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Insurance agencies in Jefferson County, TX
How Jefferson County, TX 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,904 of 2,272 scored counties
#149 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 233
- 62 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 120
- −4.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $215.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,274 a household
- Spending per listing
- $925K
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 254,321
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Jefferson County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,904 of 2,272 scored counties and #149 of 156 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 233 insurance agencies in Jefferson County. Chain locations make up 27% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 24.6 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
At $2,274 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Jefferson County spend about $215.6M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 233 insurance agencies, that is $925K per agency, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jefferson County was 120 in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019. That is one for every 790 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jefferson County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Jefferson County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Jefferson 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 | Jefferson County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 20.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $925K | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 790 | 900 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −4.8% | +4.2% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,274 | $2,466 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $60,026 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 126 → 120−4.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 745
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 23362 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 172The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 254,321−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 94,807
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 877 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 290
- Median household income
- $60,026+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,586
- Median home value
- $169,500
- Jobs located here
- 118,164
- Daytime population
- 271,710Residents 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 |
| 149Jefferson County, TX | 27 | 233 | 24.6 | $925K | −0.7% | #1,904 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Jefferson County, TX?
Jefferson County has 233 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 62 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 120 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Jefferson County, TX spend on vehicle insurance?
About $215.6M a year, or $2,274 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 233 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $925K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 94,807 households in Jefferson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Jefferson County, TX compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Jefferson County has 24.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $925K, 26% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Jefferson County would have about 172, against 233 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 790 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Jefferson County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Jefferson County at 254,321 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 94,807 households. The median household income in Jefferson County is $60,026 a year, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.1% 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. Jefferson County scores 27 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,904 of 2,272 scored counties.
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