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Insurance agencies in the Tahlequah, OK area
How the Tahlequah, OK area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for insurance agencies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 85 out of 100: High
Ranked #33 of 537 scored small-town markets
#1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 22
- 6 chain locations (27%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,515 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 70% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.8
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Tahlequah area scores 85 (high) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #33 of 537 scored small-town markets and #1 of 17 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for insurance agencies.
As of September 2026, map listings count 22 insurance agencies in the Tahlequah area. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 27%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 11.8, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in the Tahlequah area spend about $47M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,515 per household, 29% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per agency, 70% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Tahlequah area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 1,700 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $486K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Tahlequah area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Tahlequah area grew 4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Tahlequah area compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Tahlequah area | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.8 | 21.2 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $1.2M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,700 | 713 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,515 | $2,526 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 85 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 226 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $486K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Tahlequah area, 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 the Tahlequah area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tahlequah, OK | 85 | 22 | 11.8 | $2.1M | +4.5% | #33 of 537 |
| 2Durant, OK | 63 | 29 | 15.8 | $1.6M | +10.9% | #158 of 537 |
| 3Miami, OK | 62 | 20 | 16.8 | $1.5M | +0.7% | #167 of 537 |
| 4Elk City, OK | 61 | 9 | 11.0 | $2.2M | −0.7% | #169 of 537 |
| 5Bartlesville, OK | 59 | 34 | 16.2 | $1.6M | +2.7% | #191 of 537 |
| 6Altus, OK | 53 | 14 | 14.3 | $1.7M | +0.1% | #230 of 537 |
| 7Ada, OK | 53 | 26 | 17.2 | $1.4M | +1.2% | #235 of 537 |
| 8Shawnee, OK | 53 | 52 | 19.3 | $1.4M | +3.5% | #239 of 537 |
| 9Duncan, OK | 53 | 45 | 25.6 | $1M | +3.4% | #241 of 537 |
| 10Muskogee, OK | 51 | 46 | 17.9 | $1.3M | +0.7% | #258 of 537 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in the Tahlequah, OK area?
The Tahlequah area has 22 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (27%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Tahlequah, OK area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $47M a year, or $2,515 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in the Tahlequah area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Tahlequah, OK area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Tahlequah area has 11.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.1M, 70% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Tahlequah area would have about 37, against 22 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,700 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the Tahlequah, OK area growing?
Population estimates put the Tahlequah area at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in the Tahlequah area is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Tahlequah area scores 85 for insurance agencies (high), #33 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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