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Insurance agencies in Dutchess County, NY
The insurance agencies in Dutchess County, NY, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,245 of 2,272 scored counties
#23 of 60 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 124
- 18 chain locations (15%)
- Official establishments
- 88
- −12.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $182.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,571 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.7
- 31% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 300,708
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Dutchess County comes to about $182.7M a year: $1,571 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 17% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 124 insurance agencies on map listings in Dutchess County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.7 per 10,000 households, 31% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 88 businesses with payroll in Dutchess County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 12.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,321 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $615K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Dutchess County.
Population estimates show Dutchess County grew 1.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dutchess County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,245 of 2,272 scored counties and #23 of 60 scored counties in New York.
How Dutchess 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 | Dutchess County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.7 | 10.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,321 | 1,216 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −12.0% | −4.7% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,571 | $1,132 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $99,478 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 100 → 88−12.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 561
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $40.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 12418 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 146The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $615K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Dutchess 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 Dutchess County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 300,708+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 116,275
- Median age
- 43.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 375
- Median household income
- $99,478+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $133,997
- Median home value
- $400,600
- Jobs located here
- 112,196
- Daytime population
- 274,540Residents 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 |
| 23Dutchess County, NY | 46 | 124 | 10.7 | $1.5M | +1.5% | #1,245 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Dutchess County, NY?
As of September 2026, map listings count 124 insurance agencies in Dutchess County. 18 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 88 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 12.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Dutchess County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?
About $182.7M a year, or $1,571 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 116,275 households in Dutchess County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dutchess County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Dutchess County has 10.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 31% 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 U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Dutchess County would have about 146, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,321 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 12.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Dutchess County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Dutchess County at 300,708 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 116,275 households. Median household income in Dutchess County is $99,478, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Dutchess County scores 46 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,245 of 2,272 scored counties.
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