Signature · 20 LILA tracts (29% of tracts)
Spartanburg County, SC
Spartanburg County's signature pressure is desert tracts: 20 LILA tracts (29% of the book) alongside 34.0% low-access.
- 34.0%
- low-access pop.
- 20
- food-desert tracts
- 10.9%
- on SNAP
- 348K
- residents (ACS 2024)
USDA FARA access plate
County Spartanburg County, SC
LA-ELEVATED · ABOVE-NATIONAL · LILA-CLUSTER · SNAP-TYPICAL · VEH-OK · DENSITY-DENSE
- LA-ELEVATED 34.0% low-access
- ABOVE-NATIONAL +11.9 pts vs US
- LILA-CLUSTER 20 food-desert tracts
- SNAP-TYPICAL 10.9% SNAP
- VEH-OK 4.5% no vehicle
- DENSITY-DENSE 29% tracts LILA
Nearest low-access peer: Kershaw County ( -0.5 pts)
Upper-band low-access
Spartanburg County sits in the upper national band (34.0%, #669 of 3,079) with 20 LILA tracts.
- #669
- national by low-access %
- #7
- in SC
- 41
- low-access tracts
- 40K
- 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: 20 LILA tracts (29% of tracts) .
How Spartanburg County compares nationally
Relative to the 3,133 U.S. counties with USDA food-access data, Spartanburg County's 34.0% low-access share is elevated, higher than 79% of them and ranked #669 most-affected nationwide.
Spartanburg County's elevated USDA tier split
69 census tracts grouped by USDA classification · 20 LILA.
Spartanburg County is mostly urban by USDA tract type (48 urban, 21 rural), so most of its low-access count comes from the 1-mile test; the 21 rural tracts are held to 10 miles.
Spartanburg County vs nearby high low-access peers
Poles + nearest peers in South Carolina, not a full county-board reprint
- Beaufort
Beaufort 49%
49 % low-access
- Anderson
Anderson 36.1%
36.1 % low-access
- Greenville
Greenville 35.7%
35.7 % low-access
- Spartanburg
Spartanburg 34%
34 % low-access
- Kershaw
Kershaw 33.5%
33.5 % low-access
- Lexington
Lexington 32.8%
32.8 % low-access
- Barnwell 0
Barnwell 0%
0 % low-access
FARA 2019 · elevated low-access
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Census Tracts | 69 |
| Atlas Population (2010 basis) | 284,307 |
| Low-Access Tracts | 41 |
| Food-Desert Tracts (low-income & low-access) | 20 |
| Low-Access Population | 96,707 |
| Low-Access Share | 34.0%well above the national average |
| Low-Income & Low-Access Population | 40,148 |
ACS 2024 · lower SNAP band
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 347,852 |
| Median Household Income | $66,234 |
| Poverty Rate | 14.5%near the national average |
| SNAP Households | 14,389 |
| SNAP Participation Rate | 10.9%near the national average |
| Households Without a Vehicle | 4.5%well below the national average |
| Group-Quarters Population | 2.3% |
Thick SNAP store book in Spartanburg County
Spartanburg County has 353 stores currently authorized to accept SNAP (EBT) benefits, across 11 store categories. Convenience Store lead with 180 locations (51% of the total), followed by combination grocery/other.
Where the store book sits, by town
18 towns share the 353 authorized stores; Spartanburg holds 44% of them. 7 of the 18 towns have no grocery-grade outlet, only convenience or dollar/combination stores: Cowpens, Enoree, Moore, Campobello, Wellford, Pauline and 1 more.
| Town | SNAP stores | Grocery-grade |
|---|---|---|
| Spartanburg | 154 | 32 |
| Boiling Springs | 30 | 7 |
| Inman | 25 | 5 |
| Duncan | 18 | 3 |
| Chesnee | 17 | 1 |
| Greer | 17 | 2 |
| Woodruff | 15 | 2 |
| Lyman | 12 | 2 |
| Landrum | 11 | 2 |
| Roebuck | 11 | 1 |
Top 10 of 18 towns by store count.
