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Insurance agencies in Palo Alto County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Palo Alto County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $6.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $987K
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.5
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,899
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Palo Alto County spend about $6.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,827 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $987K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Palo Alto County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. That is 18.5 per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Palo Alto County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 291 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Palo Alto County declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Palo Alto 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 | Palo Alto County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.5 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $987K | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 291 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,827 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $72,781 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 21
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- 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
- 6The 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 Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,899−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,782
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 564 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $72,781
- Average household income
- $89,684
- Median home value
- $123,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,528
- Daytime population
- 8,293Residents 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 |
| Palo Alto County, IA | Not scored | 7 | 18.5 | $987K | −1.0% |
Other business types in Palo Alto County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Palo Alto County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 insurance agencies in Palo Alto County. 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 Palo Alto County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $6.9M a year, or $1,827 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $987K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,782 households in Palo Alto County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Palo Alto County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Palo Alto County has 18.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $987K, 21% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Palo Alto County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 291 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Palo Alto County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Palo Alto County at 8,899 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,782 households. Median household income in Palo Alto County is $72,781, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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