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Mortgage brokers and lenders in Zapata County, TX
How Zapata County, TX 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 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 3 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $55.1M
- On rent and homeowner costs · $12,067 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 47
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 53% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 13,753
- −0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on rent and homeowner costs in Zapata County comes to about $55.1M a year: $12,067 per household, 28% below the U.S. average. Housing spending per office is 53% 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.
Zapata County has 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings as of September 2026. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 4.3.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Zapata County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Zapata County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, Zapata County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Zapata County 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 | Zapata County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 47 | 96 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,311 | 4,897 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +7.4% | +9.5% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $12,067 | $15,682 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $39,239 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 50 |
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
- 33 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Zapata 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 Zapata County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,753−0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 4,565
- Median age
- 33.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 998 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 14
- Median household income
- $39,239+15.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $55,044
- Median home value
- $97,100
- Jobs located here
- 2,023
- Daytime population
- 10,968Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Guadalupe County, TX | 90 | 5 | 0.8 | 544 | +15.8% | #2 of 887 |
| 2Kaufman County, TX | 86 | 9 | 1.8 | 232 | +42.2% | #7 of 887 |
| 3Brazoria County, TX | 85 | 34 | 2.5 | 172 | +12.2% | #9 of 887 |
| 4Chambers County, TX | 81 | 5 | 2.9 | 153 | +22.6% | #29 of 887 |
| 5Hunt County, TX | 79 | 7 | 1.8 | 208 | +23.0% | #37 of 887 |
| 6Parker County, TX | 78 | 18 | 3.2 | 139 | +23.5% | #48 of 887 |
| 7Wise County, TX | 77 | 7 | 2.8 | 150 | +21.5% | #54 of 887 |
| 8Midland County, TX | 77 | 22 | 3.3 | 132 | +10.0% | #56 of 887 |
| 9Randall County, TX | 73 | 15 | 2.6 | 152 | +7.9% | #86 of 887 |
| 10Ellis County, TX | 73 | 23 | 3.2 | 133 | +24.0% | #89 of 887 |
| Zapata County, TX | Not scored | 3 | 6.6 | 47 | −0.9% |
Other business types in Zapata County
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 estate36
- Real estate agents and brokers
- Property management
- Mortgage brokers and lenders
- Home inspectors
Funeral services
Questions
How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in Zapata County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 mortgage brokers and lenders in Zapata County. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. No official count is published for mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in Zapata County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Zapata County, TX spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $55.1M a year, or $12,067 per household. That is 28% below the U.S. average (an index of 72, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 3 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 53% 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. It is estimated from the incomes of the 4,565 households in Zapata County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Zapata County, TX compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?
Zapata County has 6.6 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 53% above the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 47, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, Zapata County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Zapata County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Zapata County at 13,753 people in 2025, down 0.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,565 households. Median household income in Zapata County is $39,239, 51% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.6%, 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. Zapata County has no market score for mortgage brokers and lenders: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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