Signature · 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts)
Shoshone County, ID
Shoshone County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of the book) alongside 9.7% low-access.
- 9.7%
- low-access pop.
- 1
- food-desert tracts
- 10.3%
- on SNAP
- 14K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Shoshone County, ID
LA-MODERATE · BELOW-NATIONAL · LILA-SINGLE · SNAP-LIGHT · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-MODERATE 9.7% low-access
- BELOW-NATIONAL -12.4 pts vs US
- LILA-SINGLE 1 food-desert tract
- SNAP-LIGHT 10.3% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 33% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Teton County ( -0.8 pts)
Lower-band low-access
Shoshone County lands in the lower national band (9.7%, #2,509 of 3,079); local tracts can still diverge from the county mean.
- #2,509
- national by low-access %
- #37
- in ID
- 1
- low-access tracts
- 528
- food-desert residents
Lower-band county means still leave tract outliers on the table below.
Signature read: 1 LILA tracts (33.3% of tracts) .
How Shoshone County compares nationally
Shoshone County lands in the middle of the national distribution: a 9.7% low-access share that beats 20% of the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA data (rank #2,511).
Shoshone County's lower-band USDA tier split
3 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 1 LILA.
By USDA urbanicity classification, Shoshone County has 1 urban and 2 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.
Shoshone County vs nearby low low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in Idaho, not a full county-board reprint
- Clark
Clark 100%
100 % low-access
- Shoshone 9.7
Shoshone 9.7%
9.7 % low-access
- Teton 8.9
Teton 8.9%
8.9 % low-access
- Bonner 8.2
Bonner 8.2%
8.2 % low-access
- Blaine 7.9
Blaine 7.9%
7.9 % low-access
- Clearwater 7.8
Clearwater 7.8%
7.8 % low-access
- Gooding 0.8
Gooding 0.8%
0.8 % low-access
FARA 2019 · lower low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 3 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 12,765 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 1 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 1 |
| Low-Access Population | 1,241 |
| Low-Access Share | 9.7%well below the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 528 |
ACS 2024 · elevated SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 13,785 |
| Median Household Income | $55,527 |
| Poverty Rate | 13.1%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 595 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.3%below the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.5%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 1.8% |
SNAP retailers in Shoshone County
Shoshone County has 15 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 4 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 8 locations (53% of the total), followed by super store.
Convenience Store · 8
- cameron mini mart, kellogg
- fifth hico, wallace
- hill's super stop, kellogg
- kwik stop, kingston
- maes market llc, smelterville
- maverik, inc 748, smelterville
- north fork river stop, kingston
- wallace super stop, wallace
Super Store · 3
- smelterville grocery outlet 506, smelterville
- walmart 4249, smelterville
- yoke's food and drug 5, kellogg
Combination Grocery/Other · 2
- barney's excell 3, pinehurst
- dollar tree 8503, smelterville
Large Grocery Store · 2
- steins osburn market, osburn
- wallace harvest foods, wallace
Source: USDA SNAP Retailer Locator (currently authorized stores, a live third population, not the 2019 Atlas or ACS 2024 snapshot above).
Other Counties in Idaho
One of 43 counties in Idaho, 6 are shown here.
Compare Shoshone County vs Ada County → · All Idaho counties →
Counties near Shoshone County's lower low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Shoshone County, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside ID (9.7% here).
- Henderson County, KY · 9.7% low-access
- Henderson County, KY · 9.7% low-access
- Stanislaus County, CA · 9.7% low-access
- Stanislaus County, CA · 9.7% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside ID (10.3% here).
- McLean County, IL · 10.3% SNAP
- McLean County, IL · 10.3% SNAP
- Daviess County, IN · 10.3% SNAP
- Daviess County, IN · 10.3% 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.
Shoshone County inside a lower low-access state context
Shoshone County sits inside Idaho (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 Shoshone County, ID are computed from the joined Atlas and ACS records for FIPS 16079. 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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