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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Polk County, MN
The mortgage brokers and lenders in Polk County, MN, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $168.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,650 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 432
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 30,545
- −1.8% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,650 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Polk County spend about $168.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money mortgage brokers and lenders take in.
Polk County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Polk County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Polk County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk 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.
| Measure | Polk County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 432 | 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 | −1.8% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,650 | $15,162 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $73,107 | $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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,545−1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 12,360
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,971 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 16
- Median household income
- $73,107+23.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,262
- Median home value
- $222,800
- Jobs located here
- 11,668
- Daytime population
- 27,729Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Carver County, MN | 80 | 5 | 1.2 | 371 | +6.6% | #30 of 887 |
| 2Wright County, MN | 70 | 14 | 2.6 | 158 | +11.1% | #121 of 887 |
| 3Scott County, MN | 68 | 12 | 2.2 | 203 | +5.1% | #131 of 887 |
| 4Chisago County, MN | 68 | 5 | 2.3 | 169 | +4.3% | #135 of 887 |
| 5Sherburne County, MN | 65 | 10 | 2.8 | 145 | +6.8% | #168 of 887 |
| 6Isanti County, MN | 55 | 5 | 3.1 | 121 | +7.3% | #334 of 887 |
| 7St. Louis County, MN | 53 | 23 | 2.6 | 132 | +0.2% | #378 of 887 |
| 8Rice County, MN | 53 | 7 | 3.0 | 124 | +4.2% | #381 of 887 |
| 9Kandiyohi County, MN | 47 | 5 | 2.8 | 126 | +2.3% | #489 of 887 |
| 10Anoka County, MN | 44 | 56 | 4.1 | 99 | +4.7% | #545 of 887 |
| Polk County, MN | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | 432 | −1.8% |
Other business types in Polk 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 estate61
- Real estate agents and brokers66
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Polk County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 mortgage broker or lender in Polk County. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Polk County, MN spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $168.7M a year, or $13,650 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 12,360 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, MN compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Polk County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Polk County would have about 4, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Polk County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 30,545 people in 2025, down 1.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,360 households. Median household income in Polk County is $73,107, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.2%, 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. Polk County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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