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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Hamblen County, TN

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in Hamblen County, TN, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #373 of 887 scored counties
#12 of 29 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
6
4 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$354.2M
On rent and homeowner costs · $13,547 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
151
51% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.3
47% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
68,843
+6.7% 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 Hamblen County comes to about $354.2M a year: $13,547 per household, 19% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 51% 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.

Hamblen County has 6 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Hamblen County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 4,358 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Hamblen County grew 6.7% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For mortgage brokers and lenders, Hamblen County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #373 of 887 scored counties and #12 of 29 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Hamblen County 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Hamblen County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureHamblen CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.34.04.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)15196100
Households per official establishment4,3586,4194,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.1%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.7%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$13,547$14,833$16,661
Median household income$55,454$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score5348

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
64 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Hamblen 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 Hamblen County

Population, 2025 estimate
68,843+6.7% since 2020
Households
26,146
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
161 sq. mi.
People per square mile
407
Median household income
$55,454+27.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,590
Median home value
$210,900
Jobs located here
33,638
Daytime population
72,283Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Robertson County, TN7851.8223+9.9%#44 of 887
2Bedford County, TN6552.6144+9.7%#169 of 887
3Blount County, TN65193.4114+6.0%#176 of 887
4Coffee County, TN6352.2162+7.4%#201 of 887
5Greene County, TN6251.8195+5.0%#214 of 887
6Loudon County, TN6293.7107+15.6%#225 of 887
7Wilson County, TN61254.2101+17.8%#235 of 887
8Madison County, TN60102.5142+2.0%#246 of 887
9Bradley County, TN58163.897+6.1%#285 of 887
10Tipton County, TN5752.2171+2.0%#286 of 887
12Hamblen County, TN5362.3151+6.7%#373 of 887

Other business types in Hamblen County

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Hamblen County, TN?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 mortgage brokers and lenders in Hamblen County. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in Hamblen County, TN spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $354.2M a year, or $13,547 per household. That is 19% below the U.S. average (an index of 81, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 6 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 51% 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 26,146 households in Hamblen County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Hamblen County has 2.3 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 47% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 151, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Hamblen County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,358 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is Hamblen County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Hamblen County at 68,843 people in 2025, up 6.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,146 households. Median household income in Hamblen County is $55,454, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.1%, 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. Hamblen County scores 53 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #373 of 887 scored counties.

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