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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Brookings County, SD

How Brookings County, SD compares with other counties 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
$187.9M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,617 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
120
20% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
33% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
37,635
+9.6% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Brookings County comes to about $187.9M a year: $13,617 per household, 18% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 20% 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.

Brookings County has 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.9 for every 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Brookings County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in Brookings County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, Brookings County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Brookings County compares

The same measures for South Dakota 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Brookings County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureBrookings CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.92.54.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)120145100
Households per official establishmentn/a10,1544,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+28.6%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,617$13,945$16,661
Median household income$70,064$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored66

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
5The 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 Brookings 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 Brookings County

Population, 2025 estimate
37,635+9.6% since 2020
Households
13,798
Median age
31.9
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
792 sq. mi.
People per square mile
45
Median household income
$70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$89,400
Median home value
$264,600
Jobs located here
19,000
Daytime population
37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across South Dakota

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The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brookings County marked.

Top counties in South Dakota

Counties in South Dakota ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Minnehaha County, SD60333.994+7.6%#258 of 887
2Pennington County, SD42265.664+6.6%#599 of 887
3Lincoln County, SD39176.166+17.5%#645 of 887
Brookings County, SDNot scored42.9120+9.6%

Other business types in Brookings County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Brookings County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 mortgage brokers and lenders in Brookings County. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Brookings County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Brookings County, SD spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $187.9M a year, or $13,617 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 4 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 20% 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 13,798 households in Brookings County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Brookings County, SD compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

Brookings County has 2.9 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 33% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 120, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Brookings County would have about 5, against 4 on map listings.

How fast is Brookings County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Brookings County at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in Brookings County is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Brookings County 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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