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Insurance agencies in Jay County, IN
How Jay County, IN 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,135 of 2,272 scored counties
#80 of 81 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,736 a household
- Spending per listing
- $847K
- 33% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,118
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Jay County is 17 (low), #2,135 of 2,272 scored counties and #80 of 81 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 insurance agencies in Jay County. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 20.5 per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,736 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Jay County spend about $13.6M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $847K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jay County in 2023. That is one for every 781 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Jay County declined 1.8% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jay County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Jay County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $847K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 781 | 916 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,736 | $1,648 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $54,969 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- 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 Jay 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 Jay County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,118−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 7,807
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 384 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $54,969+15.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,490
- Median home value
- $117,500
- Jobs located here
- 6,619
- Daytime population
- 18,014Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Owen County, IN | 60 | 9 | 10.4 | $1.8M | +2.6% | #780 of 2,272 |
| 2Sullivan County, IN | 58 | 8 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +0.1% | #841 of 2,272 |
| 3Dearborn County, IN | 57 | 23 | 11.3 | $1.7M | +1.7% | #878 of 2,272 |
| 4LaGrange County, IN | 56 | 12 | 9.3 | $1.6M | +1.9% | #914 of 2,272 |
| 5Morgan County, IN | 56 | 34 | 12.0 | $1.6M | +4.4% | #918 of 2,272 |
| 6Noble County, IN | 52 | 20 | 11.0 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #1,041 of 2,272 |
| 7Clark County, IN | 49 | 65 | 12.7 | $1.3M | +7.5% | #1,155 of 2,272 |
| 8Hancock County, IN | 49 | 50 | 14.9 | $1.2M | +13.5% | #1,157 of 2,272 |
| 9Putnam County, IN | 48 | 17 | 12.0 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #1,178 of 2,272 |
| 10Washington County, IN | 48 | 15 | 13.4 | $1.5M | +0.5% | #1,179 of 2,272 |
| 80Jay County, IN | 17 | 16 | 20.5 | $847K | −1.8% | #2,135 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Jay County, IN?
There are 16 insurance agencies on map listings in Jay County as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. 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 Jay County, IN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $13.6M a year, or $1,736 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $847K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,807 households in Jay County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jay County, IN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Jay County has 20.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $847K, 33% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Jay County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 781 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Jay County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Jay County at 20,118 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,807 households. The median household income in Jay County is $54,969 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 15.3% 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. Jay County scores 17 for insurance agencies (low), #2,135 of 2,272 scored counties.
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