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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area

The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 90 out of 100: Very high

Ranked #1 of 373 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts

Listings
13
2 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $18,798 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
230
2.3 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.1
51% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
164,065
+10.4% since 2020

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What this means

For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 90 (very high): #1 of 373 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for mortgage brokers and lenders.

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area. Of those, 2 are chain locations, or 15%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.1 for every 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

At $18,798 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area spend about $1.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 2.3 times 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area in 2023. That is one for every 15,529 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area compares

The same measures for Massachusetts 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureAmherst Town-Northampton metro areaMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.13.64.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)230146100
Households per official establishment15,5295,8264,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.5%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+10.4%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$18,798$20,433$16,661
Median household income$87,001$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market score9068

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
16
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
132 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
30The 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 Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
164,065+10.4% since 2020
Households
62,114
Median age
40.8
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
527 sq. mi.
People per square mile
307
Median household income
$87,001
Average household income
$117,338
Median home value
$390,300
Jobs located here
70,980
Daytime population
165,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Massachusetts

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in Massachusetts ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Amherst Town-Northampton, MA90132.1230+10.4%#1 of 373
2Pittsfield, MA7771.2378−1.2%#9 of 373
3Worcester, MA73952.8177+3.7%#21 of 373
4Springfield, MA68452.4182+0.2%#40 of 373
5Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH608274.3128+2.3%#99 of 373
6Barnstable Town, MA60454.3119+2.4%#102 of 373
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA522954.4110+2.1%#165 of 373

Other business types in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area?

The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 13 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 2 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.2B a year, or $18,798 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 13 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.3 times 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 62,114 households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 2.1 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 230, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area would have about 30, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,529 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area at 164,065 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,114 households. The median household income in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area is $87,001 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area scores 90 for mortgage brokers and lenders (very high), #1 of 373 scored metro areas.

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