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Insurance agencies in Rapides Parish, LA
The insurance agencies in Rapides Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 33 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,708 of 2,272 scored counties
#42 of 50 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 89
- 23 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 54
- −14.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $107M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,186 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 4% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
Rapides Parish scores 33 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,708 of 2,272 scored counties and #42 of 50 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,186 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Rapides Parish spend about $107M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 89 insurance agencies, that is $1.2M per agency, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 89 insurance agencies on map listings in Rapides Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 18.2 per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Rapides Parish was 54 in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 907 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $256K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Rapides Parish. Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Rapides Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 17.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 907 | 845 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −14.3% | −0.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,186 | $2,215 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 33 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 63 → 54−14.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 258
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8923 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 85The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $256K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Rapides Parish, 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 82 | 56 | 10.4 | $2.4M | +8.5% | #184 of 2,272 |
| 2Grant Parish, LA | 76 | 6 | 8.1 | $3.1M | −0.3% | #308 of 2,272 |
| 3Allen Parish, LA | 75 | 5 | 6.4 | $3.6M | 0.0% | #328 of 2,272 |
| 4West Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 75 | 9 | 8.2 | $2.7M | +5.5% | #332 of 2,272 |
| 5Ascension Parish, LA | 75 | 61 | 12.8 | $2M | +6.4% | #340 of 2,272 |
| 6St. Martin Parish, LA | 74 | 16 | 8.2 | $2.9M | −1.0% | #351 of 2,272 |
| 7LaSalle Parish, LA | 73 | 7 | 13.9 | $1.9M | +2.2% | #397 of 2,272 |
| 8St. Bernard Parish, LA | 70 | 18 | 11.1 | $2M | +4.1% | #473 of 2,272 |
| 9St. James Parish, LA | 69 | 8 | 10.6 | $2.5M | −5.9% | #493 of 2,272 |
| 10Iberville Parish, LA | 67 | 9 | 8.0 | $2.7M | −1.6% | #542 of 2,272 |
| 42Rapides Parish, LA | 33 | 89 | 18.2 | $1.2M | −2.9% | #1,708 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Rapides Parish
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 89 insurance agencies in Rapides Parish. 23 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 54 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 14.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $107M a year, or $2,186 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 89 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Rapides Parish has 18.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.2M, 4% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 85, against 89 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 907 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 33 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,708 of 2,272 scored counties.
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