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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Lancaster County, NE

How Lancaster County, NE 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #358 of 887 scored counties
#2 of 5 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
43
10 chain locations (23%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.9B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,008 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
112
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.2
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
334,049
+3.4% 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 Lancaster County comes to about $1.9B a year: $14,008 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 12% 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.

Lancaster County has 43 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 10 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.2 per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

In 2023, official counts showed 15 businesses with payroll in Lancaster County classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 8,942 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lancaster County grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in Lancaster County is 54 (upper middle), #358 of 887 scored counties and #2 of 5 scored counties in Nebraska.

How Lancaster County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Lancaster County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureLancaster CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.22.44.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)112152100
Households per official establishment8,94212,0894,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−10.8%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.4%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,008$14,176$16,661
Median household income$74,793$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score5469

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13 → 15
Employees, 2023
53
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4310 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
48The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster County

Population, 2025 estimate
334,049+3.4% since 2020
Households
134,126
Median age
36.2
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
838 sq. mi.
People per square mile
390
Median household income
$74,793+23.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,420
Median home value
$275,200
Jobs located here
180,543
Daytime population
346,989Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Sarpy County, NE78152.0201+9.0%#47 of 887
2Lancaster County, NE54433.2112+3.4%#358 of 887
3Douglas County, NE50913.899+3.6%#447 of 887
4Madison County, NE3153.598+1.6%#758 of 887
5Scotts Bluff County, NE2453.3100−1.3%#845 of 887

Other business types in Lancaster County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Lancaster County, NE?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 43 mortgage brokers and lenders in Lancaster County. 10 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in Lancaster County, NE spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.9B a year, or $14,008 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 43 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 12% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 134,126 households in Lancaster County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lancaster County has 3.2 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 112, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Lancaster County would have about 48, against 43 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,942 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is Lancaster County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Lancaster County at 334,049 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 134,126 households. Median household income in Lancaster County is $74,793, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.6%, 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. Lancaster County scores 54 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #358 of 887 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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