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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area

How the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #131 of 373 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$766.5M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,819 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
218
2.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
63% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
145,738
+1.0% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Sioux City metro area. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 63% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Households in the Sioux City metro area spend about $766.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,819 per household, 17% 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 Sioux City metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in the Sioux City metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Sioux City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #131 of 373 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Iowa.

How the Sioux City metro area 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 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area compared with Iowa and the U.S.
MeasureSioux City metro areaIowaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.62.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)218180100
Households per official establishmentn/a10,8744,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.2%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+1.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,819$14,016$16,661
Median household income$75,192$75,059$80,734
Groundwork market score5663

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
91 chain location
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 Sioux City 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 Sioux City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
145,738+1.0% since 2020
Households
55,468
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,599 sq. mi.
People per square mile
90
Median household income
$75,192
Average household income
$95,336
Median home value
$193,100
Jobs located here
75,324
Daytime population
149,603Residents 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 metro areas in Iowa for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sioux City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Iowa

Metro areas 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
1Iowa City, IA7281.1331+4.1%#22 of 373
2Ames, IA7161.2298+2.2%#28 of 373
3Cedar Rapids, IA63211.8199+1.0%#69 of 373
4Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA60152.2162+0.5%#95 of 373
Omaha, NE-IA601243.2120+4.2%#101 of 373
5Sioux City, IA-NE-SD5691.6218+1.0%#131 of 373
6Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL55362.2160−0.9%#141 of 373
7Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA411374.682+6.7%#257 of 373

Other business types in the Sioux City metro area

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area?

The Sioux City metro area has 9 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Sioux City metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $766.5M a year, or $13,819 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, 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 55,468 households in the Sioux City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Sioux City 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 218, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Sioux City metro area would have about 20, against 9 on map listings.

How fast is the Sioux City, IA-NE-SD metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Sioux City metro area at 145,738 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 55,468 households. The median household income in the Sioux City metro area is $75,192 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Sioux City metro area scores 56 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #131 of 373 scored metro areas.

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