Convenience Store · 180
- 7-eleven #38637a 38637a, spartanburg
- 7-eleven 36821b, greer
- 7-eleven 36843j, moore
- 7-eleven 38816a, spartanburg
- 7-eleven 41813h, duncan
- 7-eleven 42687h, spartanburg
- 7-eleven 36842a, spartanburg
- alexa mini market 2, chesnee
- biggerstaff grocery, spartanburg
- blackstock market store, pauline
- briar patch ii, campobello
- circle k stores inc. 2723416, roebuck
- corner stop 98, spartanburg
- center express #1, cowpens
- chesnee food mart, chesnee
- chesnee hub, chesnee
- circle k 2704594, boiling springs
- circle k 2721502, inman
- circle k 2721503, woodruff
- circle k 2723292, spartanburg
- circle k 2723294, duncan
- circle k 2723409, spartanburg
- circle k 2723411, boiling springs
- circle k 2723415, spartanburg
- circle k 2723439, campobello
- circle k 5370, inman
- circle k 5387, moore
- circle k 5388, duncan
- circle k 5390, duncan
- circle k store 2709224, boiling springs
- circle m food shop 45, spartanburg
- citgo food mart, spartanburg
- combostop no, boiling springs
- corner mart, roebuck
- corner mart, landrum
- corner mart 17321, greer
- corner stop 1, spartanburg
- corner stop 15, spartanburg
- corner stop 4, spartanburg
- country club food mart, spartanburg
- crossroads quick shop, landrum
- dd's foodmart 11, roebuck
- debs mini mart 3, chesnee
- eddie's food mart, spartanburg
- el cucho llc, spartanburg
- energy market, spartanburg
- enoree mart, enoree
- enoree mini mart, enoree
- express mart, spartanburg
- ez mart, woodruff
- fast stop, spartanburg
- fast stop 3, boiling springs
- first choice foodmart, spartanburg
- flowers bakery outlet 523, spartanburg
- freedom stop 2, chesnee
- guest 24/7, spartanburg
- hot spot 2010, spartanburg
- hot spot 2011, spartanburg
- hot spot 2013, inman
- hot spot 2017, roebuck
- hot spot 2018, cowpens
- hot spot 2035, landrum
- hot spot 2042, pauline
- hot spot 3005, chesnee
- hot spot 6004, enoree
- hot spot 6007, spartanburg
- hub city market, spartanburg
- hwy 9 auto stop, inman
- ic convenience store, lyman
- inman fast stop, inman
- jai shambhu 2021 llc, lyman
- jk convenience store, roebuck
- k at johnb llc, spartanburg
- k c mart no 8 n/a, boiling springs
- kcmart convenience, lyman
- ken food mart 1, spartanburg
- ken food mart 2, spartanburg
- kum n go, wellford
- la fresita mexican store, lyman
- li'l cricket, spartanburg
- li'l cricket 3802, duncan
- li'l cricket 3824, spartanburg
- li'l cricket 3830, spartanburg
- li'l cricket 3832, spartanburg
- li'l cricket 3853, campobello
- li'l cricket 3858, greer
- li'l cricket 3860, chesnee
- lucky express food mart, spartanburg
- lupitas tienda latina, inman
- mastan 1, spartanburg
- murphy usa 6510, spartanburg
- murphy usa 6947, spartanburg
- murphy usa 7130, boiling springs
- murphy usa 7132, greer
- murphy usa 7901, spartanburg
- neel food mart, duncan
- new corner mart, spartanburg
- newcut bp, spartanburg
- om food mart, roebuck
- ohm food mart, inman
- on the go, spartanburg
- pacolet food mart, pacolet
- pat's food store 1, spartanburg
- pats #2, inman
- pats1, wellford
- petro pointe 2, moore
- petro pointe 6, boiling springs
- pilot travel center 310, duncan
- pop & top, spartanburg
- quick purchase food 5, spartanburg
- quick serv, spartanburg
- quick way, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1103, boiling springs
- quiktrip 1110, greer
- quiktrip 1112, duncan
- quiktrip 1118, lyman
- quiktrip 1125, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1126, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1128, inman
- quiktrip 1132, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1142, greer
- quiktrip 1100, boiling springs
- quiktrip 1111, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1129, spartanburg
- quiktrip 1131, spartanburg
- r k food mart, spartanburg
- r k food store, spartanburg
- raceway 6751, spartanburg
- raceway 6753, boiling springs
- raceway 6754, boiling springs
- rainbow corner, boiling springs
- rc's quick shop, duncan
- redi mart, cowpens
- roadrunner market 6059, landrum
- s & j food mart, boiling springs
- sai mart, spartanburg
- sam foodmart 1, spartanburg
- sams corner, spartanburg
- scotchman 3803, spartanburg
- scotchman 3804, spartanburg
- scotchman 3805, cowpens
- scotchman 3810, woodruff
- scotchman 3812, pacolet
- scotchman 3819, spartanburg
- scotchman 3823, woodruff
- scotchman 3826, spartanburg
- scotchman 3828, enoree
- scotchman 3838, greer
- scotchman 3839, enoree
- scotchman 3848, cowpens
- scotchman 3852, chesnee
