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Insurance agencies in Cass County, ND

How Cass County, ND 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 24 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,989 of 2,272 scored counties
#7 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
165
23 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
136
−4.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$130.8M
On vehicle insurance · $1,558 a household
Spending per listing
$793K
37% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
19.7
26% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

For insurance agencies, Cass County has a Groundwork market score of 24 (low): #1,989 of 2,272 scored counties and #7 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

As of September 2026, map listings count 165 insurance agencies in Cass County. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 19.7 per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.

Households in Cass County spend about $130.8M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,558 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $793K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.

In 2023, official counts showed 136 businesses with payroll in Cass County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages, down 4.9% from 2019. That is one for every 617 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $500K have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cass County. Population estimates show Cass County grew 9.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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.

Insurance agencies in Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households19.717.715.6
Spending per listing$793K$994K$1.3M
Households per official establishment617512966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−4.9%−0.8%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,558$1,756$1,957
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score2423

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
143 → 136−4.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
888
Annual payroll, 2023
$69.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
16523 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
104The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$500K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across North Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in North Dakota for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in North Dakota, with Cass County marked.

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1McKenzie County, ND56610.0$2.1M+2.8%#899 of 2,272
2Williams County, ND43159.9$1.8M+1.4%#1,343 of 2,272
3Morton County, ND382215.8$1.3M+3.8%#1,529 of 2,272
4Grand Forks County, ND314313.7$1.1M+1.9%#1,774 of 2,272
5Burleigh County, ND257818.9$909K+4.7%#1,956 of 2,272
6Stark County, ND242317.0$1M+0.5%#1,973 of 2,272
7Cass County, ND2416519.7$793K+9.1%#1,989 of 2,272
8Barnes County, ND20816.3$1.2M−2.7%#2,068 of 2,272
9Ward County, ND194014.0$1.2M−2.4%#2,085 of 2,272
10Richland County, ND191420.4$888K+1.2%#2,098 of 2,272

Other business types in Cass County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Cass County, ND?

Cass County has 165 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 23 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 136 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 4.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on vehicle insurance?

About $130.8M a year, or $1,558 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 165 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $793K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Cass County, ND compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Cass County has 19.7 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $793K, 37% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Cass County would have about 104, against 165 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 617 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 4.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 24 for insurance agencies (low), #1,989 of 2,272 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for insurance agencies · All 56 business types in Cass County

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