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Insurance agencies in Deschutes County, OR
How Deschutes 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,119 of 2,272 scored counties
#15 of 27 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 135
- 33 chain locations (24%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- −9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $177.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,087 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 15.9
- 2% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,072
- +6.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 135 insurance agencies in Deschutes County. Chain locations make up 24% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 15.9 for every 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Households in Deschutes County spend about $177.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $2,087 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 135 insurance agencies, that is $1.3M per agency, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Deschutes County in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 944 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Deschutes County.
Population estimates show Deschutes County grew 6.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in Deschutes County is 50 (upper middle), #1,119 of 2,272 scored counties and #15 of 27 scored counties in Oregon.
How Deschutes 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 | Deschutes County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 15.9 | 14.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 944 | 1,045 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −9.1% | −8.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.8% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,087 | $1,871 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $92,758 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 99 → 90−9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 316
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $18.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13533 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 141The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Deschutes 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 Deschutes County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,072+6.8% since 2020
- Households
- 84,933
- Median age
- 43.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 3,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $92,758+38.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,342
- Median home value
- $650,900
- Jobs located here
- 90,452
- Daytime population
- 205,098Residents 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 |
| 15Deschutes County, OR | 50 | 135 | 15.9 | $1.3M | +6.8% | #1,119 of 2,272 |
Other business types in Deschutes County
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Deschutes County, OR?
Deschutes County has 135 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 33 of them (24%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, down 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in Deschutes County, OR spend on vehicle insurance?
About $177.2M a year, or $2,087 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 135 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 84,933 households in Deschutes County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Deschutes County, OR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Deschutes County has 15.9 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 2% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $1.3M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Deschutes County would have about 141, against 135 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 944 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count fell 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is Deschutes County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Deschutes County at 213,072 people in 2025, up 6.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 84,933 households. The median household income in Deschutes County is $92,758 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.4% 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. 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. Deschutes County scores 50 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #1,119 of 2,272 scored counties.
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