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Insurance agencies in the Effingham, IL area
How the Effingham, IL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #511 of 537 scored small-town markets
#10 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois
- Listings
- 47
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 35
- −10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $32.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,805 a household
- Spending per listing
- $696K
- 45% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 25.9
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,727
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, the Effingham area has a Groundwork market score of 16 (low): #511 of 537 scored small-town markets and #10 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 47 insurance agencies in the Effingham area. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 25.9 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,805 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Effingham area spend about $32.7M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $696K per agency, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Effingham area was 35 in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 518 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Effingham area declined 0.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Effingham area 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 | Effingham area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 25.9 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $696K | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 518 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.3% | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,805 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $79,157 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 35−10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 101
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 478 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 the Effingham area, 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 the Effingham area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,727−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 18,128
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 825 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 54
- Median household income
- $79,157
- Average household income
- $96,833
- Median home value
- $172,400
- Jobs located here
- 25,606
- Daytime population
- 48,326Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Canton, IL | 27 | 18 | 13.0 | $1.3M | −2.0% | #448 of 537 |
| 2Danville, IL | 26 | 44 | 14.6 | $994K | −3.7% | #458 of 537 |
| 3Ottawa, IL | 25 | 96 | 15.5 | $1.1M | −1.6% | #463 of 537 |
| 4Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 25 | 30 | 14.4 | $997K | −1.0% | #464 of 537 |
| 5Rochelle, IL | 24 | 33 | 15.8 | $1.1M | −0.7% | #470 of 537 |
| 6Macomb, IL | 20 | 17 | 14.3 | $1M | −4.5% | #484 of 537 |
| 7Carbondale, IL | 19 | 43 | 18.7 | $756K | −1.5% | #498 of 537 |
| 8Taylorville, IL | 18 | 24 | 17.7 | $924K | −1.5% | #500 of 537 |
| 9Marion-Herrin, IL | 18 | 62 | 21.4 | $743K | +0.2% | #504 of 537 |
| 10Effingham, IL | 16 | 47 | 25.9 | $696K | −0.9% | #511 of 537 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Effingham, IL area?
There are 47 insurance agencies on map listings in the Effingham area as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 35 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 10.3% from 2019.
How much do households in the Effingham, IL area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $32.7M a year, or $1,805 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 47 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $696K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,128 households in the Effingham area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Effingham, IL area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Effingham area has 25.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $696K, 45% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Effingham area would have about 26, against 47 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 518 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Effingham, IL area growing?
Population estimates put the Effingham area at 44,727 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,128 households. The median household income in the Effingham area is $79,157 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Effingham area scores 16 for insurance agencies (low), #511 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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