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Insurance agencies in the Monticello, IN area
The insurance agencies in the Monticello, IN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #390 of 537 scored small-town markets
#9 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,817 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.6
- 6% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,164
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Monticello area spend about $18.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,817 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Monticello area has 17 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 16.6 for every 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in the Monticello area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 789 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Monticello area grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Monticello area scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #390 of 537 scored small-town markets and #9 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the Monticello area 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 | Monticello area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.6 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 789 | 916 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,817 | $1,648 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,303 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Monticello 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 Monticello area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,164+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 10,254
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 505 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $67,303
- Average household income
- $83,596
- Median home value
- $175,900
- Jobs located here
- 8,813
- Daytime population
- 21,324Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kendallville, IN | 58 | 20 | 11.0 | $1.6M | +1.0% | #200 of 537 |
| 2Greencastle, IN | 55 | 17 | 12.0 | $1.5M | +3.2% | #220 of 537 |
| 3New Castle, IN | 46 | 25 | 13.4 | $1.3M | +0.5% | #296 of 537 |
| 4Peru, IN | 42 | 13 | 9.8 | $1.8M | −3.9% | #329 of 537 |
| 5Auburn, IN | 41 | 28 | 16.4 | $1.1M | +2.9% | #348 of 537 |
| 6Madison, IN | 37 | 20 | 15.6 | $1.2M | +0.6% | #380 of 537 |
| 7Bedford, IN | 37 | 32 | 16.7 | $1.1M | +1.2% | #384 of 537 |
| 8Crawfordsville, IN | 37 | 29 | 18.6 | $948K | +2.7% | #386 of 537 |
| 9Monticello, IN | 36 | 17 | 16.6 | $1.1M | +2.0% | #390 of 537 |
| 10Decatur, IN | 35 | 14 | 11.3 | $1.4M | +2.2% | #393 of 537 |
Other business types in the Monticello area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Monticello, IN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 insurance agencies in the Monticello area. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Monticello, IN area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $18.6M a year, or $1,817 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,254 households in the Monticello area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Monticello, IN area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Monticello area has 16.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 6% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Monticello area would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 789 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the Monticello, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the Monticello area at 25,164 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,254 households. Median household income in the Monticello area is $67,303, 17% 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 Monticello area scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #390 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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