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Insurance agencies in Roane County, WV
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in Roane County, WV, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,057 of 2,272 scored counties
#24 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $12.1M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,115 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 60% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.5
- 33% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,317
- −4.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle insurance in Roane County comes to about $12.1M a year: $2,115 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each agency on map listings, 60% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Roane County has 6 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 50%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 10.5 per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Roane County in 2023. That is one for every 1,141 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Roane County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Roane County scores 51 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #1,057 of 2,272 scored counties and #24 of 42 scored counties in West Virginia.
How Roane 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 | Roane County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.5 | 14.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $1.6M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,141 | 1,144 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.9% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.8% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,115 | $2,331 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $45,778 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 61 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $363K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 Roane 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 Roane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,317−4.8% since 2020
- Households
- 5,704
- Median age
- 46.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 484 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 29
- Median household income
- $45,778+22.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,771
- Median home value
- $122,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,008
- Daytime population
- 12,017Residents 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 |
| 24Roane County, WV | 51 | 6 | 10.5 | $2M | −4.8% | #1,057 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Roane 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 Roane County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 insurance agencies in Roane County. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Roane County, WV spend on vehicle insurance?
About $12.1M a year, or $2,115 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,704 households in Roane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Roane County, WV compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Roane County has 10.5 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2M, 60% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Roane County would have about 10, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,141 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Roane County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Roane County at 13,317 people in 2025, down 4.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,704 households. Median household income in Roane County is $45,778, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.5%, 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. Roane County scores 51 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,057 of 2,272 scored counties.
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