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Insurance agencies in the Walla Walla, WA metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for insurance agencies in the Walla Walla, WA metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 387 scored metro areas
#4 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington
- Listings
- 21
- 4 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $46.9M
- On vehicle insurance · $2,000 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.0
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 62,361
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $2,000 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in the Walla Walla metro area spend about $46.9M a year on vehicle insurance. That works out to $2.2M per agency, 78% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M.
The Walla Walla metro area has 21 insurance agencies on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 9.0 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 15.6.
Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in the Walla Walla metro area in 2023. That is one for every 1,563 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Walla Walla metro area declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For insurance agencies, the Walla Walla metro area has a Groundwork market score of 70 (upper middle): #75 of 387 scored metro areas and #4 of 11 scored metro areas based in Washington. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Walla Walla metro area compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Walla Walla metro area | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.0 | 12.6 | 15.6 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.5M | $1.3M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,563 | 1,180 | 966 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −4.3% | −1.0% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle insurance | $2,000 | $1,917 | $1,957 |
| Median household income | $74,202 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15
- Employees, 2023
- 75
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 214 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 37The 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 Walla Walla metro 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 Walla Walla metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 62,361−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 23,447
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,270 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 49
- Median household income
- $74,202+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $98,236
- Median home value
- $408,900
- Jobs located here
- 26,913
- Daytime population
- 66,232Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 77 | 105 | 9.7 | $2.1M | +2.7% | #48 of 387 |
| 2Longview-Kelso, WA | 77 | 46 | 10.5 | $2M | +3.5% | #50 of 387 |
| 3Bellingham, WA | 71 | 104 | 11.1 | $1.8M | +3.9% | #72 of 387 |
| 4Walla Walla, WA | 70 | 21 | 9.0 | $2.2M | −0.4% | #75 of 387 |
| 5Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | 64 | 158 | 13.3 | $1.5M | +2.8% | #110 of 387 |
| 6Kennewick-Richland, WA | 64 | 163 | 15.1 | $1.4M | +6.5% | #111 of 387 |
| 7Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 63 | 72 | 13.8 | $1.6M | +2.4% | #116 of 387 |
| 8Yakima, WA | 61 | 114 | 13.0 | $1.7M | +1.0% | #125 of 387 |
| 9Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 56 | 2,039 | 12.7 | $1.4M | +3.3% | #154 of 387 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 53 | 39 | 14.6 | $1.5M | +1.5% | #169 of 387 |
Other business types in the Walla Walla metro 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 Walla Walla, WA metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 insurance agencies in the Walla Walla metro area. 4 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count insurance agencies. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as insurance agencies and brokerages in 2023.
How much do households in the Walla Walla, WA metro area spend on vehicle insurance?
About $46.9M a year, or $2,000 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 insurance agencies on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per agency. It is estimated from the incomes of the 23,447 households in the Walla Walla metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Walla Walla, WA metro area compare with the U.S. for insurance agencies?
The Walla Walla metro area has 9.0 insurance agencies per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 15.6. Spending per agency is $2.2M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $1.3M. At the U.S. ratio of insurance agencies to household spending, the Walla Walla metro area would have about 37, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,563 households, against one for every 966 across the U.S.
How fast is the Walla Walla, WA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Walla Walla metro area at 62,361 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 23,447 households. Median household income in the Walla Walla metro area is $74,202, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, 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. The Walla Walla metro area scores 70 for insurance agencies (upper middle), #75 of 387 scored metro areas.
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