Signature · 6 LILA tracts (35.3% of tracts)
Otsego County, NY
Otsego County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 6 LILA tracts (35.3% of the book) alongside 34.2% low-access.
- 34.2%
- low-access pop.
- 6
- food-desert tracts
- 9.9%
- on SNAP
- 60K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Otsego County, NY
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-TYPICAL · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 34.2% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +12.1 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 6 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-LIGHT 9.9% SNAP
- VEH-TYPICAL 7.3% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 35% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Monroe County ( -0.3 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Otsego County sits in the upper national band (34.2%, #655 of 3,079) with 6 LILA tracts.
- #655
- national by low-access %
- #5
- in NY
- 10
- low-access tracts
- 7K
- 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: 6 LILA tracts (35.3% of tracts) .
How Otsego County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Otsego County's 34.2% low-access share is elevated, higher than 79% of them and ranked #656 most-affected nationwide.
Otsego County's elevated USDA tier split
17 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 6 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Otsego County has 6 urban and 11 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.
Otsego County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in New York, not a full county-board reprint
- Putnam
Putnam 53.6%
53.6 % low-access
- Dutchess
Dutchess 35.9%
35.9 % low-access
- Otsego
Otsego 34.2%
34.2 % low-access
- Monroe
Monroe 33.9%
33.9 % low-access
- Orange
Orange 33.8%
33.8 % low-access
- Warren
Warren 31.8%
31.8 % low-access
- Kings 0
Kings 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 17 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 62,259 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 10 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 6 |
| Low-Access Population | 21,295 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.2%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 6,620 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 60,108 |
| Median Household Income | $68,885 |
| Poverty Rate | 12.5%below the national average |
| SNAP Households | 2,285 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 9.9%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 7.3%below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 9.6% |
Thick SNAP store book in Otsego County
Otsego County has 69 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 7 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 40 locations (58% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Convenience Store · 40
- apple express, oneonta
- apple express #2, oneonta
- apple food stores, milford
- apple mart, cooperstown
- apple mart inc 4, worcester
- bob's roseboom country store, roseboom
- cherry valley market, cherry valley
- daddy al's bread & food discount, oneonta
- east oneonta country store 11, oneonta
- ez food mart, oneonta
- glacne petroleum llc, schuyler lake
- hometown deli and grocery, oneonta
- kwik fill 347, unadilla
- kwik fill 348, oneonta
- mirabito 133 - laurens, oneonta
- mirabito 134 - goodyear lake, oneonta
- ny food mart, oneonta
- oneonta country store 30, oneonta
- quickway 21, morris
- quickway 22, hartwick
- quickway 23, schenevus
- quickway 24, cherry valley
- quickway 38, unadilla
- quickway 39, oneonta
- quickway 69, oneonta
- quickway 70, oneonta
- quickway 71, west oneonta
- quickway 73, otego
- smileys quick stop 3, unadilla
- speedway 7695, oneonta
- speedway 7696, oneonta
- speedway 7697, oneonta
- speedway 9918, richfield springs
- spike pizza & grocery llc, edmeston
- stewart's shops 179, oneonta
- stewarts shop 163 163, richfield springs
- stewarts shop 232, oneonta
- stewarts shop 241, cooperstown
- stewarts shop 351, worcester
- united food market inc., oneonta
Combination Grocery/Other · 17
- cvs pharmacy 5034, cooperstown
- dollar general 10652, oneonta
- dollar general 10942, richfield springs
- dollar general 14992, otego
- dollar general 14993, cooperstown
- dollar general 17580, edmeston
- dollar general 17787, worcester
- dollar general 20258, milford
- dollar general 21671, laurens
- dollar general store 17655, morris
- dollar tree 1496, oneonta
- family dollar 12179, unadilla
- family dollar 3489, oneonta
- fly creek cider mill & orchard, inc., fly creek
- kinney drugs 45, richfield springs
- new york's butcher brothers llc, cooperstown
- walgreens 11747, oneonta
Supermarket · 5
- aldi 65065, oneonta
- grand union 19488, cooperstown
- price chopper 134, oneonta
- price chopper cooperstown 235, cooperstown
- price chopper richfield springs 210, richfield springs
Super Store · 3
- bj's wholesale club 303, oneonta
- hannaford supermarket & pharmacy 8328, oneonta
- walmart supercenter 2262, oneonta
Medium Grocery Store · 2
- cooperstown natural foods, cooperstown
- green earth, oneonta
Farmers' Market · 1
- cooperstown farmers market, cooperstown
Meat/Poultry Specialty · 1
- trinity meat company store, hartwick
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in New York
One of 61 counties in New York, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Otsego County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Otsego County, both outside New York so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside NY (34.2% here).
- Canadian County, OK · 34.2% low-access
- Canadian County, OK · 34.2% low-access
- Boyd County, KY · 34.2% low-access
- Boyd County, KY · 34.2% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside NY (9.9% here).
- Noble County, OH · 9.9% SNAP
- Noble County, OH · 9.9% SNAP
- Cleveland County, OK · 9.9% SNAP
- Cleveland County, OK · 9.9% 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.
Otsego County inside a higher low-access state context
Otsego County sits inside New York (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 Otsego County, NY are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 36077. 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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