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Insurance agencies in Whitley County, KY
The insurance agencies in Whitley County, KY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #624 of 2,272 scored counties
#46 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $32.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,416 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 45% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.3
- 15% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,297
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 insurance agencies in Whitley County. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.3, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $2,416 per household (23% above the U.S. average), households in Whitley County spend about $32.7M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 18 insurance agencies, that is $1.8M per agency, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Whitley County in 2023. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Whitley County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Whitley County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #624 of 2,272 scored counties and #46 of 84 scored counties in Kentucky.
How Whitley 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 | Whitley County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.3 | 14.9 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.7M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,354 | 1,025 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,416 | $2,467 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $44,615 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 42
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 26The 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 Whitley 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 Whitley County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,297+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,541
- Median age
- 35.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 438 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 84
- Median household income
- $44,615+14.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,305
- Median home value
- $131,800
- Jobs located here
- 13,221
- Daytime population
- 37,057Residents 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 |
| 46Whitley County, KY | 65 | 18 | 13.3 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #624 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Whitley 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 Whitley County, KY?
Whitley County has 18 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Whitley County, KY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $32.7M a year, or $2,416 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 13,541 households in Whitley County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitley County, KY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Whitley County has 13.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 15% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.8M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Whitley County would have about 26, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Whitley County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Whitley County at 37,297 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,541 households. The median household income in Whitley County is $44,615 a year, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.4% 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. Whitley County scores 65 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #624 of 2,272 scored counties.
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