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Insurance agencies in Gage County, NE

How Gage County, NE 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,974 of 2,272 scored counties
#11 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
17
4 chain locations (24%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$17.4M
On vehicle insurance · $1,871 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
18.2
17% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
21,711
+0.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For insurance agencies, Gage County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,974 of 2,272 scored counties and #11 of 25 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 insurance agencies in Gage County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 18.2, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Gage County spend about $17.4M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,871 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Gage County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 622 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates show Gage County grew 0.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Gage 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.

Insurance agencies in Gage County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureGage CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households18.220.415.6
Spending per listing$1M$859K$1.3M
Households per official establishment622516966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.1%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.2%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,871$1,750$1,957
Median household income$67,247$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score2422

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 15
Employees, 2023
46
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
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
14The 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 Gage 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 Gage County

Population, 2025 estimate
21,711+0.2% since 2020
Households
9,327
Median age
43.4
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
852 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,338
Median home value
$174,000
Jobs located here
8,371
Daytime population
18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across Nebraska

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The highest-scoring counties in Nebraska for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in Nebraska, with Gage County marked.

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sarpy County, NE518311.2$1.6M+9.0%#1,069 of 2,272
2Saunders County, NE491011.2$1.8M+6.0%#1,129 of 2,272
3Otoe County, NE42812.5$1.6M+3.9%#1,383 of 2,272
4Cass County, NE371816.6$1.2M+3.9%#1,573 of 2,272
5Dakota County, NE371418.8$989K+0.7%#1,587 of 2,272
6Saline County, NE35917.5$1.3M+1.9%#1,638 of 2,272
7Seward County, NE301217.7$1.1M+2.3%#1,807 of 2,272
8Washington County, NE291619.0$1.1M+1.8%#1,839 of 2,272
9Dawson County, NE281718.6$1.1M+1.5%#1,867 of 2,272
10Platte County, NE282619.0$981K+3.9%#1,871 of 2,272
11Gage County, NE241718.2$1M+0.2%#1,974 of 2,272

Other business types in Gage County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Gage County, NE?

There are 17 insurance agencies on map listings in Gage County as of September 2026. 4 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Gage County, NE spend on vehicle insurance?

About $17.4M a year, or $1,871 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,327 households in Gage County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Gage County, NE compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Gage County has 18.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Gage County would have about 14, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 622 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Gage County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Gage County at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. The median household income in Gage County is $67,247 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.6% 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. Gage County scores 24 for insurance agencies (low), #1,974 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Gage County

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