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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Elk County, PA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Elk County, PA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $216.7M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $16,264 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 555
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 29,926
- −3.3% since 2020
See the mortgage brokers and lenders around any address in Elk County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 mortgage broker or lender in Elk County. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Elk County comes to about $216.7M a year: $16,264 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. 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 Elk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Elk County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, Elk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Elk County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Elk County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 555 | 185 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,780 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.8% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $16,264 | $18,070 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $66,380 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 67 |
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
- 11 chain location
- 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 Elk 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 Elk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 29,926−3.3% since 2020
- Households
- 13,325
- Median age
- 47.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 827 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 37
- Median household income
- $66,380+24.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $81,773
- Median home value
- $133,600
- Jobs located here
- 12,876
- Daytime population
- 29,443Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Northampton County, PA | 83 | 24 | 2.0 | 246 | +3.7% | #18 of 887 |
| 2Lebanon County, PA | 82 | 6 | 1.1 | 428 | +2.2% | #21 of 887 |
| 3Luzerne County, PA | 79 | 11 | 0.8 | 522 | +2.1% | #34 of 887 |
| 4Franklin County, PA | 79 | 12 | 1.9 | 239 | +3.0% | #35 of 887 |
| 5Berks County, PA | 78 | 36 | 2.2 | 208 | +2.7% | #45 of 887 |
| 6Westmoreland County, PA | 76 | 17 | 1.1 | 409 | −1.4% | #58 of 887 |
| 7Beaver County, PA | 76 | 9 | 1.2 | 354 | −1.1% | #60 of 887 |
| 8Dauphin County, PA | 75 | 22 | 1.8 | 250 | +2.3% | #65 of 887 |
| 9Washington County, PA | 74 | 13 | 1.5 | 316 | +0.7% | #71 of 887 |
| 10Erie County, PA | 72 | 12 | 1.1 | 390 | −1.8% | #91 of 887 |
| Elk County, PA | Not scored | 1 | 0.8 | 555 | −3.3% |
Other business types in Elk 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 estate76
- Real estate agents and brokers69
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Elk County, PA?
Elk County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Elk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Elk County, PA spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $216.7M a year, or $16,264 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 13,325 households in Elk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Elk County, PA compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Elk County has 1 mortgage broker or lender on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Elk County would have about 6, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Elk County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Elk County at 29,926 people in 2025, down 3.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,325 households. The median household income in Elk County is $66,380 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.2% 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. Elk County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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