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Insurance agencies in Clay County, IL
The insurance agencies in Clay County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #2,251 of 2,272 scored counties
#78 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 12
- 2 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,730 a household
- Spending per listing
- $766K
- 39% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.6
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,793
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Clay County scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,251 of 2,272 scored counties and #78 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 12 insurance agencies in Clay County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 17%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 22.6 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Clay County spend about $9.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,730 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $766K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Clay County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 531 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Clay County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Clay County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.6 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $766K | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 531 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,730 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $60,417 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $706K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 122 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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
- 12,793−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,311
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 468 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 28
- Median household income
- $60,417+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,530
- Median home value
- $97,400
- Jobs located here
- 4,511
- Daytime population
- 12,012Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendall County, IL | 59 | 56 | 12.3 | $1.5M | +9.9% | #816 of 2,272 |
| 2Boone County, IL | 48 | 21 | 10.8 | $1.7M | +0.4% | #1,169 of 2,272 |
| 3Will County, IL | 40 | 372 | 15.2 | $1.2M | +2.2% | #1,464 of 2,272 |
| 4DeKalb County, IL | 39 | 47 | 11.9 | $1.3M | +1.5% | #1,499 of 2,272 |
| 5Piatt County, IL | 36 | 10 | 14.4 | $1.3M | +0.6% | #1,598 of 2,272 |
| 6Mercer County, IL | 35 | 7 | 10.7 | $1.8M | −2.6% | #1,630 of 2,272 |
| 7Grundy County, IL | 35 | 35 | 17.0 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #1,654 of 2,272 |
| 8McHenry County, IL | 35 | 209 | 17.8 | $1M | +2.5% | #1,660 of 2,272 |
| 9Menard County, IL | 34 | 5 | 9.6 | $1.8M | −3.3% | #1,667 of 2,272 |
| 10Jo Daviess County, IL | 33 | 11 | 10.6 | $1.6M | −2.2% | #1,698 of 2,272 |
| 78Clay County, IL | 9 | 12 | 22.6 | $766K | −3.6% | #2,251 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, IL?
Clay County has 12 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Clay County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $9.2M a year, or $1,730 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $766K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,311 households in Clay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clay County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Clay County has 22.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $766K, 39% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Clay County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 531 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Clay County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Clay County at 12,793 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,311 households. The median household income in Clay County is $60,417 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.6% 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. Clay County scores 9 for insurance agencies (very low), #2,251 of 2,272 scored counties.
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