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Insurance agencies in Wayne County, IA

How Wayne County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$4.6M
On vehicle insurance · $1,806 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
7.8
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
6,738
+3.6% since 2020

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What this means

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Wayne County comes to about $4.6M a year: $1,806 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 insurance agencies, that is $2.3M per agency.

Wayne County has 2 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 7.8 per 10,000 households.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Wayne County in 2023. That is one for every 641 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Wayne County grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wayne 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.

Insurance agencies in Wayne County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.817.715.6
Spending per listing$2.3M$984K$1.3M
Households per official establishment641660966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.7%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,806$1,738$1,957
Median household income$61,964$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored20

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$709K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
6,738+3.6% since 2020
Households
2,565
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
526 sq. mi.
People per square mile
12
Median household income
$61,964
Average household income
$90,040
Median home value
$111,300
Jobs located here
2,068
Daytime population
5,905Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Iowa

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The highest-scoring counties in Iowa for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Iowa, with Wayne County marked.

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Warren County, IA532512.1$1.6M+9.0%#1,014 of 2,272
2Marion County, IA522015.0$1.3M+2.3%#1,055 of 2,272
3Johnson County, IA51629.8$1.6M+4.6%#1,073 of 2,272
4Madison County, IA48710.5$1.9M+3.8%#1,165 of 2,272
5Benton County, IA461211.8$1.8M+1.8%#1,240 of 2,272
6Mills County, IA45713.0$1.5M+2.6%#1,277 of 2,272
7Jasper County, IA442214.7$1.3M+0.9%#1,329 of 2,272
8Grundy County, IA40611.7$1.6M+0.2%#1,438 of 2,272
9Story County, IA405012.9$1.3M+2.7%#1,457 of 2,272
10Boone County, IA381412.8$1.5M+0.4%#1,522 of 2,272
Wayne County, IANot scored27.8$2.3M+3.6%

Other business types in Wayne County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Wayne County, IA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 insurance agencies in Wayne County. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Wayne County, IA spend on vehicle insurance?

About $4.6M 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 2 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,565 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wayne County, IA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Wayne County has 2 insurance agencies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Wayne County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 641 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 6,738 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,565 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $61,964, 23% 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.

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