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Insurance agencies in Carter County, KY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Carter County, KY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #305 of 2,272 scored counties
#17 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 9
- 2 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $30.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 2.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.3
- 47% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,149
- −1.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Carter County comes to about $30.7M a year: $2,848 per household, 46% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per agency, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Carter County has 9 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.3 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Carter County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 1,542 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Carter County declined 1.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Carter County scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #305 of 2,272 scored counties and #17 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Carter 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.
| Measure | Carter County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.3 | 14.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $1.7M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,542 | 1,025 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.7% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,848 | $2,467 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $51,235 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 92 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 25The 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 Carter 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 Carter County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,149−1.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,794
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 410 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $51,235+47.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,045
- Median home value
- $132,800
- Jobs located here
- 6,014
- Daytime population
- 23,638Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Allen County, KY | 92 | 8 | 10.0 | $2.8M | +9.5% | #38 of 2,272 |
| 2Breckinridge County, KY | 91 | 8 | 9.9 | $3M | +5.2% | #48 of 2,272 |
| 3Grant County, KY | 87 | 7 | 7.6 | $3.6M | +4.7% | #96 of 2,272 |
| 4Green County, KY | 87 | 5 | 11.3 | $2.7M | +4.6% | #106 of 2,272 |
| 5Anderson County, KY | 87 | 11 | 11.4 | $2.6M | +5.5% | #107 of 2,272 |
| 6Spencer County, KY | 84 | 6 | 8.2 | $4.2M | +7.7% | #136 of 2,272 |
| 7Ohio County, KY | 84 | 9 | 9.9 | $2.9M | +0.8% | #141 of 2,272 |
| 8Logan County, KY | 84 | 12 | 10.9 | $2.5M | +4.2% | #145 of 2,272 |
| 9Scott County, KY | 84 | 26 | 11.5 | $2.3M | +8.2% | #149 of 2,272 |
| 10Trigg County, KY | 82 | 7 | 11.6 | $2.3M | +3.1% | #186 of 2,272 |
| 17Carter County, KY | 76 | 9 | 8.3 | $3.4M | −1.7% | #305 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Carter 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 Carter County, KY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 insurance agencies in Carter County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Carter County, KY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $30.7M a year, or $2,848 per household. That is 46% above the U.S. average (an index of 146, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,794 households in Carter County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Carter County, KY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Carter County has 8.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $3.4M, 2.7 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Carter County would have about 25, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,542 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Carter County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Carter County at 26,149 people in 2025, down 1.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,794 households. Median household income in Carter County is $51,235, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 47.5%, 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. Carter County scores 76 for insurance agencies (high), #305 of 2,272 scored counties.
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