Real estate · Small-town market · North Carolina
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Marion, NC area
How the Marion, NC area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $251.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,518 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 161
- 61% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- 51% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,198
- +1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the Marion area comes to about $251.9M a year: $13,518 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 61% 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.
The Marion area has 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Marion area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Marion area grew 1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, the Marion area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Marion 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.
| Measure | Marion area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 161 | 95 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,469 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.9% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,518 | $15,139 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $57,168 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 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 the Marion 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 Marion area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,198+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,638
- Median age
- 44.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 440 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 102
- Median household income
- $57,168+31.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,753
- Median home value
- $171,100
- Jobs located here
- 15,917
- Daytime population
- 39,859Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 74 | 5 | 1.3 | 272 | +3.4% | #13 of 177 |
| 2Anderson Creek, NC | 73 | 13 | 2.6 | 143 | +12.3% | #17 of 177 |
| 3Sanford, NC | 65 | 8 | 3.2 | 114 | +10.8% | #34 of 177 |
| 4Forest City, NC | 62 | 6 | 2.3 | 150 | +2.1% | #41 of 177 |
| 5New Bern, NC | 61 | 14 | 2.7 | 135 | +3.6% | #45 of 177 |
| 6Mount Airy, NC | 59 | 6 | 2.0 | 171 | +1.3% | #51 of 177 |
| 7Boone, NC | 56 | 5 | 2.4 | 149 | +0.6% | #70 of 177 |
| 8Morehead City, NC | 47 | 12 | 3.8 | 103 | +4.1% | #100 of 177 |
| 9Wilson, NC | 38 | 13 | 3.9 | 88 | +1.7% | #130 of 177 |
| 10Kill Devil Hills, NC | 28 | 15 | 8.9 | 47 | +3.3% | #159 of 177 |
| Marion, NC | Not scored | 4 | 2.1 | 161 | +1.5% |
Other business types in the Marion 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 estate46
- Real estate agents and brokers45
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Marion, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Marion area. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Marion area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Marion, NC area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $251.9M a year, or $13,518 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 61% 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 18,638 households in the Marion area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Marion, NC area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Marion area has 2.1 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 51% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 161, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Marion area would have about 7, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Marion, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Marion area at 45,198 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,638 households. Median household income in the Marion area is $57,168, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.0%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Marion area has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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