- scotchman 3854, chesnee
- scotchman 3861, spartanburg
- shree food mart, landrum
- side traxx 1, spartanburg
- smith's drug store, spartanburg
- somfoodmart, spartanburg
- southern pride convenience, wellford
- spartan ez mart, spartanburg
- speedway 4570, moore
- speedway 4571, spartanburg
- spinx 161, greer
- spinx 163, duncan
- spinx 169, lyman
- spinx 218, boiling springs
- spinx 233, spartanburg
- spinx 243, spartanburg
- spinx 244, spartanburg
- spinx 292, inman
- swift stop, spartanburg
- ta cowpens 477, cowpens
- the spinx co 162, spartanburg
- the spinx co 175, boiling springs
- v chesnee food mart, chesnee
- vb mart, chesnee
- virk food store, spartanburg
- welcome store, spartanburg
- woodruff one stop, woodruff
- woodruff truck plaza, roebuck
- xpress fuel, greer
Combination Grocery/Other · 103 (70 shown)
- cvs pharmacy 2446, woodruff
- cvs pharmacy 4174, spartanburg
- cvs pharmacy 4185, inman
- cvs pharmacy 4382, spartanburg
- cvs pharmacy 4385, spartanburg
- cvs pharmacy 5590, landrum
- cvs pharmacy 7061, moore
- cvs pharmacy 7505, lyman
- cvs pharmacy 7567, boiling springs
- cvs pharmacy 7583, chesnee
- cvs pharmacy 3586, spartanburg
- dollar general 0834, lyman
- dollar general 10710, chesnee
- dollar general 11071, spartanburg
- dollar general 11153, pauline
- dollar general 11161, spartanburg
- dollar general 11220, enoree
- dollar general 11266, greer
- dollar general 14450, woodruff
- dollar general 1448, duncan
- dollar general 14522, greer
- dollar general 18592, lyman
- dollar general 3062, spartanburg
- dollar general 3095, woodruff
- dollar general 3605, cowpens
- dollar general 3628, landrum
- dollar general 3772, inman
- dollar general 3793, greer
- dollar general 4212, spartanburg
- dollar general 4246, boiling springs
- dollar general 4847, boiling springs
- dollar general 6504, moore
- dollar general 6596, campobello
- dollar general 7240, spartanburg
- dollar general 7349, woodruff
- dollar general 7919, chesnee
- dollar general 8203, boiling springs
- dollar general 8997, spartanburg
- dollar general 9862, chesnee
- dollartree 8826, cowpens
- dollartree 9578, inman
- dollartree 9878, roebuck
- dollartree 9954, spartanburg
- dollartree plus 9115, lyman
- dollar general 10112, duncan
- dollar general 10284, inman
- dollar general 10396, inman
- dollar general 11480, spartanburg
- dollar general 11546, spartanburg
- dollar general 11702, spartanburg
- dollar general 12049, boiling springs
- dollar general 12317, spartanburg
- dollar general 12971, inman
- dollar general 15195, greer
- dollar general 15371, spartanburg
- dollar general 16832, cross anchor
- dollar general 17571, wellford
- dollar general 19678, inman
- dollar general 21423, spartanburg
- dollar general 22367, spartanburg
- dollar general 23625, spartanburg
- dollar general 24100, enoree
- dollar general 24199, woodruff
- dollar general 24675, spartanburg
- dollar general 25796, campobello
- dollar general 25824, woodruff
- dollar general 30743, moore
- dollar general store 16597, wellford
- dollar general store 16982, roebuck
- dollar general store 17554, campobello
Showing 250 of 353 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 South Carolina
One of 45 counties in South Carolina, 6 are shown here.
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Counties near Spartanburg County's elevated low-access or SNAP band
Two USDA/ACS-derived peer sets for Spartanburg County, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the same-state county list above.
Similar low-access share
Nearest low-access rates outside SC (34.0% here).
- Erie County, PA · 34.0% low-access
- Utah County, UT · 34.0% low-access
- Natrona County, WY · 34.0% low-access
- Saline County, MO · 34.0% low-access
Similar SNAP participation
Nearest household SNAP rates outside SC (10.9% here).
- Trousdale County, TN · 10.9% SNAP
- Panola County, TX · 10.9% SNAP
- Noble County, OK · 10.9% SNAP
- Franklin County, OH · 10.9% 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.
South Carolina among South Atlantic states
South Carolina ranks 2nd of 9 South Atlantic states by population-weighted low-access (28.7%). Spartanburg County, at 34.0%, runs 5.3 pts above the South Carolina rate.
- Georgia 30.9%
- South Carolina 28.7%
- Delaware 27.3%
- Florida 25.1%
- North Carolina 22.9%
- Maryland 22.7%
- West Virginia 21.3%
- Virginia 20.4%
- District of Columbia 4.6%
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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