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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Burlington, NC metro area

How the Burlington, NC metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #66 of 373 scored metro areas
#3 of 14 scored metro areas based in North Carolina

Listings
18
7 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,303 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
143
43% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
186,177
+8.5% 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 the Burlington metro area comes to about $1B a year: $14,303 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 43% 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.

There are 18 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Burlington metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 2.6 per 10,000 households, 40% 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 Burlington metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 7,785 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Burlington metro area grew 8.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Burlington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 64 (upper middle): #66 of 373 scored metro areas and #3 of 14 scored metro areas based in North Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Burlington metro area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Burlington, NC metro area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington metro areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.64.14.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)14395100
Households per official establishment7,7855,4694,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.9%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.5%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,303$15,139$16,661
Median household income$65,651$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market score6447

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
18
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
187 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The 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 Burlington 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 Burlington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
186,177+8.5% since 2020
Households
70,062
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
424 sq. mi.
People per square mile
418
Median household income
$65,651+32.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$85,032
Median home value
$241,500
Jobs located here
69,257
Daytime population
166,616Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with the Burlington metro area marked.

Top metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in North Carolina ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Winston-Salem, NC77491.7214+5.3%#11 of 373
2Durham-Chapel Hill, NC72662.7157+7.5%#24 of 373
3Burlington, NC64182.6143+8.5%#66 of 373
4Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC59382.5142+3.2%#108 of 373
5Greensboro-High Point, NC54963.0122+4.1%#153 of 373
6Goldsboro, NC52183.894+3.8%#169 of 373
7Jacksonville, NC44293.995+6.0%#230 of 373
8Greenville, NC44304.088+5.4%#233 of 373
9Raleigh-Cary, NC423466.073+12.6%#250 of 373
10Fayetteville, NC40563.895+1.6%#262 of 373

Other business types in the Burlington metro area

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Burlington, NC metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 18 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Burlington metro area. 7 of them (39%) 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 Burlington, NC metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1B a year, or $14,303 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 18 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 43% 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 70,062 households in the Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Burlington metro area has 2.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 143, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Burlington metro area would have about 26, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,785 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington, NC metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington metro area at 186,177 people in 2025, up 8.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 70,062 households. Median household income in the Burlington metro area is $65,651, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.1%, 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 Burlington metro area scores 64 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #66 of 373 scored metro areas.

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