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Insurance agencies in the Escanaba, MI area
How the Escanaba, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #311 of 537 scored small-town markets
#7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 14
- 1 chain location (7%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $24.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,523 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.7M
- 38% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,582
- −0.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 insurance agencies in the Escanaba area. One of them (7%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in the Escanaba area comes to about $24.3M a year: $1,523 per household, 22% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 insurance agencies, that is $1.7M per agency, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Escanaba area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 998 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $119K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Escanaba area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Escanaba area declined 0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Escanaba area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #311 of 537 scored small-town markets and #7 of 18 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Escanaba area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Escanaba area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 13.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.7M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 998 | 1,108 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.8% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,523 | $1,558 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $57,809 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 33 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 78
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 141 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $119K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Escanaba area, 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 the Escanaba area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,582−0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 15,971
- Median age
- 48.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,171 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $57,809+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,442
- Median home value
- $157,100
- Jobs located here
- 12,720
- Daytime population
- 35,893Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 71 | 42 | 9.2 | $2M | +2.1% | #93 of 537 |
| 2Marquette, MI | 62 | 25 | 8.8 | $1.8M | +2.3% | #163 of 537 |
| 3Alpena, MI | 53 | 11 | 8.4 | $1.7M | −0.1% | #229 of 537 |
| 4Big Rapids, MI | 52 | 18 | 10.8 | $1.5M | +4.7% | #247 of 537 |
| 5Hillsdale, MI | 46 | 21 | 11.8 | $1.5M | 0.0% | #294 of 537 |
| 6Mount Pleasant, MI | 46 | 29 | 11.6 | $1.4M | +0.3% | #295 of 537 |
| 7Escanaba, MI | 44 | 14 | 8.8 | $1.7M | −0.8% | #311 of 537 |
| 8Houghton, MI | 42 | 16 | 10.4 | $1.5M | +1.8% | #330 of 537 |
| 9Ludington, MI | 40 | 17 | 13.3 | $1.2M | 0.0% | #354 of 537 |
| 10Alma, MI | 39 | 18 | 12.2 | $1.4M | −1.1% | #358 of 537 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Escanaba, MI area?
There are 14 insurance agencies on map listings in the Escanaba area as of September 2026. One of them (7%) is a chain location. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Escanaba, MI area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $24.3M a year, or $1,523 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,971 households in the Escanaba area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Escanaba, MI area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Escanaba area has 8.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.7M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Escanaba area would have about 19, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 998 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the Escanaba, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Escanaba area at 36,582 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,971 households. The median household income in the Escanaba area is $57,809 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Escanaba area scores 44 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #311 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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