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Insurance agencies in Buchanan County, IA
The insurance agencies in Buchanan County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,780 of 2,272 scored counties
#18 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 16
- 2 chain locations (13%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,964 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 19% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 19.4
- 24% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,883
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Buchanan County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,780 of 2,272 scored counties and #18 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,964 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Buchanan County spend about $16.2M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 16 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 16 insurance agencies on map listings in Buchanan County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 13% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 19.4 for every 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Buchanan County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 825 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $75K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buchanan County. Population estimates show Buchanan County grew 1.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Buchanan County compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Buchanan County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 19.4 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 825 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,964 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $78,236 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 162 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $75K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,883+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,252
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $78,236+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,957
- Median home value
- $176,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,604
- Daytime population
- 17,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Warren County, IA | 53 | 25 | 12.1 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #1,014 of 2,272 |
| 2Marion County, IA | 52 | 20 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +2.3% | #1,055 of 2,272 |
| 3Johnson County, IA | 51 | 62 | 9.8 | $1.6M | +4.6% | #1,073 of 2,272 |
| 4Madison County, IA | 48 | 7 | 10.5 | $1.9M | +3.8% | #1,165 of 2,272 |
| 5Benton County, IA | 46 | 12 | 11.8 | $1.8M | +1.8% | #1,240 of 2,272 |
| 6Mills County, IA | 45 | 7 | 13.0 | $1.5M | +2.6% | #1,277 of 2,272 |
| 7Jasper County, IA | 44 | 22 | 14.7 | $1.3M | +0.9% | #1,329 of 2,272 |
| 8Grundy County, IA | 40 | 6 | 11.7 | $1.6M | +0.2% | #1,438 of 2,272 |
| 9Story County, IA | 40 | 50 | 12.9 | $1.3M | +2.7% | #1,457 of 2,272 |
| 10Boone County, IA | 38 | 14 | 12.8 | $1.5M | +0.4% | #1,522 of 2,272 |
| 18Buchanan County, IA | 31 | 16 | 19.4 | $1M | +1.3% | #1,780 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Buchanan County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Buchanan County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 insurance agencies in Buchanan County. 2 of them (13%) 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 Buchanan County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $16.2M a year, or $1,964 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,252 households in Buchanan County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Buchanan County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Buchanan County has 19.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Buchanan County would have about 13, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 825 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Buchanan County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Buchanan County at 20,883 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,252 households. Median household income in Buchanan County is $78,236, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. Buchanan County scores 31 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,780 of 2,272 scored counties.
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