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Insurance agencies in Russell County, KY
The insurance agencies in Russell County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #225 of 2,272 scored counties
#13 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 7
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $19.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,553 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.3
- 40% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,608
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
Russell County scores 80 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #225 of 2,272 scored counties and #13 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for insurance agencies.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Russell County comes to about $19.3M a year: $2,553 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 insurance agencies, that is $2.8M per agency, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Russell County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 9.3, 40% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Russell County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,512 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Russell County grew 3.4% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Russell 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 | Russell County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.3 | 14.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,512 | 1,025 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,553 | $2,467 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $44,738 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 70 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Russell 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 Russell County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,608+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 7,562
- Median age
- 41.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 253 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $44,738+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $68,696
- Median home value
- $163,200
- Jobs located here
- 5,793
- Daytime population
- 16,921Residents 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 |
| 13Russell County, KY | 80 | 7 | 9.3 | $2.8M | +3.4% | #225 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Russell 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 Russell County, KY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 insurance agencies in Russell County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Russell County, KY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $19.3M a year, or $2,553 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,562 households in Russell County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Russell County, KY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Russell County has 9.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.8M, 2.2 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Russell County would have about 15, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,512 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Russell County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Russell County at 18,608 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,562 households. Median household income in Russell County is $44,738, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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. Russell County scores 80 for insurance agencies (high), #225 of 2,272 scored counties.
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