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Insurance agencies in Cherokee County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Cherokee County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #438 of 2,272 scored counties
#40 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 23
- 9 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- −15.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $47M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,585 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 63% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.6
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 53,337
- +5.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,585 per household (32% above the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $47M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $2M per agency, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Cherokee County has 23 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 12.6 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 17 businesses with payroll in Cherokee County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 15.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,070 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cherokee County grew 5.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cherokee County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #438 of 2,272 scored counties and #40 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Cherokee County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.6 | 20.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,070 | 900 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −15.0% | +4.2% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,585 | $2,466 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,261 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20 → 17−15.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 83
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 239 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 53,337+5.4% since 2020
- Households
- 18,185
- Median age
- 39.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,053 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $61,261+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,667
- Median home value
- $169,300
- Jobs located here
- 14,759
- Daytime population
- 45,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Waller County, TX | 96 | 11 | 6.0 | $4.8M | +21.9% | #7 of 2,272 |
| 2Bandera County, TX | 95 | 7 | 7.6 | $3.7M | +9.0% | #18 of 2,272 |
| 3Chambers County, TX | 93 | 19 | 11.0 | $2.5M | +22.6% | #29 of 2,272 |
| 4Grimes County, TX | 92 | 8 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +16.3% | #31 of 2,272 |
| 5Caldwell County, TX | 92 | 16 | 9.6 | $2.9M | +20.0% | #37 of 2,272 |
| 6Bastrop County, TX | 92 | 40 | 10.8 | $2.6M | +21.3% | #39 of 2,272 |
| 7Blanco County, TX | 89 | 6 | 11.6 | $2.4M | +18.6% | #77 of 2,272 |
| 8Coryell County, TX | 84 | 20 | 7.4 | $3.4M | +3.0% | #138 of 2,272 |
| 9Wilson County, TX | 83 | 22 | 12.1 | $2.5M | +12.2% | #165 of 2,272 |
| 10Guadalupe County, TX | 83 | 76 | 11.6 | $2.4M | +15.8% | #168 of 2,272 |
| 40Cherokee County, TX | 71 | 23 | 12.6 | $2M | +5.4% | #438 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Cherokee County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 insurance agencies in Cherokee County. 9 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 15.0% from 2019.
How much do households in Cherokee County, TX spend on vehicle insurance?
About $47M a year, or $2,585 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,185 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, TX compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Cherokee County has 12.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 63% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 37, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,070 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 15.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 53,337 people in 2025, up 5.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,185 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $61,261, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Cherokee County scores 71 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #438 of 2,272 scored counties.
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