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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Alexandria, LA metro area
How the Alexandria, LA 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #228 of 373 scored metro areas
#1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 17
- 8 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $779.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,827 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 118
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 147,952
- −2.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Alexandria metro area. 8 of them (47%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Alexandria metro area comes to about $779.8M a year: $13,827 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 18% above 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Alexandria metro area classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 11,279 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Alexandria metro area declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Alexandria metro area has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #228 of 373 scored metro areas and #1 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana.
How the Alexandria metro area compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Alexandria metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 118 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 11,279 | 6,539 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,827 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $56,353 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 44 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 178 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 Alexandria 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 Alexandria metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 147,952−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 56,394
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 76
- Median household income
- $56,353+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,924
- Median home value
- $175,200
- Jobs located here
- 57,169
- Daytime population
- 151,507Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Alexandria, LA | 44 | 17 | 3.0 | 118 | −2.5% | #228 of 373 |
| 2New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 43 | 133 | 3.3 | 111 | −3.4% | #236 of 373 |
| 3Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 42 | 29 | 3.6 | 100 | −3.5% | #245 of 373 |
| 4Monroe, LA | 41 | 24 | 2.8 | 125 | −1.9% | #251 of 373 |
| 5Hammond, LA | 37 | 22 | 4.2 | 83 | +5.8% | #295 of 373 |
| 6Lake Charles, LA | 36 | 39 | 4.2 | 88 | −3.8% | #305 of 373 |
| 7Lafayette, LA | 32 | 75 | 4.6 | 80 | +3.8% | #345 of 373 |
| 8Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 31 | 79 | 7.5 | 54 | +5.3% | #350 of 373 |
| 9Baton Rouge, LA | 30 | 182 | 5.5 | 70 | +2.1% | #352 of 373 |
| 10Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 18 | 70 | 4.5 | 79 | −2.3% | #373 of 373 |
Other business types in the Alexandria 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 estate46
- Real estate agents and brokers46
- Property management41
- Mortgage brokers and lenders44
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Alexandria, LA metro area?
There are 17 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Alexandria metro area as of September 2026. 8 of them (47%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Alexandria, LA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $779.8M a year, or $13,827 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 17 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 18% above 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 56,394 households in the Alexandria metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alexandria, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Alexandria metro area has 3.0 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 118, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Alexandria metro area would have about 20, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,279 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Alexandria, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Alexandria metro area at 147,952 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 56,394 households. The median household income in the Alexandria metro area is $56,353 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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 Alexandria metro area scores 44 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #228 of 373 scored metro areas.
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