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Insurance agencies in Poweshiek County, IA
The insurance agencies in Poweshiek County, IA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 13 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,208 of 2,272 scored counties
#61 of 71 scored counties in Iowa
- Listings
- 16
- 3 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $13.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,698 a household
- Spending per listing
- $828K
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 20.5
- 31% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,368
- −1.4% since 2020
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What this means
Poweshiek County scores 13 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,208 of 2,272 scored counties and #61 of 71 scored counties in Iowa. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 16 insurance agencies in Poweshiek County. Chain locations make up 19% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 20.5, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Poweshiek County comes to about $13.3M a year: $1,698 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 16 insurance agencies, that is $828K per agency, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Poweshiek County in 2023. That is one for every 600 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Poweshiek County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Poweshiek 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 | Poweshiek County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 20.5 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $828K | $984K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 600 | 660 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −5.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.4% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,698 | $1,738 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,391 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 13 | 20 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,368−1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,804
- Median age
- 40.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 585 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 32
- Median household income
- $67,391+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,285
- Median home value
- $209,300
- Jobs located here
- 9,576
- Daytime population
- 19,155Residents 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 |
| 61Poweshiek County, IA | 13 | 16 | 20.5 | $828K | −1.4% | #2,208 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Poweshiek 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 Poweshiek County, IA?
Poweshiek County has 16 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (19%) are chain locations. 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 Poweshiek County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $13.3M a year, or $1,698 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $828K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,804 households in Poweshiek County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Poweshiek County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Poweshiek County has 20.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $828K, 34% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Poweshiek County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 600 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Poweshiek County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Poweshiek County at 18,368 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,804 households. The median household income in Poweshiek County is $67,391 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.1% 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. Poweshiek County scores 13 for insurance agencies (low), #2,208 of 2,272 scored counties.
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