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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Wapello County, IA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Wapello County, IA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $181.6M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,972 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 233
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 35,210
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 mortgage brokers and lenders in Wapello County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.
At $12,972 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Wapello County spend about $181.6M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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 Wapello County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wapello County declined 0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, Wapello County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wapello 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.
| Measure | Wapello County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 233 | 180 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,874 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.2% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,972 | $14,016 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,766 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Wapello 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 Wapello County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,210−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,997
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 432 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 82
- Median household income
- $64,766+40.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,469
- Median home value
- $125,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,175
- Daytime population
- 34,077Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johnson County, IA | 70 | 8 | 1.3 | 291 | +4.6% | #114 of 887 |
| 2Story County, IA | 61 | 6 | 1.5 | 231 | +2.7% | #228 of 887 |
| 3Linn County, IA | 59 | 21 | 2.2 | 167 | +0.7% | #260 of 887 |
| 4Black Hawk County, IA | 53 | 15 | 2.7 | 125 | +0.4% | #380 of 887 |
| 5Woodbury County, IA | 48 | 9 | 2.2 | 158 | +0.7% | #469 of 887 |
| 6Scott County, IA | 48 | 21 | 2.9 | 128 | +0.4% | #471 of 887 |
| 7Pottawattamie County, IA | 45 | 12 | 3.2 | 110 | −0.7% | #526 of 887 |
| 8Dallas County, IA | 45 | 24 | 5.7 | 74 | +17.8% | #536 of 887 |
| 9Clinton County, IA | 38 | 5 | 2.6 | 134 | −0.9% | #653 of 887 |
| 10Polk County, IA | 35 | 111 | 5.4 | 70 | +4.8% | #712 of 887 |
| Wapello County, IA | Not scored | 2 | 1.4 | 233 | −0.3% |
Other business types in Wapello County
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 estate59
- Real estate agents and brokers59
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Wapello County, IA?
There are 2 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Wapello 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 Wapello County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wapello County, IA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $181.6M a year, or $12,972 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, 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 13,997 households in Wapello County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wapello County, IA compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Wapello County has 2 mortgage brokers and lenders 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, Wapello County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Wapello County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Wapello County at 35,210 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,997 households. The median household income in Wapello County is $64,766 a year, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.1% 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. Wapello County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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