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Insurance agencies in the New Castle, IN area
How the New Castle, IN 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #296 of 537 scored small-town markets
#3 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana
- Listings
- 25
- 6 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,761 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.4
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,137
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 insurance agencies in the New Castle area. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.4, 14% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the New Castle area spend about $32.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,761 per household, 10% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the New Castle area in 2023. That is one for every 1,165 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the New Castle area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, the New Castle area has a Groundwork market score of 46 (lower middle): #296 of 537 scored small-town markets and #3 of 25 scored small-town markets based in Indiana.
How the New Castle 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 | New Castle area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.4 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,165 | 916 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,761 | $1,648 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $63,150 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 72
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 256 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 New Castle 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 New Castle area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,137+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,642
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 392 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $63,150+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,133
- Median home value
- $154,400
- Jobs located here
- 12,829
- Daytime population
- 43,751Residents 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 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the New Castle, IN area?
There are 25 insurance agencies on map listings in the New Castle area as of September 2026. 6 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the New Castle, IN area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $32.8M a year, or $1,761 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,642 households in the New Castle area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Castle, IN area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The New Castle area has 13.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the New Castle area would have about 26, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,165 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the New Castle, IN area growing?
Population estimates put the New Castle area at 49,137 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,642 households. The median household income in the New Castle area is $63,150 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.7% 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. 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 New Castle area scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #296 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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