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Insurance agencies in Ballard County, KY

How Ballard County, KY 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
4
3 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9M
On vehicle insurance · $2,807 a household
Spending per listing
$2.3M
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.5
20% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
7,594
−1.5% 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

At $2,807 per household (43% above the U.S. average), households in Ballard County spend about $9M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $2.3M per agency, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

Ballard County has 4 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. That is 12.5 per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for insurance agencies and brokerages in Ballard County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Ballard County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.5%, 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 Ballard County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Ballard County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureBallard CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.514.915.6
Spending per listing$2.3M$1.7M$1.3M
Households per official establishmentn/a1,025966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.8%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.5%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$2,807$2,467$1,957
Median household income$66,164$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored67

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
43 chain locations
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 Ballard 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 Ballard County

Population, 2025 estimate
7,594−1.5% since 2020
Households
3,209
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
247 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$66,164
Average household income
$85,057
Median home value
$145,800
Jobs located here
2,184
Daytime population
6,555Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Allen County, KY92810.0$2.8M+9.5%#38 of 2,272
2Breckinridge County, KY9189.9$3M+5.2%#48 of 2,272
3Grant County, KY8777.6$3.6M+4.7%#96 of 2,272
4Green County, KY87511.3$2.7M+4.6%#106 of 2,272
5Anderson County, KY871111.4$2.6M+5.5%#107 of 2,272
6Spencer County, KY8468.2$4.2M+7.7%#136 of 2,272
7Ohio County, KY8499.9$2.9M+0.8%#141 of 2,272
8Logan County, KY841210.9$2.5M+4.2%#145 of 2,272
9Scott County, KY842611.5$2.3M+8.2%#149 of 2,272
10Trigg County, KY82711.6$2.3M+3.1%#186 of 2,272
Ballard County, KYNot scored412.5$2.3M−1.5%

Other business types in Ballard 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 Ballard County, KY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 insurance agencies in Ballard County. The listings count insurance agencies. No official count is published for insurance agencies and brokerages in Ballard County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Ballard County, KY spend on vehicle insurance?

About $9M a year, or $2,807 per household. That is 43% above the U.S. average (an index of 143, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,209 households in Ballard County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ballard County, KY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Ballard County has 12.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.3M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Ballard County would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Ballard County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Ballard County at 7,594 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,209 households. Median household income in Ballard County is $66,164, 18% 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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