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Insurance agencies in Walsh County, ND
The insurance agencies in Walsh County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 16 out of 100: Low
Ranked #2,158 of 2,272 scored counties
#11 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,877 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1M
- 18% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 18.2
- 17% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 10,179
- −3.3% since 2020
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What this means
Walsh County scores 16 (low) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #2,158 of 2,272 scored counties and #11 of 13 scored counties in North Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 insurance agencies in Walsh County. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 18.2 for every 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Walsh County spend about $8.3M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,877 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 insurance agencies, that is $1M per agency, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Walsh County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 293 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Walsh County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Walsh 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.
| Measure | Walsh County | North Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 18.2 | 17.7 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1M | $994K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 293 | 512 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +2.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,877 | $1,756 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $71,944 | $76,657 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 16 | 23 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 82 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Walsh 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 Walsh County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,179−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 4,400
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,282 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 8
- Median household income
- $71,944+29.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,230
- Median home value
- $132,700
- Jobs located here
- 4,797
- Daytime population
- 10,251Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1McKenzie County, ND | 56 | 6 | 10.0 | $2.1M | +2.8% | #899 of 2,272 |
| 2Williams County, ND | 43 | 15 | 9.9 | $1.8M | +1.4% | #1,343 of 2,272 |
| 3Morton County, ND | 38 | 22 | 15.8 | $1.3M | +3.8% | #1,529 of 2,272 |
| 4Grand Forks County, ND | 31 | 43 | 13.7 | $1.1M | +1.9% | #1,774 of 2,272 |
| 5Burleigh County, ND | 25 | 78 | 18.9 | $909K | +4.7% | #1,956 of 2,272 |
| 6Stark County, ND | 24 | 23 | 17.0 | $1M | +0.5% | #1,973 of 2,272 |
| 7Cass County, ND | 24 | 165 | 19.7 | $793K | +9.1% | #1,989 of 2,272 |
| 8Barnes County, ND | 20 | 8 | 16.3 | $1.2M | −2.7% | #2,068 of 2,272 |
| 9Ward County, ND | 19 | 40 | 14.0 | $1.2M | −2.4% | #2,085 of 2,272 |
| 10Richland County, ND | 19 | 14 | 20.4 | $888K | +1.2% | #2,098 of 2,272 |
| 11Walsh County, ND | 16 | 8 | 18.2 | $1M | −3.3% | #2,158 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Walsh 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 Walsh County, ND?
There are 8 insurance agencies on map listings in Walsh County as of September 2026. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in Walsh County, ND spend on vehicle insurance?
About $8.3M a year, or $1,877 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,400 households in Walsh County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Walsh County, ND compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Walsh County has 18.2 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 17% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Walsh County would have about 7, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 293 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Walsh County, ND growing?
Population estimates put Walsh County at 10,179 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,400 households. The median household income in Walsh County is $71,944 a year, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.2% 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. Walsh County scores 16 for insurance agencies (low), #2,158 of 2,272 scored counties.
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