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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Covington County, AL
The mortgage brokers and lenders in Covington County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 2 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $195.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,366 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 251
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 37,947
- +1.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 mortgage brokers and lenders in Covington County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
At $13,366 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Covington County spend about $195.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Covington County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Covington County grew 1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, Covington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Covington County compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Covington County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 251 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,863 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.8% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.2% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,366 | $14,375 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $52,456 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 22 chain locations
- 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 mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Covington 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 Covington County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,947+1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 14,642
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,031 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $52,456+24.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,062
- Median home value
- $152,100
- Jobs located here
- 11,850
- Daytime population
- 35,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Limestone County, AL | 83 | 7 | 1.7 | 238 | +18.0% | #19 of 887 |
| 2St. Clair County, AL | 72 | 7 | 2.0 | 190 | +7.1% | #94 of 887 |
| 3Elmore County, AL | 68 | 7 | 2.1 | 181 | +4.2% | #134 of 887 |
| 4Tuscaloosa County, AL | 66 | 24 | 2.7 | 138 | +3.8% | #161 of 887 |
| 5Morgan County, AL | 65 | 13 | 2.7 | 142 | +2.6% | #172 of 887 |
| 6Houston County, AL | 62 | 10 | 2.3 | 154 | +2.8% | #215 of 887 |
| 7Lauderdale County, AL | 59 | 11 | 2.8 | 130 | +3.3% | #266 of 887 |
| 8Talladega County, AL | 57 | 7 | 2.1 | 165 | +0.3% | #288 of 887 |
| 9Marshall County, AL | 52 | 13 | 3.6 | 102 | +6.0% | #400 of 887 |
| 10Cullman County, AL | 50 | 11 | 3.1 | 116 | +6.7% | #441 of 887 |
| Covington County, AL | Not scored | 2 | 1.4 | 251 | +1.2% |
Other business types in Covington County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
- Real estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers49
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Covington County, AL?
There are 2 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Covington County as of September 2026. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Covington County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Covington County, AL spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $195.7M a year, or $13,366 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,642 households in Covington County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Covington County, AL compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Covington County has 2 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Covington County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Covington County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Covington County at 37,947 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 14,642 households. The median household income in Covington County is $52,456 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Covington County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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