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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Rapides Parish, LA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Rapides Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #604 of 887 scored counties
#7 of 21 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 17
- 8 chain locations (47%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $675.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,790 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 102
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 19% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,790 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Rapides Parish spend about $675.1M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2% 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.
Rapides Parish has 17 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 8 are chain locations, or 47%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Rapides Parish in 2023. That is one for every 9,791 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Rapides Parish declined 2.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For mortgage brokers and lenders, Rapides Parish has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #604 of 887 scored counties and #7 of 21 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 102 | 91 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,791 | 6,539 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,790 | $14,200 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 41 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 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
- 17The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 Rapides 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 estate31
- Real estate agents and brokers37
- Property management34
- Mortgage brokers and lenders41
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Rapides Parish, LA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 mortgage brokers and lenders in Rapides Parish. 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 Rapides Parish, LA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $675.1M a year, or $13,790 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 2% 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Rapides Parish has 3.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 19% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 102, where 100 is the U.S. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,791 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 41 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #604 of 887 scored counties.
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