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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Decatur, IL metro area
How the Decatur, IL 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $571.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,144 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 366
- 3.7 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 79% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,300
- −4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,144 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Decatur metro area spend about $571.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 3.7 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.
There are 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Decatur metro area as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Decatur metro area classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 10,867 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Decatur metro area declined 4.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, the Decatur metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Decatur metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Decatur metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 366 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 10,867 | 7,289 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.7% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,144 | $14,866 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $62,666 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 16
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 42 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Decatur 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 Decatur metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,300−4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 43,468
- Median age
- 41.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 581 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 175
- Median household income
- $62,666+24.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,051
- Median home value
- $127,300
- Jobs located here
- 43,992
- Daytime population
- 103,405Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Springfield, IL | 66 | 12 | 1.3 | 271 | −1.2% | #48 of 373 |
| 2Champaign-Urbana, IL | 63 | 18 | 1.8 | 189 | +1.5% | #70 of 373 |
| 3Rockford, IL | 62 | 17 | 1.3 | 276 | −0.3% | #80 of 373 |
| 4Bloomington, IL | 59 | 18 | 2.6 | 144 | +0.1% | #107 of 373 |
| 5Peoria, IL | 55 | 28 | 1.8 | 196 | −1.3% | #139 of 373 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 55 | 36 | 2.2 | 160 | −0.9% | #141 of 373 |
| 6Kankakee, IL | 50 | 6 | 1.5 | 243 | −1.7% | #179 of 373 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 38 | 16 | 4.2 | 81 | +1.7% | #282 of 373 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 35 | 13 | 3.1 | 116 | −1.2% | #313 of 373 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 32 | 525 | 4.5 | 83 | −0.2% | #344 of 373 |
| Decatur, IL | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | 366 | −4.3% |
Other business types in the Decatur 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 estate58
- Real estate agents and brokers58
- Property management51
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors1
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Decatur, IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Decatur metro area. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Decatur, IL metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $571.3M a year, or $13,144 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 3.7 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,468 households in the Decatur metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Decatur, IL metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Decatur metro area has 0.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 79% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 366, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Decatur metro area would have about 15, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,867 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Decatur, IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Decatur metro area at 99,300 people in 2025, down 4.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,468 households. Median household income in the Decatur metro area is $62,666, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.1%, 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. The Decatur metro area has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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