dayton
- stroop market, dayton
- sunoco, dayton
- sunoco food mart, dayton
- sunoco moraine, moraine
- tap food llc, moraine
- taylor mart, dayton
- titan petroleum inc., dayton
- town & country shell, dayton
- trotwood carry out, dayton
- troy dairy foods, dayton
- troy pike bp, dayton
- true north energy 707, dayton
- true north energy 721, dayton
- true north energy 801, dayton
- union food and gas, englewood
- united food, dayton
- univeristy shell, dayton
- valley st food mart, dayton
- valley street market, dayton
- vandalia 719, vandalia
- vandalia sunoco, vandalia
- washington square shell, dayton
- wawa store 7200, dayton
- wayne sunoco, dayton
- west carrollton shell, dayton
- woodman bp, dayton
- workhorse group llc dba minitmart 0360432, dayton
- wyoming mini mart, dayton
Combination Grocery/Other · 121 (12 shown)
- african grocery and market, west carrollton
- chamberlain tomato company, dayton
- cvs 2528, oakwood
- cvs 3080, huber heights
- cvs 3420, kettering
- cvs 3447, dayton
- cvs 3453, dayton
- cvs 3462, dayton
- cvs 3467, dayton
- cvs 3477, centerville
- cvs 4401, dayton
- cvs 6138, miamisburg
Showing 250 of 459 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 Montgomery County vs Adams County → · All Ohio counties →
Counties near Montgomery County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Montgomery 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 (28.8% here).
- Texas County, OK · 28.8% low-access
- Hopkins County, TX · 28.8% low-access
- Lenawee County, MI · 28.8% low-access
- Albany County, WY · 28.8% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside OH (13.5% here).
- Bryan County, OK · 13.5% SNAP
- Haywood County, NC · 13.5% SNAP
- Alexander County, NC · 13.5% SNAP
- Crockett County, TN · 13.5% 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.
Ohio among East North Central states
Ohio ranks 2nd of 5 East North Central states by population-weighted low-access (25.1%). Montgomery County, at 28.8%, runs 3.7 pts above the Ohio rate.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Access Research Atlas (2019), population-weighted by state; divisions per the U.S. Census Bureau. National state map
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 .
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