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Insurance agencies in Cass County, IA

How Cass County, IA 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 9 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #2,255 of 2,272 scored counties
#69 of 71 scored counties in Iowa

Listings
17
1 chain location (6%)
Official establishments
18
−10.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$10.2M
On vehicle insurance · $1,742 a household
Spending per listing
$599K
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
29.1
87% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
12,960
−1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Cass County scores 9 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,255 of 2,272 scored counties and #69 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 insurance agencies in Cass County. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 29.1, 87% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Cass County comes to about $10.2M a year: $1,742 per household, 11% below the U.S. average. That is about $599K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 18 businesses with payroll in Cass County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 10.0% from 2019. That is one for every 325 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cass County declined 1.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Cass 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.

Insurance agencies in Cass County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households29.117.715.6
Spending per listing$599K$984K$1.3M
Households per official establishment325660966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−10.0%−5.7%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.2%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,742$1,738$1,957
Median household income$63,013$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score920

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20 → 18−10.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
67
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
171 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
12,960−1.2% since 2020
Households
5,844
Median age
44.7
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
564 sq. mi.
People per square mile
23
Median household income
$63,013+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,546
Median home value
$150,300
Jobs located here
5,421
Daytime population
12,873Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA532512.1$1.6M+9.0%#1,014 of 2,272
2Marion County, IA522015.0$1.3M+2.3%#1,055 of 2,272
3Johnson County, IA51629.8$1.6M+4.6%#1,073 of 2,272
4Madison County, IA48710.5$1.9M+3.8%#1,165 of 2,272
5Benton County, IA461211.8$1.8M+1.8%#1,240 of 2,272
6Mills County, IA45713.0$1.5M+2.6%#1,277 of 2,272
7Jasper County, IA442214.7$1.3M+0.9%#1,329 of 2,272
8Grundy County, IA40611.7$1.6M+0.2%#1,438 of 2,272
9Story County, IA405012.9$1.3M+2.7%#1,457 of 2,272
10Boone County, IA381412.8$1.5M+0.4%#1,522 of 2,272
69Cass County, IA91729.1$599K−1.2%#2,255 of 2,272

Other business types in Cass County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Cass County, IA?

There are 17 insurance agencies on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 10.0% from 2019.

How much do households in Cass County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?

About $10.2M a year, or $1,742 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $599K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,844 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Cass County has 29.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 87% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $599K, 52% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cass County would have about 8, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 325 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 12,960 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,844 households. The median household income in Cass County is $63,013 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Cass County scores 9 for insurance agencies (very low), #2,255 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Cass County

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