Real estate · Small-town market · Tennessee
Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Athens, TN area
The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Athens, TN area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 66 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #29 of 177 scored small-town markets
#5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee
- Listings
- 8
- 4 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $368.8M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,941 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 118
- 18% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 30% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 71,590
- +8.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $13,941 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Athens area spend about $368.8M a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 18% 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.
There are 8 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Athens area as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 50%, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Athens area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,818 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Athens area grew 8.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, the Athens area has a Groundwork market score of 66 (upper middle): #29 of 177 scored small-town markets and #5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Athens area compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Athens area | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 118 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 8,818 | 6,419 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.1% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.2% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,941 | $14,833 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $61,438 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 66 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 3
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $172K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 84 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The 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 the Athens area, 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 the Athens area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 71,590+8.2% since 2020
- Households
- 26,453
- Median age
- 43.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 625 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 109
- Median household income
- $61,438
- Average household income
- $81,180
- Median home value
- $205,300
- Jobs located here
- 19,824
- Daytime population
- 61,141Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 74 | 5 | 1.9 | 182 | +7.3% | #14 of 177 |
| 2Shelbyville, TN | 72 | 5 | 2.6 | 144 | +9.7% | #19 of 177 |
| 3Greeneville, TN | 70 | 5 | 1.8 | 195 | +5.0% | #21 of 177 |
| 4Cookeville, TN | 66 | 17 | 2.9 | 120 | +7.6% | #28 of 177 |
| 5Athens, TN | 66 | 8 | 3.0 | 118 | +8.2% | #29 of 177 |
| 6Sevierville, TN | 57 | 12 | 3.0 | 122 | +2.5% | #68 of 177 |
| 7Crossville, TN | 46 | 14 | 5.0 | 70 | +8.0% | #105 of 177 |
| 8Fayetteville, TN | 45 | 7 | 4.7 | 77 | +4.3% | #110 of 177 |
Other business types in the Athens area
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 estate63
- Real estate agents and brokers67
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders66
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Athens, TN area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 8 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Athens area. 4 of them (50%) 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 the Athens, TN area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $368.8M a year, or $13,941 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 8 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 18% 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 26,453 households in the Athens area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Athens, TN area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The Athens area has 3.0 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 30% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 118, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Athens area would have about 10, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,818 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
How fast is the Athens, TN area growing?
Population estimates put the Athens area at 71,590 people in 2025, up 8.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,453 households. Median household income in the Athens area is $61,438, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Athens area scores 66 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #29 of 177 scored small-town markets.
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