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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Anoka County, MN

How Anoka County, MN 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 44 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #545 of 887 scored counties
#10 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota

Listings
56
10 chain locations (18%)
Official establishments
37
+60.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On rent and homeowner costs · $15,705 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
99
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.1
5% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
381,605
+4.7% 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

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Anoka County comes to about $2.2B a year: $15,705 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is in line with 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.

Anoka County has 56 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Anoka County in 2023, up 60.9% from 2019. That is one for every 3,714 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Anoka County grew 4.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, Anoka County has a Groundwork market score of 44 (lower middle): #545 of 887 scored counties and #10 of 19 scored counties in Minnesota.

How Anoka County compares

The same measures for Minnesota 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 Anoka County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureAnoka CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.14.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)9997100
Households per official establishment3,7144,6074,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+60.9%+31.2%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.7%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$15,705$15,162$16,661
Median household income$101,869$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market score4438

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
23 → 37+60.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
133
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5610 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
55The 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 Anoka 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 Anoka County

Population, 2025 estimate
381,605+4.7% since 2020
Households
137,432
Median age
39.6
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
422 sq. mi.
People per square mile
878
Median household income
$101,869+24.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,024
Median home value
$346,500
Jobs located here
136,618
Daytime population
310,320Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Anoka County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Carver County, MN8051.2371+6.6%#30 of 887
2Wright County, MN70142.6158+11.1%#121 of 887
3Scott County, MN68122.2203+5.1%#131 of 887
4Chisago County, MN6852.3169+4.3%#135 of 887
5Sherburne County, MN65102.8145+6.8%#168 of 887
6Isanti County, MN5553.1121+7.3%#334 of 887
7St. Louis County, MN53232.6132+0.2%#378 of 887
8Rice County, MN5373.0124+4.2%#381 of 887
9Kandiyohi County, MN4752.8126+2.3%#489 of 887
10Anoka County, MN44564.199+4.7%#545 of 887

Other business types in Anoka County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Anoka County, MN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 56 mortgage brokers and lenders in Anoka County. 10 of them (18%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 37 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 60.9% from 2019.

How much do households in Anoka County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $2.2B a year, or $15,705 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 56 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is in line with 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 137,432 households in Anoka County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anoka County, MN compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

Anoka County has 4.1 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 99, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Anoka County would have about 55, against 56 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,714 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 60.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.

How fast is Anoka County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Anoka County at 381,605 people in 2025, up 4.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 137,432 households. Median household income in Anoka County is $101,869, 26% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.0%, 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. Anoka County scores 44 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #545 of 887 scored counties.

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