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Insurance agencies in Wasco County, OR
How Wasco 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,903 of 2,272 scored counties
#27 of 27 scored counties 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
For insurance agencies, Wasco County has a Groundwork market score of 27 (lower middle): #1,903 of 2,272 scored counties and #27 of 27 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $2,067 per household (6% above the U.S. average), households in Wasco County spend about $21.8M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 23 insurance agencies, that is $949K per agency, 24% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
There are 23 insurance agencies on map listings in Wasco County as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 22%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 21.8 per 10,000 households, 40% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Wasco County was 12 in 2023. That is one for every 880 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wasco 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 | Wasco County | 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 | 27 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County
- 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 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 |
| 27Wasco County, OR | 27 | 23 | 21.8 | $949K | −1.1% | #1,903 of 2,272 |
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Questions
How many insurance agencies are in Wasco County, OR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 23 insurance agencies in Wasco County. 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 Wasco County, OR 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 Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
Wasco County 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 U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Wasco County 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 Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 27 for insurance agencies (lower middle), #1,903 of 2,272 scored counties.
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