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Insurance agencies in Seward County, KS

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 8 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #2,259 of 2,272 scored counties
#38 of 38 scored counties in Kansas

Listings
19
2 chain locations (11%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.6M
On vehicle insurance · $1,731 a household
Spending per listing
$661K
47% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
26.2
68% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,073
−3.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Seward County scores 8 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,259 of 2,272 scored counties and #38 of 38 scored counties in Kansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 19 insurance agencies in Seward County. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 11%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 26.2, 68% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Household spending on vehicle insurance in Seward County comes to about $12.6M a year: $1,731 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That is about $661K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 13 businesses with payroll in Seward County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 558 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Seward County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Seward County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Seward County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSeward CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households26.221.815.6
Spending per listing$661K$798K$1.3M
Households per official establishment558603966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−3.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,731$1,741$1,957
Median household income$63,827$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market score815

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 13
Employees, 2023
39
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
192 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Seward 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 Seward County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,073−3.6% since 2020
Households
7,257
Median age
32.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
640 sq. mi.
People per square mile
34
Median household income
$63,827+29.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$81,284
Median home value
$136,500
Jobs located here
10,899
Daytime population
22,008Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Leavenworth County, KS573511.6$1.6M+3.2%#880 of 2,272
2Wyandotte County, KS536510.6$1.6M+1.0%#1,015 of 2,272
3Jefferson County, KS48912.1$1.7M−0.2%#1,166 of 2,272
4Franklin County, KS471918.3$1.1M+1.1%#1,235 of 2,272
5Harvey County, KS441410.2$1.8M−1.2%#1,302 of 2,272
6Geary County, KS421510.6$1.5M−1.2%#1,391 of 2,272
7Miami County, KS422719.7$998K+5.9%#1,413 of 2,272
8Cherokee County, KS391012.7$1.5M−1.0%#1,484 of 2,272
9Sumner County, KS381617.8$1.1M−0.1%#1,547 of 2,272
10Douglas County, KS366011.9$1.3M+1.8%#1,601 of 2,272
38Seward County, KS81926.2$661K−3.6%#2,259 of 2,272

Other business types in Seward County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Seward County, KS?

Seward County has 19 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (11%) 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 Seward County, KS spend on vehicle insurance?

About $12.6M a year, or $1,731 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $661K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,257 households in Seward County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Seward County, KS compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Seward County has 26.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $661K, 47% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Seward County would have about 10, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 558 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Seward County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Seward County at 21,073 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,257 households. The median household income in Seward County is $63,827 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.5% 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. Seward County scores 8 for insurance agencies (very low), #2,259 of 2,272 scored counties.

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