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Insurance agencies in Haywood County, NC
The insurance agencies in Haywood County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #545 of 2,272 scored counties
#63 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 28
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 30
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $73.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,699 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.3
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,369
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 insurance agencies in Haywood County. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.3, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Haywood County spend about $73.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,699 per household, 38% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per agency, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Haywood County in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 904 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Haywood County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Haywood County is 67 (upper middle), #545 of 2,272 scored counties and #63 of 90 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Haywood County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Haywood County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.3 | 13.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 904 | 1,094 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +0.1% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,699 | $2,564 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,912 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 84 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 300.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 286 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 58The 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 Haywood 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 Haywood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,369+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 27,123
- Median age
- 47.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 554 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 113
- Median household income
- $61,912+19.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,833
- Median home value
- $279,200
- Jobs located here
- 17,778
- Daytime population
- 52,805Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Currituck County, NC | 98 | 10 | 8.4 | $3.9M | +16.7% | #2 of 2,272 |
| 2Hoke County, NC | 95 | 11 | 5.7 | $4.7M | +9.0% | #14 of 2,272 |
| 3Franklin County, NC | 95 | 24 | 8.4 | $3.4M | +18.8% | #20 of 2,272 |
| 4Brunswick County, NC | 94 | 47 | 6.8 | $3.9M | +26.5% | #25 of 2,272 |
| 5Chatham County, NC | 91 | 26 | 7.9 | $3.5M | +11.0% | #45 of 2,272 |
| 6Pender County, NC | 90 | 12 | 4.7 | $5.9M | +19.0% | #52 of 2,272 |
| 7Polk County, NC | 90 | 6 | 6.7 | $4M | +6.0% | #53 of 2,272 |
| 8Johnston County, NC | 90 | 80 | 9.3 | $3.1M | +17.9% | #58 of 2,272 |
| 9Madison County, NC | 88 | 6 | 7.2 | $3.9M | +5.9% | #80 of 2,272 |
| 10Stokes County, NC | 88 | 15 | 7.7 | $3.9M | +3.5% | #81 of 2,272 |
| 63Haywood County, NC | 67 | 28 | 10.3 | $2.6M | +1.9% | #545 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Haywood 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 Haywood County, NC?
There are 28 insurance agencies on map listings in Haywood County as of September 2026. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 30 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Haywood County, NC spend on vehicle insurance?
About $73.2M a year, or $2,699 per household. That is 38% above the U.S. average (an index of 138, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 27,123 households in Haywood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Haywood County, NC compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Haywood County has 10.3 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.6M, 2.1 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Haywood County would have about 58, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 904 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 Haywood County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Haywood County at 63,369 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 27,123 households. The median household income in Haywood County is $61,912 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 19.9% 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. Haywood County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #545 of 2,272 scored counties.
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