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Mortgage brokers and lenders in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area

The mortgage brokers and lenders in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #89 of 373 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont

Listings
32
10 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On rent and homeowner costs · $19,076 a household
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
144
44% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.4
21% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
227,803
+0.9% 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

At $19,076 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area spend about $1.8B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 44% 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 32 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 21% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 4.3.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,304 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 61 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for mortgage brokers and lenders, ranking #89 of 373 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Burlington-South Burlington metro area compares

The same measures for Vermont 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 Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compared with Vermont and the U.S.
MeasureBurlington-South Burlington metro areaVermontU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.41.54.3
Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)144311100
Households per official establishment6,30411,8884,897
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−8.0%+9.5%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.9%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs$19,076$18,181$16,661
Median household income$93,043$81,203$80,734
Groundwork market score6176

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
15
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
46The 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 Burlington-South Burlington 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
227,803+0.9% since 2020
Households
94,559
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,250 sq. mi.
People per square mile
182
Median household income
$93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$118,646
Median home value
$401,000
Jobs located here
121,615
Daytime population
237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many mortgage brokers and lenders are in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 32 mortgage brokers and lenders in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as mortgage brokers and real estate lenders in 2023.

How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?

About $1.8B a year, or $19,076 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 32 mortgage brokers and lenders on map listings, housing spending per office is 44% 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 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for mortgage brokers and lenders?

The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 3.4 mortgage brokers and lenders per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 4.3. The index of housing spending per office is 144, where 100 is the U.S. At the U.S. ratio of mortgage brokers and lenders to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 46, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,304 households, against one for every 4,897 across the U.S.

How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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 Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 61 for mortgage brokers and lenders (upper middle), #89 of 373 scored metro areas.

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