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Insurance agencies in the Salem, OH area
The insurance agencies in the Salem, OH area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #312 of 537 scored small-town markets
#13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 48
- 10 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 33
- +3.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $70.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,692 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.6
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,377
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,692 per household (14% below the U.S. average), households in the Salem area spend about $70.1M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 48 insurance agencies, that is $1.5M per agency, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Salem area has 48 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 21%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.6, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Salem area was 33 in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019. That is one for every 1,256 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Salem area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, the Salem area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #312 of 537 scored small-town markets and #13 of 29 scored small-town markets based in Ohio.
How the Salem area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Salem area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.6 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $1.1M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,256 | 1,110 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +3.1% | −6.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,692 | $1,579 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $58,180 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 33+3.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 114
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4810 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The 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 the Salem area, 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 the Salem area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,377−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,459
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 532 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 189
- Median household income
- $58,180+20.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,065
- Median home value
- $151,600
- Jobs located here
- 28,013
- Daytime population
- 85,744Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Urbana, OH | 68 | 16 | 10.2 | $1.8M | +0.2% | #121 of 537 |
| 2Coshocton, OH | 63 | 14 | 9.5 | $1.8M | +1.6% | #156 of 537 |
| 3Cambridge, OH | 61 | 14 | 8.6 | $2M | −0.1% | #173 of 537 |
| 4Bellefontaine, OH | 61 | 19 | 9.7 | $1.8M | +0.4% | #175 of 537 |
| 5Wilmington, OH | 61 | 21 | 12.5 | $1.4M | +0.6% | #183 of 537 |
| 6Mount Vernon, OH | 58 | 30 | 12.8 | $1.4M | +1.9% | #202 of 537 |
| 7Portsmouth, OH | 50 | 29 | 10.0 | $1.6M | −3.4% | #263 of 537 |
| 8Chillicothe, OH | 50 | 33 | 11.1 | $1.6M | −0.8% | #265 of 537 |
| 9Norwalk, OH | 48 | 29 | 12.3 | $1.4M | −0.4% | #279 of 537 |
| 10New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 48 | 46 | 12.0 | $1.4M | −0.9% | #280 of 537 |
| 13Salem, OH | 44 | 48 | 11.6 | $1.5M | −2.2% | #312 of 537 |
Other business types in the Salem area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Salem, OH area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 48 insurance agencies in the Salem area. 10 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 33 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 3.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Salem, OH area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $70.1M a year, or $1,692 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,459 households in the Salem area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Salem, OH area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Salem area has 11.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.5M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Salem area would have about 56, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,256 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Salem, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Salem area at 99,377 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,459 households. Median household income in the Salem area is $58,180, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.3%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Salem area scores 44 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #312 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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