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Insurance agencies in Hancock County, MS
How Hancock County, MS compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #718 of 2,272 scored counties
#17 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi
- Listings
- 24
- 4 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 22
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $52.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,576 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 73% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,873
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 24 insurance agencies in Hancock County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 17%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Hancock County spend about $52.1M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,576 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. Spread across 24 insurance agencies, that is $2.2M per agency, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Hancock County was 22 in 2023. That is one for every 920 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $141K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Hancock County.
Population estimates show Hancock County grew 1.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Hancock County is 62 (upper middle), #718 of 2,272 scored counties and #17 of 60 scored counties in Mississippi.
How Hancock County compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Hancock County | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 16.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 920 | 929 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.5% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,576 | $2,496 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $67,708 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 22
- Employees, 2023
- 53
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 244 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $141K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Hancock 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 Hancock County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,873+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,237
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 474 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $67,708+40.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,339
- Median home value
- $224,200
- Jobs located here
- 13,768
- Daytime population
- 41,525Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marshall County, MS | 88 | 8 | 6.1 | $4.7M | +2.6% | #78 of 2,272 |
| 2Tate County, MS | 81 | 11 | 10.0 | $2.9M | +2.1% | #197 of 2,272 |
| 3George County, MS | 81 | 9 | 9.7 | $2.8M | +8.1% | #200 of 2,272 |
| 4DeSoto County, MS | 79 | 99 | 13.9 | $2M | +6.3% | #254 of 2,272 |
| 5Stone County, MS | 77 | 8 | 11.9 | $2.3M | +7.2% | #293 of 2,272 |
| 6Tippah County, MS | 76 | 9 | 11.2 | $2.5M | −1.6% | #312 of 2,272 |
| 7Itawamba County, MS | 73 | 12 | 12.5 | $2.2M | +1.3% | #385 of 2,272 |
| 8Walthall County, MS | 70 | 5 | 9.5 | $2.9M | +0.4% | #452 of 2,272 |
| 9Greene County, MS | 70 | 5 | 12.2 | $2.1M | +1.3% | #469 of 2,272 |
| 10Jackson County, MS | 68 | 85 | 14.7 | $1.7M | +3.0% | #532 of 2,272 |
| 17Hancock County, MS | 62 | 24 | 11.9 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #718 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Hancock County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Hancock County, MS?
Hancock County has 24 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Hancock County, MS spend on vehicle insurance?
About $52.1M a year, or $2,576 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,237 households in Hancock County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hancock County, MS compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Hancock County has 11.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.2M, 73% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Hancock County would have about 42, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 920 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Hancock County, MS growing?
Population estimates put Hancock County at 46,873 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,237 households. The median household income in Hancock County is $67,708 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.7% 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. Hancock County scores 62 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #718 of 2,272 scored counties.
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