Real estate · Metro area · Georgia
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Albany, GA metro area
How the Albany, GA 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #218 of 373 scored metro areas
#11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia
- Listings
- 9
- 8 chain locations (89%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $776.2M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,455 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 221
- 2.2 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 63% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 145,510
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Albany metro area. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 63% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Albany metro area comes to about $776.2M a year: $13,455 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Albany metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Albany metro area declined 1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Albany metro area scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #218 of 373 scored metro areas and #11 of 13 scored metro areas based in Georgia.
How the Albany metro area compares
The same measures for Georgia 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 | Albany metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 221 | 102 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,619 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.0% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,455 | $15,525 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $56,906 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 49 |
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
- 98 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Albany 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 Albany metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 145,510−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 57,689
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 56%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,591 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $56,906+26.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,184
- Median home value
- $157,300
- Jobs located here
- 56,961
- Daytime population
- 147,829Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rome, GA | 66 | 5 | 1.4 | 271 | +2.8% | #49 of 373 |
| 2Gainesville, GA | 64 | 15 | 2.0 | 198 | +11.4% | #62 of 373 |
| 3Warner Robins, GA | 64 | 24 | 3.2 | 121 | +8.2% | #68 of 373 |
| 4Valdosta, GA | 62 | 12 | 2.1 | 164 | +3.3% | #83 of 373 |
| 5Athens-Clarke County, GA | 60 | 23 | 2.7 | 141 | +3.9% | #98 of 373 |
| 6Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 57 | 79 | 3.4 | 111 | +4.7% | #126 of 373 |
| 7Macon-Bibb County, GA | 56 | 19 | 2.1 | 167 | +2.1% | #134 of 373 |
| 8Dalton, GA | 53 | 15 | 2.9 | 127 | +3.5% | #157 of 373 |
| 9Savannah, GA | 53 | 62 | 3.8 | 102 | +8.1% | #160 of 373 |
| 10Brunswick-St. Simons, GA | 50 | 17 | 3.6 | 104 | +4.4% | #186 of 373 |
| 11Albany, GA | 45 | 9 | 1.6 | 221 | −1.8% | #218 of 373 |
Other business types in the Albany 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 estate51
- Real estate agents and brokers47
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders45
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Albany, GA metro area?
The Albany metro area has 9 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Albany metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Albany, GA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $776.2M a year, or $13,455 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 9 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.2 times 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 57,689 households in the Albany metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Albany, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Albany metro area has 1.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 221, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Albany metro area would have about 20, against 9 on map listings.
How fast is the Albany, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Albany metro area at 145,510 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 57,689 households. The median household income in the Albany metro area is $56,906 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.9% 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. The Albany metro area scores 45 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #218 of 373 scored metro areas.
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