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Insurance agencies in Chemung County, NY
How Chemung County, NY 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 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,443 of 2,272 scored counties
#34 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 34
- 9 chain locations (26%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $49.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,415 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 38% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 80,415
- −3.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 34 insurance agencies in Chemung County. Of those, 9 are chain locations, or 26%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Chemung County spend about $49.9M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,415 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Spread across 34 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Chemung County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 1,679 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Chemung County declined 3.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Chemung County scores 40 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,443 of 2,272 scored counties and #34 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Chemung County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Chemung County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,679 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.9% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,415 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $63,716 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 145
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 349 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Chemung 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 Chemung County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 80,415−3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 35,262
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 407 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 202
- Median household income
- $63,716+16.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,374
- Median home value
- $141,100
- Jobs located here
- 31,723
- Daytime population
- 81,216Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tioga County, NY | 63 | 10 | 4.9 | $3.3M | −1.9% | #677 of 2,272 |
| 2Allegany County, NY | 62 | 12 | 6.8 | $2.3M | +0.9% | #714 of 2,272 |
| 3Seneca County, NY | 61 | 7 | 5.1 | $3M | −1.7% | #742 of 2,272 |
| 4Wayne County, NY | 61 | 23 | 6.0 | $2.7M | +0.1% | #744 of 2,272 |
| 5Washington County, NY | 60 | 12 | 4.9 | $3.3M | −2.9% | #770 of 2,272 |
| 6Orleans County, NY | 59 | 11 | 6.8 | $2.4M | −0.5% | #792 of 2,272 |
| 7Richmond County, NY | 58 | 112 | 6.6 | $2M | +1.3% | #835 of 2,272 |
| 8Chenango County, NY | 57 | 13 | 6.5 | $2.4M | −2.9% | #858 of 2,272 |
| 9Yates County, NY | 57 | 6 | 6.3 | $2.3M | −0.8% | #860 of 2,272 |
| 10Rensselaer County, NY | 57 | 49 | 7.3 | $2M | −0.2% | #866 of 2,272 |
| 34Chemung County, NY | 40 | 34 | 9.6 | $1.5M | −3.9% | #1,443 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Chemung County, NY?
Chemung County has 34 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Chemung County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $49.9M a year, or $1,415 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 35,262 households in Chemung County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Chemung County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Chemung County has 9.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 38% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Chemung County would have about 40, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,679 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Chemung County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Chemung County at 80,415 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,262 households. The median household income in Chemung County is $63,716 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.0% 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. Chemung County scores 40 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,443 of 2,272 scored counties.
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