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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Wasco County, OR
The mortgage brokers and lenders in Wasco County, OR, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #820 of 887 scored counties
#20 of 23 scored counties in Oregon
- Listings
- 6
- 2 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $173M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,381 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 74
- 26% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 33% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 26,310
- −1.1% since 2020
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What this means
Wasco County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #820 of 887 scored counties and #20 of 23 scored counties in Oregon. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Households in Wasco County spend about $173M a year on rent and homeowner costs, or $16,381 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 26% 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.
Wasco County has 6 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 5.7, 33% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Wasco County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,521 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wasco County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wasco County compares
The same measures for Oregon 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 | Wasco County | Oregon | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 74 | 78 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 3,521 | 3,458 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +9.7% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.1% | +0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,381 | $18,335 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $64,175 | $83,011 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 28 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $160K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 62 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Wasco 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 Wasco County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,310−1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 10,563
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,381 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 11
- Median household income
- $64,175+20.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,059
- Median home value
- $367,400
- Jobs located here
- 10,091
- Daytime population
- 24,380Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Oregon
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Douglas County, OR | 72 | 8 | 1.7 | 246 | +0.6% | #92 of 887 |
| 2Polk County, OR | 64 | 5 | 1.5 | 309 | +2.3% | #179 of 887 |
| 3Benton County, OR | 60 | 14 | 3.6 | 127 | +4.4% | #248 of 887 |
| 4Coos County, OR | 57 | 7 | 2.4 | 171 | −1.5% | #287 of 887 |
| 5Columbia County, OR | 57 | 9 | 4.3 | 107 | +2.6% | #302 of 887 |
| 6Lincoln County, OR | 54 | 5 | 2.2 | 194 | +0.3% | #340 of 887 |
| 7Multnomah County, OR | 54 | 130 | 3.7 | 131 | −2.6% | #348 of 887 |
| 8Yamhill County, OR | 51 | 18 | 4.6 | 103 | +2.2% | #426 of 887 |
| 9Crook County, OR | 50 | 5 | 4.6 | 100 | +10.6% | #445 of 887 |
| 10Linn County, OR | 49 | 21 | 4.1 | 105 | +3.0% | #458 of 887 |
| 20Wasco County, OR | 27 | 6 | 5.7 | 74 | −1.1% | #820 of 887 |
Other business types in Wasco 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 estate32
- Real estate agents and brokers46
- Property management24
- Mortgage brokers and lenders27
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Wasco County, OR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 mortgage brokers and lenders in Wasco County. 2 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.
How much do households in Wasco County, OR spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $173M a year, or $16,381 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 26% 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 10,563 households in Wasco County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasco County, OR compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Wasco County has 5.7 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 33% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 74, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Wasco County would have about 4, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,521 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is Wasco County, OR growing?
Population estimates put Wasco County at 26,310 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 10,563 households. Median household income in Wasco County is $64,175, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.9%, 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. Wasco County scores 27 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #820 of 887 scored counties.
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