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Insurance agencies in Columbia County, OR
How Columbia County, OR 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #562 of 2,272 scored counties
#2 of 27 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 25
- 8 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.6M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,273 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 52% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 54,091
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Columbia County spend about $47.6M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,273 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 25 insurance agencies, that is $1.9M per agency, 52% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Columbia County has 25 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 32%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 11.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Columbia County classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 1,395 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Columbia County.
Population estimates show Columbia County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Columbia County is 67 (upper middle), #562 of 2,272 scored counties and #2 of 27 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Columbia County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Columbia County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.9 | 14.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,395 | 1,045 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,273 | $1,871 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $87,458 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 82
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 258 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 38The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $50K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Columbia 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 Columbia County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 54,091+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,928
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 659 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $87,458+40.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $100,740
- Median home value
- $421,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,194
- Daytime population
- 38,631Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Polk County, OR | 72 | 27 | 8.2 | $2.5M | +2.3% | #409 of 2,272 |
| 2Columbia County, OR | 67 | 25 | 11.9 | $1.9M | +2.6% | #562 of 2,272 |
| 3Lincoln County, OR | 64 | 18 | 7.8 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #649 of 2,272 |
| 4Crook County, OR | 63 | 12 | 11.1 | $2M | +10.6% | #687 of 2,272 |
| 5Linn County, OR | 62 | 66 | 13.0 | $1.6M | +3.0% | #730 of 2,272 |
| 6Klamath County, OR | 61 | 34 | 11.7 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #762 of 2,272 |
| 7Coos County, OR | 58 | 24 | 8.4 | $2.2M | −1.5% | #829 of 2,272 |
| 8Tillamook County, OR | 58 | 11 | 9.2 | $2M | −0.3% | #832 of 2,272 |
| 9Benton County, OR | 57 | 51 | 13.2 | $1.4M | +4.4% | #886 of 2,272 |
| 10Douglas County, OR | 56 | 51 | 10.7 | $1.9M | +0.6% | #903 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Columbia County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Columbia County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 insurance agencies in Columbia County. 8 of them (32%) 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 Columbia County, OR spend on vehicle insurance?
About $47.6M a year, or $2,273 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.9M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 20,928 households in Columbia County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Columbia County, OR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Columbia County has 11.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.9M, 52% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Columbia County would have about 38, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,395 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is Columbia County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Columbia County at 54,091 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,928 households. Median household income in Columbia County is $87,458, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.5%, 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. Columbia County scores 67 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #562 of 2,272 scored counties.
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