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Insurance agencies in Chaffee County, CO

How Chaffee County, CO 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,624 of 2,272 scored counties
#22 of 35 scored counties in Colorado

Listings
22
4 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
16
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.4M
On vehicle insurance · $2,174 a household
Spending per listing
$975K
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
22.3
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
20,831
+6.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

At $2,174 per household (11% above the U.S. average), households in Chaffee County spend about $21.4M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 22 insurance agencies, that is $975K per agency, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Chaffee County has 22 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.3, 43% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Chaffee County in 2023. That is one for every 616 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $941K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Chaffee County.

Population estimates put the population change in Chaffee County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Chaffee County is 36 (lower middle), #1,624 of 2,272 scored counties and #22 of 35 scored counties in Colorado.

How Chaffee County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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.

Insurance agencies in Chaffee County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureChaffee CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households22.319.215.6
Spending per listing$975K$1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment616760966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.9%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,174$1,936$1,957
Median household income$84,132$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score3638

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 16
Employees, 2023
40
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
224 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$941K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Chaffee 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 Chaffee County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,831+6.9% since 2020
Households
9,863
Median age
48.1
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,013 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$84,132+50.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,166
Median home value
$665,700
Jobs located here
8,710
Daytime population
19,418Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Colorado

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The highest-scoring counties in Colorado for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Colorado, with Chaffee County marked.

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Park County, CO8666.7$3.6M+5.1%#110 of 2,272
2Grand County, CO7656.7$3.3M+4.8%#306 of 2,272
3Elbert County, CO751313.0$2.2M+16.5%#337 of 2,272
4Gunnison County, CO6467.1$2.9M+2.9%#640 of 2,272
5Weld County, CO5917814.3$1.5M+14.2%#815 of 2,272
6Routt County, CO55108.9$2.3M+2.0%#938 of 2,272
7Fremont County, CO552413.4$1.5M+2.4%#960 of 2,272
8Archuleta County, CO551016.9$1.3M+6.6%#971 of 2,272
9Eagle County, CO522210.0$2.1M−2.4%#1,033 of 2,272
10Delta County, CO491914.7$1.4M+3.6%#1,141 of 2,272
22Chaffee County, CO362222.3$975K+6.9%#1,624 of 2,272

Other business types in Chaffee County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Chaffee County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 insurance agencies in Chaffee County. 4 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Chaffee County, CO spend on vehicle insurance?

About $21.4M a year, or $2,174 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $975K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,863 households in Chaffee County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Chaffee County, CO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Chaffee County has 22.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $975K, 22% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Chaffee County would have about 17, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 616 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Chaffee County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Chaffee County at 20,831 people in 2025, up 6.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,863 households. Median household income in Chaffee County is $84,132, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 50.8%, 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. Chaffee County scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,624 of 2,272 scored counties.

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