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Insurance agencies in Crawford County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Crawford County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,071 of 2,272 scored counties
#41 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,898 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.4
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 16,237
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Crawford County has a Groundwork market score of 20 (low): #2,071 of 2,272 scored counties and #41 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 insurance agencies in Crawford County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 18%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 17.4 for every 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $1,898 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Crawford County spend about $12M a year on vehicle insurance. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Crawford County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 422 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crawford County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Crawford 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 | Crawford County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.4 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 422 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,898 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,027 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 44
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Crawford 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 Crawford County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 16,237−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 6,331
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 714 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $67,027+20.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,726
- Median home value
- $153,700
- Jobs located here
- 6,697
- Daytime population
- 14,730Residents 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 |
| 41Crawford County, IA | 20 | 11 | 17.4 | $1.1M | −1.5% | #2,071 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Crawford County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Crawford County, IA?
There are 11 insurance agencies on map listings in Crawford County as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Crawford County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $12M a year, or $1,898 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,331 households in Crawford County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crawford County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Crawford County has 17.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 12% 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 national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Crawford County would have about 10, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 422 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Crawford County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Crawford County at 16,237 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,331 households. The median household income in Crawford County is $67,027 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.2% 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. Crawford County scores 20 for insurance agencies (low), #2,071 of 2,272 scored counties.
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