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Insurance agencies in Fayette County, IA
The insurance agencies in Fayette County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,244 of 2,272 scored counties
#67 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 23
- 6 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- −17.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $15.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $655K
- 48% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 27.6
- 77% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,047
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For insurance agencies, Fayette County has a Groundwork market score of 10 (low): #2,244 of 2,272 scored counties and #67 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 insurance agencies in Fayette County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 26%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 27.6 for every 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Fayette County spend about $15.1M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,806 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 insurance agencies, that is $655K per agency, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 23 businesses with payroll in Fayette County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 17.9% from 2019. That is one for every 363 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Fayette County declined 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Fayette 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 | Fayette County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 27.6 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $655K | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 363 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.9% | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,806 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $60,165 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 28 → 23−17.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 51
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 236 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Fayette 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 Fayette County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,047−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 8,342
- Median age
- 43.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 731 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 26
- Median household income
- $60,165+17.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,301
- Median home value
- $136,800
- Jobs located here
- 7,115
- Daytime population
- 16,988Residents 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 |
| 67Fayette County, IA | 10 | 23 | 27.6 | $655K | −2.1% | #2,244 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Fayette County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Fayette County, IA?
There are 23 insurance agencies on map listings in Fayette County as of September 2026. 6 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 17.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Fayette County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $15.1M a year, or $1,806 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $655K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,342 households in Fayette County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Fayette County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Fayette County has 27.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 77% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $655K, 48% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Fayette County would have about 12, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 363 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Fayette County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Fayette County at 19,047 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,342 households. The median household income in Fayette County is $60,165 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.7% 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. Fayette County scores 10 for insurance agencies (low), #2,244 of 2,272 scored counties.
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