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Insurance agencies in Edgar County, IL
The insurance agencies in Edgar County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 15 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,182 of 2,272 scored counties
#56 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,576 a household
- Spending per listing
- $701K
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 22.5
- 44% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,323
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Edgar County scores 15 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,182 of 2,272 scored counties and #56 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 insurance agencies in Edgar County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 22.5, 44% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Edgar County spend about $11.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,576 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. That works out to $701K per agency, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Edgar County in 2023. That is one for every 946 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Edgar County declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Edgar 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 | Edgar County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 22.5 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $701K | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 946 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,576 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $59,941 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 15 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 8
- Employees, 2023
- 76
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 174 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 Edgar 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 Edgar County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,323−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,567
- Median age
- 47.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 623 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $59,941+11.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,577
- Median home value
- $97,300
- Jobs located here
- 6,282
- Daytime population
- 16,315Residents 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 |
| 56Edgar County, IL | 15 | 17 | 22.5 | $701K | −2.9% | #2,182 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Edgar 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 Edgar County, IL?
There are 17 insurance agencies on map listings in Edgar County as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Edgar County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $11.9M a year, or $1,576 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $701K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,567 households in Edgar County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Edgar County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Edgar County has 22.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 44% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $701K, 44% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Edgar County would have about 10, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 946 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Edgar County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Edgar County at 16,323 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,567 households. The median household income in Edgar County is $59,941 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 11.7% 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. Edgar County scores 15 for insurance agencies (low), #2,182 of 2,272 scored counties.
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