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Insurance agencies in Dawson County, NE
The insurance agencies in Dawson County, NE, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,867 of 2,272 scored counties
#9 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 17
- 4 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $18.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,000 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.6
- 19% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 24,452
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Dawson County scores 28 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,867 of 2,272 scored counties and #9 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 17 insurance agencies in Dawson County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 18.6 for every 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $2,000 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Dawson County spend about $18.3M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.1M per agency, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Dawson County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 572 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Dawson County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dawson County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Dawson County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.6 | 20.4 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $859K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 572 | 516 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,000 | $1,750 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $69,880 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 28 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 174 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,452+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 9,145
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,014 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $69,880+30.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,897
- Median home value
- $166,200
- Jobs located here
- 12,382
- Daytime population
- 24,113Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 51 | 83 | 11.2 | $1.6M | +9.0% | #1,069 of 2,272 |
| 2Saunders County, NE | 49 | 10 | 11.2 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #1,129 of 2,272 |
| 3Otoe County, NE | 42 | 8 | 12.5 | $1.6M | +3.9% | #1,383 of 2,272 |
| 4Cass County, NE | 37 | 18 | 16.6 | $1.2M | +3.9% | #1,573 of 2,272 |
| 5Dakota County, NE | 37 | 14 | 18.8 | $989K | +0.7% | #1,587 of 2,272 |
| 6Saline County, NE | 35 | 9 | 17.5 | $1.3M | +1.9% | #1,638 of 2,272 |
| 7Seward County, NE | 30 | 12 | 17.7 | $1.1M | +2.3% | #1,807 of 2,272 |
| 8Washington County, NE | 29 | 16 | 19.0 | $1.1M | +1.8% | #1,839 of 2,272 |
| 9Dawson County, NE | 28 | 17 | 18.6 | $1.1M | +1.5% | #1,867 of 2,272 |
| 10Platte County, NE | 28 | 26 | 19.0 | $981K | +3.9% | #1,871 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Dawson 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 Dawson County, NE?
Dawson County has 17 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. 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 Dawson County, NE spend on vehicle insurance?
About $18.3M a year, or $2,000 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,145 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, NE compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Dawson County has 18.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 19% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Dawson County would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 572 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Dawson County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 24,452 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,145 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $69,880 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.1% 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. Dawson County scores 28 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,867 of 2,272 scored counties.
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