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Insurance agencies in The Dalles, OR area
The insurance agencies in The Dalles, OR area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #430 of 537 scored small-town markets
#12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon
- Listings
- 23
- 5 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.8M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,067 a household
- Spending per listing
- $949K
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 21.8
- 40% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Dalles area scores 31 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for insurance agencies, ranking #430 of 537 scored small-town markets and #12 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 insurance agencies in The Dalles area. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 21.8, 40% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Household spending on vehicle insurance in The Dalles area comes to about $21.8M a year: $2,067 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $949K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in The Dalles area classed as insurance agencies and brokerages. That is one for every 880 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of The Dalles area declined 1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How The Dalles area 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 | The Dalles area | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 21.8 | 14.0 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $949K | $1.3M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 880 | 1,045 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −8.8% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,067 | $1,871 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12
- Employees, 2023
- 47
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 235 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 17The 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 The Dalles 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 Dalles area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Newport, OR | 69 | 18 | 7.8 | $2.3M | +0.3% | #107 of 537 |
| 2Klamath Falls, OR | 67 | 34 | 11.7 | $1.7M | +0.9% | #128 of 537 |
| 3Hermiston-Pendleton, OR | 66 | 39 | 11.8 | $1.9M | +1.8% | #135 of 537 |
| 4Coos Bay-North Bend, OR | 64 | 24 | 8.4 | $2.2M | −1.5% | #141 of 537 |
| 5Roseburg, OR | 63 | 51 | 10.7 | $1.9M | +0.6% | #152 of 537 |
| 6Brookings, OR | 56 | 8 | 7.2 | $2.7M | −3.8% | #207 of 537 |
| 7Ontario, OR-ID | 56 | 31 | 15.5 | $1.4M | +5.0% | #212 of 537 |
| 8Baker City, OR | 51 | 8 | 10.9 | $1.9M | −0.4% | #252 of 537 |
| 9Astoria, OR | 42 | 26 | 14.5 | $1.2M | −0.6% | #337 of 537 |
| 10La Grande, OR | 40 | 16 | 14.7 | $1.4M | −1.0% | #351 of 537 |
| 12The Dalles, OR | 31 | 23 | 21.8 | $949K | −1.1% | #430 of 537 |
Other business types in The Dalles area
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 The Dalles, OR area?
There are 23 insurance agencies on map listings in The Dalles area as of September 2026. 5 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in The Dalles, OR area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $21.8M a year, or $2,067 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $949K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,563 households in The Dalles area and national spending patterns by income.
How does The Dalles, OR area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Dalles area has 21.8 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $949K, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, The Dalles area would have about 17, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 880 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is The Dalles, OR area growing?
Population estimates put The Dalles area at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. The median household income in The Dalles area is $64,175 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 20.9% 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 Dalles area scores 31 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #430 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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