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Insurance agencies in Clay County, AR
The insurance agencies in Clay County, AR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,715 of 2,272 scored counties
#51 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,477 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.6
- 38% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,052
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Clay County scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,715 of 2,272 scored counties and #51 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Clay County comes to about $14.9M a year: $2,477 per household, 27% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 13 insurance agencies on map listings in Clay County as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 23%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.6, 38% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clay County in 2023. That is one for every 860 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Clay County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Arkansas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle insurance by the insurance agencies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Clay County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.6 | 17.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 860 | 795 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,477 | $2,473 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $51,481 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 20
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $732K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 133 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clay County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Clay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,052−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,021
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 639 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $51,481+38.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $64,802
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 3,028
- Daytime population
- 11,822Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Madison County, AR | 93 | 6 | 9.3 | $3.2M | +11.2% | #27 of 2,272 |
| 2Marion County, AR | 91 | 5 | 6.5 | $4.2M | +4.3% | #43 of 2,272 |
| 3Logan County, AR | 76 | 10 | 11.7 | $2.4M | +2.5% | #316 of 2,272 |
| 4Conway County, AR | 70 | 9 | 10.9 | $2.4M | +3.2% | #459 of 2,272 |
| 5Sevier County, AR | 70 | 7 | 12.5 | $2.1M | −0.1% | #467 of 2,272 |
| 6Johnson County, AR | 69 | 9 | 8.7 | $3M | +2.0% | #489 of 2,272 |
| 7Carroll County, AR | 67 | 16 | 14.1 | $2M | +3.6% | #560 of 2,272 |
| 8Lawrence County, AR | 67 | 9 | 13.6 | $1.8M | +0.3% | #565 of 2,272 |
| 9Hot Spring County, AR | 66 | 12 | 9.7 | $2.7M | +1.1% | #578 of 2,272 |
| 10Polk County, AR | 66 | 9 | 11.4 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #585 of 2,272 |
| 51Clay County, AR | 33 | 13 | 21.6 | $1.1M | −3.3% | #1,715 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Clay County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Clay County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 13 insurance agencies in Clay County. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Clay County, AR spend on vehicle insurance?
About $14.9M a year, or $2,477 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,021 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, AR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Clay County has 21.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Clay County would have about 12, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 860 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 14,052 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,021 households. Median household income in Clay County is $51,481, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Clay County scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,715 of 2,272 scored counties.
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