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Insurance agencies in St. Joseph County, IN
How St. Joseph 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 24 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,983 of 2,272 scored counties
#73 of 81 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 176
- 42 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 106
- −7.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $161.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,509 a household
- Spending per listing
- $919K
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 272,861
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
St. Joseph County scores 24 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,983 of 2,272 scored counties and #73 of 81 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 176 insurance agencies in St. Joseph County. 42 of them (24%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 16.4 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in St. Joseph County comes to about $161.8M a year: $1,509 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That is about $919K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 106 businesses with payroll in St. Joseph County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 7.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,012 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $386K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Joseph County. Population estimates show St. Joseph County grew 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How St. Joseph 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 | St. Joseph County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 16.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $919K | $1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,012 | 916 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −7.0% | −0.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,509 | $1,648 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $66,868 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 24 | 32 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 114 → 106−7.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 682
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $57.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 17642 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 129The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $386K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 272,861+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 107,252
- Median age
- 38.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 458 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 596
- Median household income
- $66,868+26.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,212
- Median home value
- $192,800
- Jobs located here
- 124,747
- Daytime population
- 277,571Residents 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 |
| 73St. Joseph County, IN | 24 | 176 | 16.4 | $919K | +0.1% | #1,983 of 2,272 |
Other business types in St. Joseph County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in St. Joseph County, IN?
There are 176 insurance agencies on map listings in St. Joseph County as of September 2026. 42 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 106 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 7.0% from 2019.
How much do households in St. Joseph County, IN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $161.8M a year, or $1,509 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 176 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $919K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 107,252 households in St. Joseph County and national spending patterns by income.
How does St. Joseph County, IN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
St. Joseph County has 16.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $919K, 27% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, St. Joseph County would have about 129, against 176 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,012 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 7.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is St. Joseph County, IN growing?
Population estimates put St. Joseph County at 272,861 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 107,252 households. The median household income in St. Joseph County is $66,868 a year, 17% 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. 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. St. Joseph County scores 24 for insurance agencies (low), #1,983 of 2,272 scored counties.
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