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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Muscatine County, IA

The mortgage brokers and lenders in Muscatine County, IA, 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
$232.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,407 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
596
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
41,853
−3.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 mortgage broker or lender in Muscatine County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Muscatine County comes to about $232.5M a year: $13,407 per household, 20% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Muscatine County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Muscatine County declined 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, Muscatine County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Muscatine County compares

The same measures for Iowa 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 Muscatine County, IA compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureMuscatine CountyIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.62.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)596180100
Households per official establishmentn/a10,8744,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.2%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,407$14,016$16,661
Median household income$69,396$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
6The 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 Muscatine 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 Muscatine County

Population, 2025 estimate
41,853−3.0% since 2020
Households
17,345
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
437 sq. mi.
People per square mile
97
Median household income
$69,396+18.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$86,373
Median home value
$182,100
Jobs located here
21,008
Daytime population
43,232Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Iowa

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

Top counties in Iowa

Counties in Iowa ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Johnson County, IA7081.3291+4.6%#114 of 887
2Story County, IA6161.5231+2.7%#228 of 887
3Linn County, IA59212.2167+0.7%#260 of 887
4Black Hawk County, IA53152.7125+0.4%#380 of 887
5Woodbury County, IA4892.2158+0.7%#469 of 887
6Scott County, IA48212.9128+0.4%#471 of 887
7Pottawattamie County, IA45123.2110−0.7%#526 of 887
8Dallas County, IA45245.774+17.8%#536 of 887
9Clinton County, IA3852.6134−0.9%#653 of 887
10Polk County, IA351115.470+4.8%#712 of 887
Muscatine County, IANot scored10.6596−3.0%

Other business types in Muscatine County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Muscatine County, IA?

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

How much do households in Muscatine County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $232.5M a year, or $13,407 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 17,345 households in Muscatine County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Muscatine County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Muscatine County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Muscatine County, IA growing?

Population estimates put Muscatine County at 41,853 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 17,345 households. The median household income in Muscatine County is $69,396 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 18.7% 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. Muscatine 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 Muscatine County

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