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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Stark County, OH
How Stark County, OH 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 #343 of 887 scored counties
#13 of 33 scored counties in Ohio
- Listings
- 34
- 11 chain locations (32%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $2.1B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,377 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 157
- 57% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.2
- 49% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 373,771
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 34 mortgage brokers and lenders in Stark County. Chain locations make up 32% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.2 for every 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
At $13,377 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Stark County spend about $2.1B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 57% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Stark County was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 9,747 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Stark County declined 0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Stark County scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #343 of 887 scored counties and #13 of 33 scored counties in Ohio.
How Stark County compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Stark County | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.2 | 2.9 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 157 | 123 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 9,747 | 8,794 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.8% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,377 | $13,878 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $67,934 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 16
- Employees, 2023
- 58
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3411 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The 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 Stark 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 Stark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 373,771−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 155,955
- Median age
- 42.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 575 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 650
- Median household income
- $67,934+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,996
- Median home value
- $186,400
- Jobs located here
- 161,831
- Daytime population
- 363,748Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fairfield County, OH | 76 | 13 | 2.2 | 179 | +6.5% | #62 of 887 |
| 2Licking County, OH | 70 | 17 | 2.5 | 152 | +3.8% | #123 of 887 |
| 3Wood County, OH | 67 | 7 | 1.3 | 281 | +1.5% | #143 of 887 |
| 4Miami County, OH | 64 | 11 | 2.4 | 148 | +3.4% | #187 of 887 |
| 5Clermont County, OH | 64 | 23 | 2.7 | 140 | +3.9% | #189 of 887 |
| 6Greene County, OH | 63 | 19 | 2.8 | 138 | +3.7% | #203 of 887 |
| 7Trumbull County, OH | 60 | 11 | 1.3 | 253 | −1.3% | #239 of 887 |
| 8Lorain County, OH | 58 | 30 | 2.4 | 153 | +3.1% | #276 of 887 |
| 9Medina County, OH | 57 | 19 | 2.6 | 152 | +1.3% | #292 of 887 |
| 10Montgomery County, OH | 55 | 60 | 2.6 | 133 | +0.5% | #330 of 887 |
| 13Stark County, OH | 54 | 34 | 2.2 | 157 | −0.2% | #343 of 887 |
Other business types in Stark 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 estate37
- Real estate agents and brokers40
- Property management50
- Mortgage brokers and lenders54
- Home inspectors28
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Stark County, OH?
There are 34 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Stark County as of September 2026. 11 of them (32%) 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 Stark County, OH spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $2.1B a year, or $13,377 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 34 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 57% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 155,955 households in Stark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Stark County, OH compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Stark County has 2.2 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 49% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 157, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Stark County would have about 54, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,747 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Stark County, OH growing?
Population estimates put Stark County at 373,771 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 155,955 households. The median household income in Stark County is $67,934 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Stark County scores 54 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #343 of 887 scored counties.
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