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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Waco, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Waco, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #136 of 373 scored metro areas
#9 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
29
10 chain locations (34%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.6B
On rent and homeowner costs · $14,526 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
143
43% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.6
40% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
308,807
+4.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 29 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Waco metro area. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That comes to 2.6 for every 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

At $14,526 per household (13% below the U.S. average), households in the Waco metro area spend about $1.6B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 43% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 20 businesses with payroll in the Waco metro area classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders. That is one for every 5,559 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Waco metro area grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders in the Waco metro area is 56 (upper middle), #136 of 373 scored metro areas and #9 of 24 scored metro areas based in Texas.

How the Waco 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.

Mortgage brokers and lenders in Waco, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureWaco metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.64.24.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)14396100
Households per official establishment5,5595,3114,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.4%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$14,526$15,682$16,661
Median household income$66,205$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5650

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2910 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
41The 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 Waco 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 Waco metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
308,807+4.2% since 2020
Households
111,178
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
108
Median household income
$66,205
Average household income
$91,997
Median home value
$234,100
Jobs located here
129,143
Daytime population
295,622Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Mortgage brokers and lenders across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for mortgage brokers and lenders, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Waco metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for mortgage brokers and lenders by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsHousing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)Population growthU.S. rank
1Midland, TX77223.2136+9.8%#13 of 373
2College Station-Bryan, TX69282.6138+6.9%#38 of 373
3Sherman-Denison, TX67203.6106+12.8%#46 of 373
4Odessa, TX66172.6144+5.0%#54 of 373
5Abilene, TX63203.0122+4.8%#76 of 373
6Longview, TX61242.2165+3.8%#88 of 373
7Killeen-Temple, TX58643.6103+7.2%#118 of 373
8Lubbock, TX56342.4153+4.6%#135 of 373
9Waco, TX56292.6143+4.2%#136 of 373
10Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX55432.9129+0.5%#143 of 373

Other business types in the Waco metro area

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

Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Waco, TX metro area?

There are 29 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Waco metro area as of September 2026. 10 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in the Waco, TX metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.6B a year, or $14,526 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 29 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 43% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 111,178 households in the Waco metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Waco, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Waco metro area has 2.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 40% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 143, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Waco metro area would have about 41, against 29 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,559 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is the Waco, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Waco metro area at 308,807 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,178 households. The median household income in the Waco metro area is $66,205 a year, 18% 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. 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 Waco metro area scores 56 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #136 of 373 scored metro areas.

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