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Insurance agencies in Lyon County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Lyon County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,605 of 2,272 scored counties
#12 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $9.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,035 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.6
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 12,354
- +3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 insurance agencies in Lyon County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. That is 15.6 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Lyon County comes to about $9.1M a year: $2,035 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 345 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lyon County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Lyon County scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,605 of 2,272 scored counties and #12 of 71 scored counties in Iowa.
How Lyon 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 | Lyon County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.6 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 345 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.6% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,035 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $76,746 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 34
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,354+3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 4,479
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 588 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $76,746+18.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,299
- Median home value
- $230,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,450
- Daytime population
- 10,690Residents 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 |
| 12Lyon County, IA | 36 | 7 | 15.6 | $1.3M | +3.6% | #1,605 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Lyon 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 Lyon County, IA?
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Lyon County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Lyon County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $9.1M a year, or $2,035 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,479 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Lyon County has 15.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 345 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 12,354 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,479 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $76,746 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.1% 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. Lyon County scores 36 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,605 of 2,272 scored counties.
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