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Insurance agencies in Zapata County, TX
The insurance agencies in Zapata County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,421 of 2,272 scored counties
#126 of 156 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10.7M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,341 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 6% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 17.5
- 12% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,753
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,341 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Zapata County spend about $10.7M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $1.3M per agency, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 8 insurance agencies on map listings in Zapata County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 25%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 17.5, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for insurance agencies and brokerages in Zapata County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Zapata County declined 0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Zapata County scores 41 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,421 of 2,272 scored counties and #126 of 156 scored counties in Texas.
How Zapata 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 | Zapata County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 17.5 | 20.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 900 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,341 | $2,466 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $39,239 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Zapata 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 Zapata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,753−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,565
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $39,239+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,044
- Median home value
- $97,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,023
- Daytime population
- 10,968Residents 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 |
| 126Zapata County, TX | 41 | 8 | 17.5 | $1.3M | −0.9% | #1,421 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Zapata County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Zapata County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 insurance agencies in Zapata County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. No official count is published for insurance agencies and brokerages in Zapata County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Zapata County, TX spend on vehicle insurance?
About $10.7M a year, or $2,341 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,565 households in Zapata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Zapata County, TX compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Zapata County has 17.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 12% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Zapata County would have about 9, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Zapata County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Zapata County at 13,753 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,565 households. Median household income in Zapata County is $39,239, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Zapata County scores 41 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,421 of 2,272 scored counties.
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