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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Ashley County, AR

The mortgage brokers and lenders in Ashley County, AR, 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 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$89.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $12,198 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
230
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,831
−5.9% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Ashley County comes to about $89.7M a year: $12,198 per household, 27% below 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.

Ashley County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Ashley County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Ashley County declined 5.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, Ashley County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ashley County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Ashley County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureAshley CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.42.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)230182100
Households per official establishmentn/a6,7754,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.4%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$12,198$14,055$16,661
Median household income$44,266$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored62

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Ashley 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 Ashley County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,831−5.9% since 2020
Households
7,356
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
926 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$44,266−1.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$58,274
Median home value
$91,900
Jobs located here
5,531
Daytime population
17,238Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Arkansas

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The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Ashley County marked.

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR8081.6243+7.6%#33 of 887
2Washington County, AR78141.4266+9.9%#41 of 887
3Faulkner County, AR70112.2167+8.2%#118 of 887
4Sebastian County, AR6591.7206+2.2%#162 of 887
5Lonoke County, AR5872.5154+3.5%#275 of 887
6Benton County, AR53554.987+16.0%#393 of 887
7Garland County, AR49112.5138−0.6%#456 of 887
8Pope County, AR4883.3107+2.5%#474 of 887
9White County, AR48113.792+4.2%#480 of 887
10Craighead County, AR44184.189+4.8%#550 of 887
Ashley County, ARNot scored11.4230−5.9%

Other business types in Ashley County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Ashley County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 mortgage broker or lender in Ashley County. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Ashley County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Ashley County, AR spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $89.7M a year, or $12,198 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,356 households in Ashley County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Ashley County, AR compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

Ashley County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Ashley County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Ashley County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Ashley County at 17,831 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,356 households. Median household income in Ashley County is $44,266, 45% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median fell 1.1%, 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. Ashley County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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How the score works · Top markets for mortgage brokers and lenders · All 56 business types in Ashley County

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