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Insurance agencies in Barbour County, WV
How Barbour County, WV 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 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #583 of 2,272 scored counties
#12 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 7
- 2 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $15.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,563 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 79% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.4
- 27% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 15,414
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Barbour County spend about $15.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,563 per household, 31% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 7 insurance agencies on map listings in Barbour County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 11.4 per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for insurance agencies and brokerages in Barbour County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Barbour County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Barbour County scores 66 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #583 of 2,272 scored counties and #12 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Barbour County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Barbour County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.4 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 1,144 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,563 | $2,331 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $51,394 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 61 |
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
- 72 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Barbour 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 Barbour County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,414−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,152
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 341 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $51,394+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,313
- Median home value
- $131,900
- Jobs located here
- 4,127
- Daytime population
- 13,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, WV | 92 | 41 | 8.0 | $3.4M | +13.7% | #32 of 2,272 |
| 2Morgan County, WV | 92 | 7 | 9.5 | $3M | +5.5% | #36 of 2,272 |
| 3Jefferson County, WV | 86 | 28 | 12.3 | $2.3M | +9.2% | #118 of 2,272 |
| 4Hampshire County, WV | 79 | 11 | 12.7 | $2.1M | +4.4% | #251 of 2,272 |
| 5Preston County, WV | 75 | 9 | 7.0 | $3.6M | −0.6% | #327 of 2,272 |
| 6Mineral County, WV | 70 | 12 | 10.8 | $2.3M | −0.4% | #462 of 2,272 |
| 7Wyoming County, WV | 69 | 5 | 6.2 | $3.9M | −7.1% | #485 of 2,272 |
| 8Lincoln County, WV | 67 | 6 | 7.8 | $2.9M | −5.8% | #537 of 2,272 |
| 9Mason County, WV | 67 | 10 | 9.8 | $2.6M | −2.7% | #546 of 2,272 |
| 10Wayne County, WV | 67 | 14 | 8.9 | $2.6M | −4.0% | #547 of 2,272 |
| 12Barbour County, WV | 66 | 7 | 11.4 | $2.3M | −0.3% | #583 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Barbour 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 Barbour County, WV?
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 insurance agencies in Barbour County. 2 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. No official count is published for insurance agencies and brokerages in Barbour County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Barbour County, WV spend on vehicle insurance?
About $15.8M a year, or $2,563 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,152 households in Barbour County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barbour County, WV compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Barbour County has 11.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 27% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.3M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Barbour County would have about 13, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Barbour County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Barbour County at 15,414 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,152 households. Median household income in Barbour County is $51,394, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, 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. Barbour County scores 66 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #583 of 2,272 scored counties.
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