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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Cecil County, MD
How Cecil County, MD 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 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #146 of 887 scored counties
#4 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $659.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,250 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 169
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 42% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 107,131
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Cecil County comes to about $659.7M a year: $16,250 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 69% 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.
Cecil County has 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 40%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.5 for every 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cecil County in 2023. That is one for every 6,766 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Cecil County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, Cecil County has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #146 of 887 scored counties and #4 of 19 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Cecil County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Cecil County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 169 | 98 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,766 | 4,242 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.9% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,250 | $17,488 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $92,007 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 39 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 13
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 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 Cecil 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 Cecil County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 107,131+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,595
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 346 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 303
- Median household income
- $92,007+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $112,022
- Median home value
- $343,400
- Jobs located here
- 32,838
- Daytime population
- 90,110Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Prince George’s County, MD | 74 | 61 | 1.8 | 251 | +0.5% | #72 of 887 |
| 2St. Mary’s County, MD | 73 | 11 | 2.6 | 182 | +2.4% | #80 of 887 |
| 3Washington County, MD | 68 | 12 | 2.0 | 196 | +2.0% | #132 of 887 |
| 4Cecil County, MD | 67 | 10 | 2.5 | 169 | +3.2% | #146 of 887 |
| 5Charles County, MD | 64 | 28 | 4.6 | 103 | +5.9% | #196 of 887 |
| 6Baltimore city, MD | 55 | 47 | 1.8 | 201 | −2.3% | #325 of 887 |
| 7Wicomico County, MD | 55 | 13 | 3.2 | 121 | +3.2% | #333 of 887 |
| 8Carroll County, MD | 54 | 22 | 3.4 | 137 | +2.2% | #346 of 887 |
| 9Harford County, MD | 49 | 40 | 3.9 | 116 | +2.0% | #457 of 887 |
| 10Frederick County, MD | 49 | 66 | 6.3 | 76 | +11.0% | #467 of 887 |
Other business types in Cecil 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 estate56
- Real estate agents and brokers64
- Property management61
- Mortgage brokers and lenders67
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Cecil County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 mortgage brokers and lenders in Cecil County. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Cecil County, MD spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $659.7M a year, or $16,250 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 69% 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 40,595 households in Cecil County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cecil County, MD compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Cecil County has 2.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 42% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 169, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Cecil County would have about 17, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,766 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Cecil County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Cecil County at 107,131 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,595 households. Median household income in Cecil County is $92,007, 14% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Cecil County scores 67 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #146 of 887 scored counties.
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