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Insurance agencies in Charles Mix County, SD

The insurance agencies in Charles Mix County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6M
On vehicle insurance · $1,985 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
6.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
9,303
−0.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 insurance agencies in Charles Mix County. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households.

At $1,985 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Charles Mix County spend about $6M a year on vehicle insurance. Spread across 2 insurance agencies, that is $3M per agency.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in Charles Mix County was 13 in 2023. That is one for every 233 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Charles Mix County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Charles Mix County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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.

Insurance agencies in Charles Mix County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCharles Mix CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.619.115.6
Spending per listing$3M$957K$1.3M
Households per official establishment233491966
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.0%−1.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.5%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle insurance$1,985$1,827$1,957
Median household income$64,038$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored29

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 13
Employees, 2023
45
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Charles Mix 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 Charles Mix County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,303−0.5% since 2020
Households
3,032
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
1,097 sq. mi.
People per square mile
8
Median household income
$64,038
Average household income
$84,687
Median home value
$170,600
Jobs located here
3,366
Daytime population
9,404Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Insurance agencies across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for insurance agencies, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Charles Mix County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for insurance agencies by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Meade County, SD571310.9$1.9M+2.7%#869 of 2,272
2Union County, SD361115.0$1.3M+3.3%#1,604 of 2,272
3Lawrence County, SD352319.1$943K+14.0%#1,663 of 2,272
4Brookings County, SD342820.3$898K+9.6%#1,696 of 2,272
5Lincoln County, SD325419.4$961K+17.5%#1,760 of 2,272
6Minnehaha County, SD3114817.4$953K+7.6%#1,783 of 2,272
7Pennington County, SD298518.3$966K+6.6%#1,845 of 2,272
8Butte County, SD291023.2$883K+5.5%#1,849 of 2,272
9Beadle County, SD261418.6$1M+2.4%#1,924 of 2,272
10Codington County, SD243225.5$726K+4.3%#1,993 of 2,272
Charles Mix County, SDNot scored26.6$3M−0.5%

Other business types in Charles Mix County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many insurance agencies are in Charles Mix County, SD?

Charles Mix County has 2 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.

How much do households in Charles Mix County, SD spend on vehicle insurance?

About $6M a year, or $1,985 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $3M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 3,032 households in Charles Mix County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Charles Mix County, SD compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?

Charles Mix County has 2 insurance agencies on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, Charles Mix County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 233 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.

How fast is Charles Mix County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Charles Mix County at 9,303 people in 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,032 households. The median household income in Charles Mix County is $64,038 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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