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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Flint, MI metro area

How the Flint, MI 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 #225 of 373 scored metro areas
#9 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
37
5 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
22
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,119 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
152
52% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
49% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
401,093
−1.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 37 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Flint metro area. Chain locations make up 14% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

At $13,119 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in the Flint metro area spend about $2.2B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 52% 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.

Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Flint metro area in 2023. That is one for every 7,606 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $450K has gone to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Flint metro area.

Population estimates show the Flint metro area declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Flint metro area scores 44 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #225 of 373 scored metro areas and #9 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.

How the Flint metro area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Flint, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureFlint metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.23.44.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)152107100
Households per official establishment7,6066,2814,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+31.1%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,119$13,996$16,661
Median household income$62,281$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score4438

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
22
Employees, 2023
184
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
375 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$450K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Flint 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 Flint metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
401,093−1.1% since 2020
Households
167,334
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
637 sq. mi.
People per square mile
633
Median household income
$62,281+28.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,062
Median home value
$182,400
Jobs located here
125,696
Daytime population
375,742Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Michigan

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

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Monroe, MI6561.0381+0.7%#56 of 373
2Jackson, MI61101.6215−0.4%#86 of 373
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI61211.6213+0.1%#87 of 373
3Lansing-East Lansing, MI60482.5143+1.4%#97 of 373
4Battle Creek, MI5661.1299−0.6%#130 of 373
5Kalamazoo-Portage, MI51292.7133+0.8%#172 of 373
6Traverse City, MI51233.5105+2.2%#176 of 373
7Bay City, MI5092.0166−1.6%#180 of 373
8Niles, MI48162.5138−1.3%#197 of 373
9Flint, MI44372.2152−1.1%#225 of 373

Other business types in the Flint 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 Flint, MI metro area?

There are 37 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Flint metro area as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 22 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in the Flint, MI metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.2B a year, or $13,119 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 37 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 52% 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 167,334 households in the Flint metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Flint, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Flint metro area has 2.2 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 152, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Flint metro area would have about 56, against 37 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,606 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is the Flint, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Flint metro area at 401,093 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 167,334 households. The median household income in the Flint metro area is $62,281 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.2% 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 Flint metro area scores 44 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #225 of 373 scored metro areas.

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