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Insurance agencies in Polk County, MO
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Polk County, MO, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,291 of 2,272 scored counties
#13 of 85 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,817 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.1
- 10% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 33,604
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 insurance agencies in Polk County. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 14.1 per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Polk County spend about $21.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,817 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 17 insurance agencies, that is $1.3M per agency, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Polk County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 928 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at +6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For insurance agencies, Polk County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #1,291 of 2,272 scored counties and #13 of 85 scored counties in Missouri.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Polk County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.1 | 20.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $810K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 928 | 753 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,817 | $1,625 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $59,647 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 19 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 18The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 33,604+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 12,059
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 636 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $59,647+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,496
- Median home value
- $205,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,220
- Daytime population
- 28,041Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Washington County, MO | 66 | 7 | 7.8 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #584 of 2,272 |
| 2Lincoln County, MO | 62 | 30 | 13.1 | $1.5M | +11.4% | #736 of 2,272 |
| 3McDonald County, MO | 60 | 10 | 11.7 | $1.5M | +3.1% | #786 of 2,272 |
| 4Andrew County, MO | 59 | 7 | 10.0 | $1.9M | +0.7% | #802 of 2,272 |
| 5Dallas County, MO | 57 | 8 | 11.8 | $1.6M | +5.2% | #881 of 2,272 |
| 6Crawford County, MO | 56 | 10 | 10.4 | $1.7M | −0.4% | #909 of 2,272 |
| 7Newton County, MO | 55 | 27 | 12.2 | $1.5M | +6.1% | #961 of 2,272 |
| 8Pulaski County, MO | 53 | 19 | 11.3 | $1.5M | +0.8% | #1,019 of 2,272 |
| 9Ray County, MO | 53 | 14 | 15.4 | $1.2M | +1.1% | #1,029 of 2,272 |
| 10Ste. Genevieve County, MO | 52 | 10 | 14.0 | $1.5M | +1.1% | #1,044 of 2,272 |
| 13Polk County, MO | 45 | 17 | 14.1 | $1.3M | +6.3% | #1,291 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Polk 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 Polk County, MO?
There are 17 insurance agencies on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. 3 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Polk County, MO spend on vehicle insurance?
About $21.9M a year, or $1,817 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,059 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, MO compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Polk County has 14.1 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 10% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 3% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Polk County would have about 18, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 928 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Polk County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 33,604 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,059 households. The median household income in Polk County is $59,647 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.6% 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. Polk County scores 45 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,291 of 2,272 scored counties.
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