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Insurance agencies in Wadena County, MN
How Wadena County, MN 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 34 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,681 of 2,272 scored counties
#28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 10
- 2 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,836 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 16.4
- 5% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,388
- +1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wadena County spend about $11.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,836 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 insurance agencies, that is $1.1M per agency, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 10 insurance agencies on map listings in Wadena County as of September 2026. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 20%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 16.4, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 7 businesses with payroll in Wadena County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 869 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Wadena County grew 1.9% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Wadena County is 34 (lower middle), #1,681 of 2,272 scored counties and #28 of 66 scored counties in Minnesota.
How Wadena County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Wadena County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 16.4 | 17.3 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $951K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 869 | 737 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.9% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,836 | $1,649 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $61,467 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 34 | 22 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 7
- Employees, 2023
- 23
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 102 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 Wadena 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 Wadena County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,388+1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 6,081
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 536 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $61,467+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,288
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 5,599
- Daytime population
- 13,890Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cass County, MN | 75 | 5 | 3.9 | $4.7M | +4.2% | #326 of 2,272 |
| 2Isanti County, MN | 70 | 18 | 11.0 | $1.8M | +7.3% | #479 of 2,272 |
| 3Pine County, MN | 69 | 12 | 9.7 | $2M | +5.5% | #504 of 2,272 |
| 4Kanabec County, MN | 65 | 8 | 12.2 | $1.7M | +3.6% | #630 of 2,272 |
| 5Chisago County, MN | 62 | 20 | 9.4 | $2.1M | +4.3% | #719 of 2,272 |
| 6Aitkin County, MN | 61 | 6 | 8.3 | $2.1M | +3.5% | #748 of 2,272 |
| 7Sherburne County, MN | 59 | 36 | 10.1 | $1.9M | +6.8% | #801 of 2,272 |
| 8Mille Lacs County, MN | 56 | 13 | 12.2 | $1.6M | +4.8% | #917 of 2,272 |
| 9Dodge County, MN | 50 | 10 | 12.4 | $1.6M | +2.3% | #1,107 of 2,272 |
| 10Wright County, MN | 48 | 81 | 15.0 | $1.3M | +11.1% | #1,196 of 2,272 |
| 28Wadena County, MN | 34 | 10 | 16.4 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #1,681 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Wadena County, MN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 insurance agencies in Wadena County. 2 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Wadena County, MN spend on vehicle insurance?
About $11.2M a year, or $1,836 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,081 households in Wadena County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wadena County, MN compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Wadena County has 16.4 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.1M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Wadena County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 869 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Wadena County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Wadena County at 14,388 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 6,081 households. Median household income in Wadena County is $61,467, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Wadena County scores 34 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,681 of 2,272 scored counties.
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