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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area
The mortgage brokers and lenders in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #238 of 373 scored metro areas
#19 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 100
- 25 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- 36
- +9.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.6B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $13,380 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 93
- 7% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 921,549
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 100 mortgage brokers and lenders in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations, against 21% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.7, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area comes to about $3.6B a year: $13,380 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 7% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area was 36 in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019. That is one for every 7,506 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area grew 5.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area is 43 (lower middle), #238 of 373 scored metro areas and #19 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 93 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 7,506 | 5,311 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +9.1% | +7.4% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $13,380 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $54,338 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 43 | 50 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 36+9.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 217
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $17.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10025 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 93The 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro 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 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 921,549+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 270,210
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,571 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 568
- Median household income
- $54,338+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,309
- Median home value
- $140,900
- Jobs located here
- 292,679
- Daytime population
- 862,027Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Midland, TX | 77 | 22 | 3.2 | 136 | +9.8% | #13 of 373 |
| 2College Station-Bryan, TX | 69 | 28 | 2.6 | 138 | +6.9% | #38 of 373 |
| 3Sherman-Denison, TX | 67 | 20 | 3.6 | 106 | +12.8% | #46 of 373 |
| 4Odessa, TX | 66 | 17 | 2.6 | 144 | +5.0% | #54 of 373 |
| 5Abilene, TX | 63 | 20 | 3.0 | 122 | +4.8% | #76 of 373 |
| 6Longview, TX | 61 | 24 | 2.2 | 165 | +3.8% | #88 of 373 |
| 7Killeen-Temple, TX | 58 | 64 | 3.6 | 103 | +7.2% | #118 of 373 |
| 8Lubbock, TX | 56 | 34 | 2.4 | 153 | +4.6% | #135 of 373 |
| 9Waco, TX | 56 | 29 | 2.6 | 143 | +4.2% | #136 of 373 |
| 10Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 55 | 43 | 2.9 | 129 | +0.5% | #143 of 373 |
| 19McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 43 | 100 | 3.7 | 93 | +5.6% | #238 of 373 |
Other business types in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro 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 estate60
- Real estate agents and brokers60
- Property management66
- Mortgage brokers and lenders43
- Home inspectors67
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area?
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 100 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. 25 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 36 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023, up 9.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $3.6B a year, or $13,380 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 100 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 7% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 270,210 households in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area has 3.7 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 93, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area would have about 93, against 100 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,506 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S. The official count rose 9.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +9.5% for the U.S.
How fast is the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area at 921,549 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 270,210 households. The median household income in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area is $54,338 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area scores 43 for mortgage brokers and lenders (lower middle), #238 of 373 scored metro areas.
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