Kenshin put enormous wealth to good use and showed good results due to his civil administration, Sukemasa OTA highly evaluated him as 'a good feudal lord as people's standard of living in Echigo Province improved dramatically after Kenshin became a feudal lord.'
豊富な資金力を生かして民政面でも成果を上げており、太田資正は、｢謙信の代になって越後の民衆の生活水準が劇的に向上しており、民を慈しむ優秀な領主である｣と高い評価を下している。