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Insurance agencies in Shoshone County, ID

How Shoshone County, ID 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 51 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #1,094 of 2,272 scored counties
#16 of 26 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.9M
On vehicle insurance · $2,072 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
15.6
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
14,130
+7.1% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 insurance agencies in Shoshone County. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 15.6 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.

At $2,072 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Shoshone County spend about $11.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.3M per agency, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Shoshone County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 961 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shoshone County grew 7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Shoshone County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,094 of 2,272 scored counties and #16 of 26 scored counties in Idaho.

How Shoshone County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Shoshone County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureShoshone CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households15.617.215.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.3M$1.3M
Households per official establishment961756966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.5%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,072$2,175$1,957
Median household income$55,527$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5156

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 6
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$729K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Shoshone 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 Shoshone County

Population, 2025 estimate
14,130+7.1% since 2020
Households
5,763
Median age
44.2
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
2,638 sq. mi.
People per square mile
5
Median household income
$55,527+41.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$67,324
Median home value
$267,400
Jobs located here
4,813
Daytime population
13,557Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jerome County, ID731214.5$1.7M+8.6%#398 of 2,272
2Benewah County, ID71512.3$1.8M+9.7%#444 of 2,272
3Fremont County, ID69510.7$2.3M+5.9%#494 of 2,272
4Boundary County, ID69611.9$2M+15.3%#500 of 2,272
5Canyon County, ID6510712.4$1.9M+18.1%#620 of 2,272
6Elmore County, ID64119.9$2.1M+2.8%#650 of 2,272
7Valley County, ID64613.9$1.5M+8.4%#673 of 2,272
8Latah County, ID631710.4$1.9M+5.6%#690 of 2,272
9Gem County, ID581418.3$1.3M+13.0%#857 of 2,272
10Blaine County, ID571110.6$2.1M+4.8%#863 of 2,272
16Shoshone County, ID51915.6$1.3M+7.1%#1,094 of 2,272

Other business types in Shoshone County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Shoshone County, ID?

Shoshone County has 9 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Shoshone County, ID spend on vehicle insurance?

About $11.9M a year, or $2,072 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,763 households in Shoshone County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Shoshone County, ID compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Shoshone County has 15.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Shoshone County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 961 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Shoshone County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Shoshone County at 14,130 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,763 households. The median household income in Shoshone County is $55,527 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.0% 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. Shoshone County scores 51 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,094 of 2,272 scored counties.

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