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Insurance agencies in Craighead County, AR
How Craighead County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,156 of 2,272 scored counties
#33 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas
- Listings
- 84
- 15 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 53
- +8.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $108.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,437 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.9
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 116,957
- +4.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 84 insurance agencies in Craighead County. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 18.9 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Craighead County spend about $108.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,437 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per agency, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Craighead County was 53 in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019. That is one for every 838 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Craighead County grew 4.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Craighead County is 49 (lower middle), #1,156 of 2,272 scored counties and #33 of 59 scored counties in Arkansas.
How Craighead 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 | Craighead County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.9 | 17.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.4M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 838 | 795 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.2% | +0.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,437 | $2,473 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $59,548 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 49 → 53+8.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 247
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8415 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 86The 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 Craighead 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 Craighead County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 116,957+4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 44,437
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 160
- Median household income
- $59,548+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,050
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Jobs located here
- 53,731
- Daytime population
- 120,635Residents 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 |
| 33Craighead County, AR | 49 | 84 | 18.9 | $1.3M | +4.8% | #1,156 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Craighead County, AR?
Craighead County has 84 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 15 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 53 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 8.2% from 2019.
How much do households in Craighead County, AR spend on vehicle insurance?
About $108.3M a year, or $2,437 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 44,437 households in Craighead County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Craighead County, AR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Craighead County has 18.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Craighead County would have about 86, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 838 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Craighead County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Craighead County at 116,957 people in 2025, up 4.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,437 households. The median household income in Craighead County is $59,548 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.9% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Craighead County scores 49 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,156 of 2,272 scored counties.
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