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Insurance agencies in Crawford County, IL

The insurance agencies in Crawford County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,767 of 2,272 scored counties
#11 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
10
1 chain location (10%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.2M
On vehicle insurance · $1,762 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
5% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
13.3
15% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,648
+0.1% 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

Crawford County scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,767 of 2,272 scored counties and #11 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Crawford County comes to about $13.2M a year: $1,762 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Crawford County has 10 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 13.3 for every 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Crawford County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 749 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Crawford County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Crawford 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.

Insurance agencies in Crawford County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureCrawford CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households13.318.215.6
Spending per listing$1.3M$795K$1.3M
Households per official establishment749887966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,762$1,450$1,957
Median household income$71,674$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score3111

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
101 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County

Population, 2025 estimate
18,648+0.1% since 2020
Households
7,492
Median age
42.6
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
444 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$71,674+44.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,845
Median home value
$121,100
Jobs located here
7,190
Daytime population
17,690Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kendall County, IL595612.3$1.5M+9.9%#816 of 2,272
2Boone County, IL482110.8$1.7M+0.4%#1,169 of 2,272
3Will County, IL4037215.2$1.2M+2.2%#1,464 of 2,272
4DeKalb County, IL394711.9$1.3M+1.5%#1,499 of 2,272
5Piatt County, IL361014.4$1.3M+0.6%#1,598 of 2,272
6Mercer County, IL35710.7$1.8M−2.6%#1,630 of 2,272
7Grundy County, IL353517.0$1.1M+2.9%#1,654 of 2,272
8McHenry County, IL3520917.8$1M+2.5%#1,660 of 2,272
9Menard County, IL3459.6$1.8M−3.3%#1,667 of 2,272
10Jo Daviess County, IL331110.6$1.6M−2.2%#1,698 of 2,272
11Crawford County, IL311013.3$1.3M+0.1%#1,767 of 2,272

Other business types in Crawford County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Crawford County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 insurance agencies in Crawford County. One of them (10%) is a chain location. 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 Crawford County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?

About $13.2M a year, or $1,762 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,492 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Crawford County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Crawford County has 13.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Crawford County would have about 11, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 749 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Crawford County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Crawford County at 18,648 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,492 households. Median household income in Crawford County is $71,674, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.0%, 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. Crawford County scores 31 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,767 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Crawford County

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