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Insurance agencies in the Mitchell, SD area
The insurance agencies in the Mitchell, SD area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #489 of 537 scored small-town markets
#6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota
- Listings
- 27
- 6 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +41.7% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On vehicle insurance · $1,837 a household
- Spending per listing
- $747K
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 25,913
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for insurance agencies in the Mitchell area is 20 (low), #489 of 537 scored small-town markets and #6 of 9 scored small-town markets based in South Dakota. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Households in the Mitchell area spend about $20.2M a year on vehicle insurance, or $1,837 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. That is about $747K of household spending for each agency on map listings, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Mitchell area has 27 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 6 are chain locations, or 22%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 24.6, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Mitchell area was 36 in 2023, up 41.7% from 2019. That is one for every 305 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Mitchell area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Mitchell area 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.
| Measure | Mitchell area | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 19.1 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $747K | $957K | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 305 | 491 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +41.7% | +3.0% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $1,837 | $1,827 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $69,101 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36+41.7% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 162
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 276 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Mitchell 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 Mitchell area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,913+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 10,977
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 1,440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 18
- Median household income
- $69,101
- Average household income
- $87,541
- Median home value
- $197,700
- Jobs located here
- 13,823
- Daytime population
- 25,767Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spearfish, SD | 38 | 23 | 19.1 | $943K | +14.0% | #374 of 537 |
| 2Brookings, SD | 37 | 28 | 20.3 | $898K | +9.6% | #387 of 537 |
| 3Huron, SD | 30 | 14 | 18.6 | $1M | +2.4% | #436 of 537 |
| 4Watertown, SD | 27 | 32 | 25.5 | $726K | +4.3% | #455 of 537 |
| 5Yankton, SD | 21 | 29 | 29.9 | $598K | +1.5% | #483 of 537 |
| 6Mitchell, SD | 20 | 27 | 24.6 | $747K | +0.6% | #489 of 537 |
| 7Vermillion, SD | 17 | 13 | 23.4 | $705K | +0.2% | #510 of 537 |
| 8Aberdeen, SD | 11 | 47 | 26.2 | $660K | −1.5% | #527 of 537 |
| 9Pierre, SD | 11 | 25 | 29.3 | $579K | −0.5% | #529 of 537 |
Other business types in the Mitchell 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 Mitchell, SD area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 insurance agencies in the Mitchell area. 6 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023, up 41.7% from 2019.
How much do households in the Mitchell, SD area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $20.2M a year, or $1,837 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $747K per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 10,977 households in the Mitchell area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Mitchell, SD area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Mitchell area has 24.6 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $747K, 41% below the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Mitchell area would have about 16, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 305 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S. The official count rose 41.7% from 2019 to 2023, against −1.0% for the U.S.
How fast is the Mitchell, SD area growing?
Population estimates put the Mitchell area at 25,913 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,977 households. Median household income in the Mitchell area is $69,101, 14% 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. 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 Mitchell area scores 20 for insurance agencies (low), #489 of 537 scored small-town markets.
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