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Insurance agencies in Nelson County, VA
How Nelson County, VA compares with other counties and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,830 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6M
- 4.8 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.7
- 70% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,920
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Nelson County comes to about $18M a year: $2,830 per household, 45% above the U.S. average. That is about $6M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 4.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 3 insurance agencies on map listings in Nelson County as of September 2026. That comes to 4.7 for every 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for insurance agencies and brokerages in Nelson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nelson County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 insurance agencies on map listings, Nelson County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Nelson County compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Nelson County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.7 | 12.5 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $6M | $2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,234 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.4% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,830 | $2,545 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $72,589 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 83 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Nelson 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 Nelson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,920+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 6,364
- Median age
- 49.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 471 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $72,589+12.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,122
- Median home value
- $321,700
- Jobs located here
- 3,841
- Daytime population
- 12,142Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Louisa County, VA | 98 | 10 | 6.4 | $5M | +13.6% | #1 of 2,272 |
| 2Stafford County, VA | 97 | 26 | 5.0 | $6.1M | +8.3% | #3 of 2,272 |
| 3King William County, VA | 97 | 6 | 8.2 | $3.9M | +9.5% | #5 of 2,272 |
| 4King George County, VA | 96 | 9 | 8.9 | $3.4M | +10.5% | #10 of 2,272 |
| 5Rockingham County, VA | 95 | 16 | 4.9 | $6.2M | +6.6% | #13 of 2,272 |
| 6Frederick County, VA | 95 | 22 | 6.2 | $4.7M | +8.8% | #15 of 2,272 |
| 7Orange County, VA | 95 | 11 | 7.4 | $4M | +10.1% | #17 of 2,272 |
| 8Spotsylvania County, VA | 95 | 44 | 8.4 | $3.6M | +10.5% | #19 of 2,272 |
| 9Dinwiddie County, VA | 94 | 6 | 5.6 | $5.8M | +3.6% | #22 of 2,272 |
| 10Caroline County, VA | 94 | 7 | 5.8 | $5.3M | +11.3% | #23 of 2,272 |
| Nelson County, VA | Not scored | 3 | 4.7 | $6M | +1.2% |
Other business types in Nelson 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 Nelson County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 insurance agencies in Nelson County. The listings count insurance agencies. No official count is published for insurance agencies and brokerages in Nelson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Nelson County, VA spend on vehicle insurance?
About $18M a year, or $2,830 per household. That is 45% above the U.S. average (an index of 145, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,364 households in Nelson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nelson County, VA compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Nelson County has 4.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 70% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $6M, 4.8 times the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Nelson County would have about 14, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Nelson County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Nelson County at 14,920 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,364 households. Median household income in Nelson County is $72,589, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 12.9%, 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. Nelson County has no market score for insurance agencies: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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