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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Montcalm County, MI
How Montcalm County, MI compares with other counties and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $318.5M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,995 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 816
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 69,406
- +4.1% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 mortgage broker or lender in Montcalm County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.
At $12,995 per household (22% below the U.S. average), households in Montcalm County spend about $318.5M a year on rent and homeowner costs. 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Montcalm County classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 6,128 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Montcalm County grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, Montcalm County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Montcalm County 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.
| Measure | Montcalm County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 816 | 107 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,128 | 6,281 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,995 | $13,996 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,344 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 5
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $352K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Montcalm 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 Montcalm County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,406+4.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,511
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 705 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $67,344+36.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,730
- Median home value
- $185,500
- Jobs located here
- 14,213
- Daytime population
- 56,186Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Monroe County, MI | 67 | 6 | 1.0 | 381 | +0.7% | #142 of 887 |
| 2Jackson County, MI | 62 | 10 | 1.6 | 215 | −0.4% | #213 of 887 |
| 3Calhoun County, MI | 59 | 6 | 1.1 | 299 | −0.6% | #259 of 887 |
| 4St. Clair County, MI | 58 | 15 | 2.2 | 158 | +0.1% | #274 of 887 |
| 5Bay County, MI | 53 | 9 | 2.0 | 166 | −1.6% | #371 of 887 |
| 6Kalamazoo County, MI | 53 | 29 | 2.7 | 133 | +0.8% | #377 of 887 |
| 7Ingham County, MI | 53 | 34 | 2.9 | 118 | +1.7% | #382 of 887 |
| 8Berrien County, MI | 51 | 16 | 2.5 | 138 | −1.3% | #414 of 887 |
| 9Eaton County, MI | 50 | 10 | 2.2 | 164 | +0.4% | #434 of 887 |
| 10Ottawa County, MI | 49 | 49 | 4.4 | 88 | +3.9% | #464 of 887 |
| Montcalm County, MI | Not scored | 1 | 0.4 | 816 | +4.1% |
Other business types in Montcalm 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 estate64
- Real estate agents and brokers67
- Property management47
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Montcalm County, MI?
Montcalm County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Montcalm County, MI spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $318.5M a year, or $12,995 per household. That is 22% below the U.S. average (an index of 78, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 24,511 households in Montcalm County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montcalm County, MI compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Montcalm County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Montcalm County would have about 8, against 1 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,128 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Montcalm County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Montcalm County at 69,406 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,511 households. The median household income in Montcalm County is $67,344 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.2% 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. Montcalm County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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