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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Dare County, NC
How Dare County, NC 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #843 of 887 scored counties
#38 of 38 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 15
- 5 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $275.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,377 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 47
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.9
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,245
- +3.3% since 2020
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What this means
For mortgage brokers and lenders, Dare County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #843 of 887 scored counties and #38 of 38 scored counties in North Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $16,377 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Dare County spend about $275.7M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 53% 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.
Dare County has 15 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 33%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Dare County in 2023. That is one for every 1,531 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates show Dare County grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Dare County 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.
| Measure | Dare County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 47 | 95 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 1,531 | 5,469 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.9% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,377 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $88,994 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 54
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 155 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Dare 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 Dare County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,245+3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 16,836
- Median age
- 49.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 383 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 99
- Median household income
- $88,994+49.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $129,955
- Median home value
- $460,400
- Jobs located here
- 17,198
- Daytime population
- 38,549Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cabarrus County, NC | 85 | 17 | 2.0 | 208 | +9.9% | #8 of 887 |
| 2Johnston County, NC | 82 | 15 | 1.8 | 227 | +17.9% | #22 of 887 |
| 3Union County, NC | 81 | 16 | 1.9 | 236 | +11.7% | #26 of 887 |
| 4Lincoln County, NC | 78 | 6 | 1.6 | 248 | +13.2% | #42 of 887 |
| 5Gaston County, NC | 76 | 18 | 1.9 | 194 | +7.8% | #61 of 887 |
| 6Iredell County, NC | 75 | 21 | 2.8 | 147 | +12.9% | #69 of 887 |
| 7Davidson County, NC | 71 | 11 | 1.6 | 231 | +6.6% | #103 of 887 |
| 8Forsyth County, NC | 71 | 37 | 2.3 | 162 | +5.0% | #107 of 887 |
| 9Durham County, NC | 70 | 40 | 2.8 | 146 | +7.7% | #124 of 887 |
| 10Randolph County, NC | 67 | 9 | 1.6 | 226 | +3.5% | #144 of 887 |
| 38Dare County, NC | 25 | 15 | 8.9 | 47 | +3.3% | #843 of 887 |
Other business types in Dare County
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 estate29
- Real estate agents and brokers29
- Property management26
- Mortgage brokers and lenders25
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Dare County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 mortgage brokers and lenders in Dare County. 5 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Dare County, NC spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $275.7M a year, or $16,377 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 15 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 53% 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 16,836 households in Dare County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dare County, NC compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Dare County has 8.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 47, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Dare County would have about 7, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,531 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Dare County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Dare County at 38,245 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,836 households. Median household income in Dare County is $88,994, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 49.9%, 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. Dare County scores 25 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #843 of 887 scored counties.
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