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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Ouachita Parish, LA
How Ouachita Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #675 of 887 scored counties
#10 of 21 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 21
- 13 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $842.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,699 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 103
- 3% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,542
- −1.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in Ouachita Parish is 37 (lower middle), #675 of 887 scored counties and #10 of 21 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Ouachita Parish spend about $842.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $13,699 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 3% 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.
There are 21 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Ouachita Parish as of September 2026. 13 of them (62%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.4, 21% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Ouachita Parish was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 6,832 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ouachita Parish declined 1.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Ouachita Parish 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 | Ouachita Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 103 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,832 | 6,539 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.0% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,699 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,688 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 37 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Ouachita Parish, 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 Ouachita Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,542−1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 61,489
- Median age
- 37.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 260
- Median household income
- $54,688+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,881
- Median home value
- $194,400
- Jobs located here
- 68,646
- Daytime population
- 165,193Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 60 | 21 | 3.9 | 98 | +8.5% | #256 of 887 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 53 | 18 | 3.8 | 112 | +6.4% | #385 of 887 |
| 3Terrebonne Parish, LA | 45 | 15 | 3.6 | 102 | −4.8% | #528 of 887 |
| 4Lafourche Parish, LA | 45 | 14 | 3.7 | 99 | −2.0% | #529 of 887 |
| 5Orleans Parish, LA | 44 | 49 | 3.1 | 116 | −5.5% | #542 of 887 |
| 6Bossier Parish, LA | 44 | 25 | 4.9 | 76 | +2.5% | #556 of 887 |
| 7Rapides Parish, LA | 41 | 17 | 3.5 | 102 | −2.9% | #604 of 887 |
| 8Jefferson Parish, LA | 40 | 72 | 4.1 | 92 | −1.9% | #616 of 887 |
| 9Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 40 | 22 | 4.2 | 83 | +5.8% | #621 of 887 |
| 10Ouachita Parish, LA | 37 | 21 | 3.4 | 103 | −1.0% | #675 of 887 |
Other business types in Ouachita Parish
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 estate29
- Real estate agents and brokers33
- Property management36
- Mortgage brokers and lenders37
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Ouachita Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 21 mortgage brokers and lenders in Ouachita Parish. 13 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Ouachita Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $842.3M a year, or $13,699 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 21 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 3% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 61,489 households in Ouachita Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Ouachita Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Ouachita Parish has 3.4 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 103, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Ouachita Parish would have about 22, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,832 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Ouachita Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Ouachita Parish at 158,542 people in 2025, down 1.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 61,489 households. Median household income in Ouachita Parish is $54,688, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Ouachita Parish scores 37 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #675 of 887 scored counties.
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