Real estate · Metro area · Colorado
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Grand Junction, CO metro area
How the Grand Junction, CO metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #356 of 373 scored metro areas
#6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado
- Listings
- 72
- 7 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 31
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $1.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,281 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 40
- 60% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 10.9
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,845
- +4.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Grand Junction metro area is 29 (lower middle), #356 of 373 scored metro areas and #6 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Households in the Grand Junction metro area spend about $1.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,281 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 60% below 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.
The Grand Junction metro area has 72 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 7 are chain locations, or 10%, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 10.9, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Grand Junction metro area was 31 in 2023. That is one for every 2,124 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Grand Junction metro area grew 4.4% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Grand Junction metro area compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Grand Junction metro area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 10.9 | 7.6 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 40 | 65 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 2,124 | 2,512 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.4% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.4% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,281 | $19,501 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,658 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 31
- Employees, 2023
- 227
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 727 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 29The 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 the Grand Junction 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 Grand Junction metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,845+4.4% since 2020
- Households
- 65,830
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,329 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $73,658+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,145
- Median home value
- $378,600
- Jobs located here
- 65,394
- Daytime population
- 156,691Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Greeley, CO | 75 | 47 | 3.8 | 129 | +14.2% | #18 of 373 |
| 2Pueblo, CO | 51 | 26 | 3.8 | 111 | +0.6% | #175 of 373 |
| 3Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | 37 | 113 | 7.3 | 67 | +4.8% | #300 of 373 |
| 4Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 35 | 1,106 | 9.1 | 58 | +4.1% | #321 of 373 |
| 5Colorado Springs, CO | 33 | 228 | 7.5 | 64 | +3.1% | #339 of 373 |
| 6Grand Junction, CO | 29 | 72 | 10.9 | 40 | +4.4% | #356 of 373 |
| 7Boulder, CO | 27 | 100 | 7.3 | 72 | −0.7% | #362 of 373 |
Other business types in the Grand Junction metro area
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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers33
- Property management57
- Mortgage brokers and lenders29
- Home inspectors33
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Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Grand Junction, CO metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 72 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Grand Junction metro area. 7 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 31 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Grand Junction, CO metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.1B a year, or $17,281 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 72 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 60% below 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 65,830 households in the Grand Junction metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Grand Junction, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Grand Junction metro area has 10.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 40, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Grand Junction metro area would have about 29, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,124 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Grand Junction, CO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Grand Junction metro area at 162,845 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 65,830 households. Median household income in the Grand Junction metro area is $73,658, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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 Grand Junction metro area scores 29 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #356 of 373 scored metro areas.
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