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Insurance agencies in Mason County, IL

How Mason County, IL 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 13 out of 100: Low

Ranked #2,205 of 2,272 scored counties
#63 of 87 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
11
2 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$9.9M
On vehicle insurance · $1,714 a household
Spending per listing
$901K
28% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.0
22% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,411
−4.9% 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

For insurance agencies, Mason County has a Groundwork market score of 13 (low): #2,205 of 2,272 scored counties and #63 of 87 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $1,714 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Mason County spend about $9.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $901K per agency, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Mason County has 11 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 19.0 for every 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Mason County was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 723 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Mason County declined 4.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Mason 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 Mason County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureMason CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.018.215.6
Spending per listing$901K$795K$1.3M
Households per official establishment723887966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−7.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.9%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,714$1,450$1,957
Median household income$62,845$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score1311

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 8
Employees, 2023
28
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
112 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Mason 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 Mason County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,411−4.9% since 2020
Households
5,781
Median age
44.9
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
539 sq. mi.
People per square mile
24
Median household income
$62,845+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,083
Median home value
$103,400
Jobs located here
2,660
Daytime population
11,149Residents 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 Mason 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
63Mason County, IL131119.0$901K−4.9%#2,205 of 2,272

Other business types in Mason County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Mason County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 insurance agencies in Mason County. 2 of them (18%) 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 Mason County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?

About $9.9M a year, or $1,714 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $901K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,781 households in Mason County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Mason County has 19.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 22% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $901K, 28% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Mason County would have about 8, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 723 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Mason County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Mason County at 12,411 people in 2025, down 4.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,781 households. Median household income in Mason County is $62,845, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.8%, 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. Mason County scores 13 for insurance agencies (low), #2,205 of 2,272 scored counties.

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

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