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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Brainerd, MN area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Brainerd, MN area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $582.3M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,774 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 497
- 5 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- 84% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 100,562
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,774 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in the Brainerd area spend about $582.3M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 5 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.
The Brainerd area has 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, 84% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Brainerd area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Brainerd area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, the Brainerd area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Brainerd area 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.
| Measure | Brainerd area | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 497 | 97 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,607 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +31.2% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,774 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $71,384 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 38 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Brainerd 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 Brainerd area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 100,562+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 42,276
- Median age
- 46.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 3,020 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 33
- Median household income
- $71,384+29.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,780
- Median home value
- $301,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,612
- Daytime population
- 95,720Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Faribault-Northfield, MN | 60 | 7 | 3.0 | 124 | +4.2% | #48 of 177 |
| 2Willmar, MN | 56 | 5 | 2.8 | 126 | +2.3% | #71 of 177 |
| 3Hutchinson, MN | 43 | 5 | 3.3 | 111 | −0.3% | #120 of 177 |
| 4Owatonna, MN | 32 | 7 | 4.6 | 79 | +0.2% | #147 of 177 |
| Brainerd, MN | Not scored | 3 | 0.7 | 497 | +4.3% |
Other business types in the Brainerd area
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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers31
- Property management45
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Brainerd, MN area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Brainerd area. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Brainerd area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Brainerd, MN area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $582.3M a year, or $13,774 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 5 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 42,276 households in the Brainerd area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Brainerd, MN area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Brainerd area has 0.7 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 84% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 497, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Brainerd area would have about 15, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Brainerd, MN area growing?
Population estimates put the Brainerd area at 100,562 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 42,276 households. Median household income in the Brainerd area is $71,384, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.4%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Brainerd area has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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