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Insurance agencies in Marshall County, WV
The insurance agencies in Marshall County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #548 of 2,272 scored counties
#11 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 11
- 2 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,256 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- Twice the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.8
- 44% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 29,159
- −4.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 insurance agencies in Marshall County. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.8 per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Marshall County comes to about $28.2M a year: $2,256 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 insurance agencies, that is $2.6M per agency, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Marshall County in 2023. That is one for every 3,122 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marshall County declined 4.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Marshall County is 67 (upper middle), #548 of 2,272 scored counties and #11 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Marshall 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 | Marshall County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.8 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,122 | 1,144 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.4% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,256 | $2,331 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $59,169 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 112 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Marshall 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 Marshall County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,159−4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,487
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 305 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 98
- Median household income
- $59,169+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,395
- Median home value
- $149,800
- Jobs located here
- 10,039
- Daytime population
- 26,807Residents 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 |
| 11Marshall County, WV | 67 | 11 | 8.8 | $2.6M | −4.4% | #548 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Marshall 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 Marshall County, WV?
Marshall County has 11 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Marshall County, WV spend on vehicle insurance?
About $28.2M a year, or $2,256 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.6M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,487 households in Marshall County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marshall County, WV compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Marshall County has 8.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 44% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.6M, twice the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Marshall County would have about 22, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,122 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Marshall County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Marshall County at 29,159 people in 2025, down 4.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,487 households. The median household income in Marshall County is $59,169 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. Marshall County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #548 of 2,272 scored counties.
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