Real estate · Metro area · Mississippi
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 40 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #263 of 373 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi
- Listings
- 23
- 7 chain locations (30%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $843M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $14,015 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 94
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 158,014
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Hattiesburg metro area comes to about $843M a year: $14,015 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 6% below 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 Hattiesburg metro area has 23 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Hattiesburg metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 6,684 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Hattiesburg metro area grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Hattiesburg metro area has a Groundwork market score of 40 (lower middle): #263 of 373 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Mississippi.
How the Hattiesburg metro area compares
The same measures for Mississippi 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 | Hattiesburg metro area | Mississippi | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 94 | 111 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 6,684 | 8,811 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +46.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | −0.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $14,015 | $13,696 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $60,285 | $56,447 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 40 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 33
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 237 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 Hattiesburg 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 Hattiesburg metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 158,014+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 60,155
- Median age
- 37.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,610 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 97
- Median household income
- $60,285
- Average household income
- $85,017
- Median home value
- $191,200
- Jobs located here
- 64,162
- Daytime population
- 162,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Mississippi market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Mississippi for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Mississippi (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hattiesburg metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Mississippi
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 58 | 54 | 3.2 | 113 | +3.5% | #117 of 373 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 54 | 149 | 2.8 | 132 | −0.3% | #151 of 373 |
| 2Hattiesburg, MS | 40 | 23 | 3.8 | 94 | +2.6% | #263 of 373 |
| 3Jackson, MS | 34 | 92 | 3.9 | 94 | −1.4% | #324 of 373 |
Other business types in the Hattiesburg metro 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 estate41
- Real estate agents and brokers42
- Property management41
- Mortgage brokers and lenders40
- Home inspectors29
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Hattiesburg metro area. 7 of them (30%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Hattiesburg, MS metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $843M a year, or $14,015 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 23 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 6% below 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 60,155 households in the Hattiesburg metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hattiesburg, MS metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Hattiesburg metro area has 3.8 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 94, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Hattiesburg metro area would have about 22, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,684 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Hattiesburg, MS metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hattiesburg metro area at 158,014 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 60,155 households. Median household income in the Hattiesburg metro area is $60,285, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Hattiesburg metro area scores 40 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #263 of 373 scored metro areas.
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