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Insurance agencies in Wayne County, NY

How Wayne 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 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #744 of 2,272 scored counties
#4 of 60 scored counties in New York

Listings
23
5 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
23
−4.2% since 2019
Household spending a year
$61.6M
On vehicle insurance · $1,603 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
2.1 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.0
62% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
91,250
+0.1% 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

Households in Wayne County spend about $61.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,603 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 insurance agencies, that is $2.7M per agency, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

There are 23 insurance agencies on map listings in Wayne County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 22%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.0, 62% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Wayne County was 23 in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,670 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Wayne County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wayne County scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #744 of 2,272 scored counties and #4 of 60 scored counties in New York.

How Wayne 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.

Insurance agencies in Wayne County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureWayne CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.010.715.6
Spending per listing$2.7M$1.1M$1.3M
Households per official establishment1,6701,216966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.2%−4.7%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,603$1,132$1,957
Median household income$74,506$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6128

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
24 → 23−4.2% over the period
Employees, 2023
95
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
235 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
49The 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County

Population, 2025 estimate
91,250+0.1% since 2020
Households
38,404
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
604 sq. mi.
People per square mile
151
Median household income
$74,506+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,779
Median home value
$170,000
Jobs located here
27,479
Daytime population
75,376Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across New York

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The highest-scoring counties in New York for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in New York, with Wayne County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tioga County, NY63104.9$3.3M−1.9%#677 of 2,272
2Allegany County, NY62126.8$2.3M+0.9%#714 of 2,272
3Seneca County, NY6175.1$3M−1.7%#742 of 2,272
4Wayne County, NY61236.0$2.7M+0.1%#744 of 2,272
5Washington County, NY60124.9$3.3M−2.9%#770 of 2,272
6Orleans County, NY59116.8$2.4M−0.5%#792 of 2,272
7Richmond County, NY581126.6$2M+1.3%#835 of 2,272
8Chenango County, NY57136.5$2.4M−2.9%#858 of 2,272
9Yates County, NY5766.3$2.3M−0.8%#860 of 2,272
10Rensselaer County, NY57497.3$2M−0.2%#866 of 2,272

Other business types in Wayne County

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

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Wayne County, NY?

As of September 2026, map listings count 23 insurance agencies in Wayne County. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Wayne County, NY spend on vehicle insurance?

About $61.6M a year, or $1,603 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 38,404 households in Wayne County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Wayne County, NY compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Wayne County has 6.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 62% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.7M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Wayne County would have about 49, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,670 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Wayne County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Wayne County at 91,250 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 38,404 households. Median household income in Wayne County is $74,506, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Wayne County scores 61 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #744 of 2,272 scored counties.

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