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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Tulare County, CA
The mortgage brokers and lenders in Tulare County, CA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #263 of 887 scored counties
#8 of 42 scored counties in California
- Listings
- 43
- 8 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 29
- −3.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.5B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,145 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 146
- 46% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 485,146
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Tulare County comes to about $2.5B a year: $17,145 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 46% above the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
Tulare County has 43 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (19%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.0, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Tulare County in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,938 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Tulare County grew 2.4% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Tulare County scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #263 of 887 scored counties and #8 of 42 scored counties in California.
How Tulare County compares
The same measures for California 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 | Tulare County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 146 | 80 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 4,938 | 2,973 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.3% | −0.8% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,145 | $19,977 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,300 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 30 → 29−3.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 187
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 438 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 63The 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 Tulare 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 Tulare County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 485,146+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 143,195
- Median age
- 32.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 4,824 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $71,300+43.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,178
- Median home value
- $330,100
- Jobs located here
- 170,584
- Daytime population
- 466,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kings County, CA | 71 | 8 | 1.8 | 240 | +1.0% | #102 of 887 |
| 2Merced County, CA | 71 | 26 | 3.0 | 141 | +5.1% | #111 of 887 |
| 3Tuolumne County, CA | 64 | 5 | 2.2 | 208 | −4.0% | #181 of 887 |
| 4San Francisco County, CA | 64 | 116 | 3.2 | 183 | −5.6% | #184 of 887 |
| 5Madera County, CA | 64 | 14 | 3.1 | 146 | +7.4% | #188 of 887 |
| 6Calaveras County, CA | 62 | 7 | 3.8 | 123 | +2.8% | #222 of 887 |
| 7Alameda County, CA | 59 | 231 | 3.9 | 148 | −2.6% | #262 of 887 |
| 8Tulare County, CA | 59 | 43 | 3.0 | 146 | +2.4% | #263 of 887 |
| 9San Benito County, CA | 59 | 11 | 5.3 | 101 | +8.6% | #271 of 887 |
| 10San Mateo County, CA | 58 | 98 | 3.7 | 166 | −2.5% | #273 of 887 |
Other business types in Tulare 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 estate56
- Real estate agents and brokers62
- Property management57
- Mortgage brokers and lenders59
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Tulare County, CA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 mortgage brokers and lenders in Tulare County. 8 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 29 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, down 3.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Tulare County, CA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.5B a year, or $17,145 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 43 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 46% above the U.S. figure. 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 143,195 households in Tulare County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Tulare County, CA compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Tulare County has 3.0 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 146, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Tulare County would have about 63, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,938 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.
How fast is Tulare County, CA growing?
Population estimates put Tulare County at 485,146 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 143,195 households. Median household income in Tulare County is $71,300, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.5%, 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. Tulare County scores 59 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #263 of 887 scored counties.
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