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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Cass County, MO

How Cass County, MO 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 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #84 of 887 scored counties
#1 of 26 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
10
5 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$638.7M
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,782 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
164
64% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
115,859
+7.1% 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

Cass County scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #84 of 887 scored counties and #1 of 26 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for mortgage brokers and lenders.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 mortgage brokers and lenders in Cass County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 50%, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.3 for every 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

At $14,782 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Cass County spend about $638.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 64% above 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.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cass County in 2023. That is one for every 10,802 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Cass County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Cass County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Cass County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.34.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)16489100
Households per official establishment10,8026,4654,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.3%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,782$13,809$16,661
Median household income$87,535$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7330

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
23
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
105 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
16The 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 Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
115,859+7.1% since 2020
Households
43,206
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
697 sq. mi.
People per square mile
159
Median household income
$87,535+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$108,544
Median home value
$292,400
Jobs located here
30,659
Daytime population
87,642Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Missouri

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

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Cass County, MO73102.3164+7.1%#84 of 887
2Lincoln County, MO5973.1120+11.4%#267 of 887
3Platte County, MO57184.198+6.7%#307 of 887
4St. Louis city, MO56120.8397−7.4%#309 of 887
5Johnson County, MO5352.4143+4.9%#375 of 887
6Franklin County, MO53133.0117+3.1%#383 of 887
7Newton County, MO5162.7126+6.1%#421 of 887
8Buchanan County, MO4692.7123−1.1%#505 of 887
9St. Charles County, MO46805.083+4.9%#515 of 887
10Boone County, MO41263.4106+4.2%#603 of 887

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Cass County, MO?

There are 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Cass County as of September 2026. 5 of them (50%) are chain locations. 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 Cass County, MO spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $638.7M a year, or $14,782 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 64% above 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 43,206 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cass County has 2.3 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 164, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Cass County would have about 16, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,802 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 115,859 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,206 households. The median household income in Cass County is $87,535 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% 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. Cass County scores 73 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #84 of 887 scored counties.

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