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Insurance agencies in Menard County, IL
The insurance agencies in Menard County, IL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,667 of 2,272 scored counties
#9 of 87 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,727 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 44% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 11,863
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,727 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Menard County spend about $9M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 5 insurance agencies, that is $1.8M per agency, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Menard County has 5 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 9.6 per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Menard County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 747 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Menard County declined 3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, Menard County has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #1,667 of 2,272 scored counties and #9 of 87 scored counties in Illinois.
How Menard 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 | Menard County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 18.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $795K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 747 | 887 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,727 | $1,450 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $82,176 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 11 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 19
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 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 Menard 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 Menard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 11,863−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 5,228
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 314 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $82,176+10.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,054
- Median home value
- $185,500
- Jobs located here
- 1,818
- Daytime population
- 8,264Residents 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 |
Other business types in Menard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Menard County, IL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 insurance agencies in Menard County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Menard County, IL spend on vehicle insurance?
About $9M a year, or $1,727 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,228 households in Menard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Menard County, IL compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Menard County has 9.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.8M, 44% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Menard County would have about 7, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 747 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Menard County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Menard County at 11,863 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,228 households. Median household income in Menard County is $82,176, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.0%, 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. Menard County scores 34 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,667 of 2,272 scored counties.
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