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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Syracuse, NY metro area
The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Syracuse, NY metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #19 of 373 scored metro areas
#6 of 11 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 42
- 3 chain locations (7%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.8B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,636 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 292
- 2.9 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.5
- 65% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Syracuse metro area scores 74 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #19 of 373 scored metro areas and #6 of 11 scored metro areas based in New York. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for mortgage brokers and lenders.
Households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $4.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $17,636 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 2.9 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 Syracuse metro area has 42 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.5, 65% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in the Syracuse metro area classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 16,953 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Syracuse metro area declined 1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Syracuse metro area compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.5 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 292 | 244 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 16,953 | 9,523 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.6% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,636 | $19,048 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 73 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 423 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 123The 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 Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 82 | 39 | 1.5 | 330 | +3.0% | #5 of 373 |
| 2Kingston, NY | 79 | 5 | 0.7 | 714 | +1.1% | #6 of 373 |
| 3Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 76 | 38 | 0.8 | 589 | −0.8% | #14 of 373 |
| 4Rochester, NY | 76 | 61 | 1.4 | 332 | −0.7% | #16 of 373 |
| 5Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 76 | 75 | 2.0 | 246 | +1.9% | #17 of 373 |
| 6Syracuse, NY | 74 | 42 | 1.5 | 292 | −1.3% | #19 of 373 |
| 7Glens Falls, NY | 68 | 5 | 0.9 | 490 | −1.9% | #39 of 373 |
| 8Binghamton, NY | 67 | 5 | 0.5 | 877 | −1.3% | #41 of 373 |
| 9New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 66 | 2,243 | 3.0 | 171 | +0.6% | #52 of 373 |
| 10Elmira, NY | 62 | 5 | 1.4 | 297 | −3.9% | #79 of 373 |
Other business types in the Syracuse 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 estate69
- Real estate agents and brokers68
- Property management62
- Mortgage brokers and lenders74
- Home inspectors49
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 42 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Syracuse metro area. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $4.8B a year, or $17,636 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 42 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 2.9 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 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Syracuse metro area has 1.5 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 65% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 292, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 123, against 42 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,953 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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. The Syracuse metro area scores 74 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #19 of 373 scored metro areas.
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