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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Cherokee County, OK
How Cherokee County, OK 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 26 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #832 of 887 scored counties
#9 of 9 scored counties in Oklahoma
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $249.9M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,367 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 64
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 23% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 49,196
- +4.5% since 2020
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What this means
For mortgage brokers and lenders, Cherokee County has a Groundwork market score of 26 (lower middle): #832 of 887 scored counties and #9 of 9 scored counties in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 mortgage brokers and lenders in Cherokee County. None of them are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
At $13,367 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $249.9M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 36% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cherokee County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Cherokee County compares
The same measures for Oklahoma 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 | Cherokee County | Oklahoma | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 64 | 150 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,979 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +5.5% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.5% | +4.0% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,367 | $14,392 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $53,218 | $65,039 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 26 | 70 |
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
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 49,196+4.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,698
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 749 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 64
- Median household income
- $53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,290
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 13,276
- Daytime population
- 42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oklahoma
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Canadian County, OK | 84 | 9 | 1.5 | 263 | +20.4% | #10 of 887 |
| 2Cleveland County, OK | 61 | 36 | 3.1 | 126 | +2.6% | #233 of 887 |
| 3Comanche County, OK | 51 | 14 | 3.1 | 113 | +0.8% | #423 of 887 |
| 4Oklahoma County, OK | 44 | 129 | 3.9 | 96 | +3.0% | #547 of 887 |
| 5Tulsa County, OK | 43 | 120 | 4.4 | 87 | +4.2% | #571 of 887 |
| 6Pittsburg County, OK | 34 | 5 | 2.8 | 122 | −1.1% | #721 of 887 |
| 7Carter County, OK | 34 | 9 | 4.7 | 76 | +1.8% | #726 of 887 |
| 8Pontotoc County, OK | 27 | 8 | 5.3 | 68 | +1.2% | #822 of 887 |
| 9Cherokee County, OK | 26 | 10 | 5.3 | 64 | +4.5% | #832 of 887 |
Other business types in Cherokee 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 estate52
- Real estate agents and brokers56
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders26
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Cherokee County, OK?
There are 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Cherokee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Cherokee County, OK spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $249.9M a year, or $13,367 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 10 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 36% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,698 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, OK compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Cherokee County has 5.3 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 23% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 64, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 6, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Cherokee County, OK growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in Cherokee County is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Cherokee County scores 26 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #832 of 887 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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