Coffee County

Alabama · FIPS 01031

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Coffee County ranks #804 of 3,210, and #22 of 67 in Alabama.

Mortgage lending activity in Coffee County, Alabama based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this county during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.

Local mortgage market. Coffee County, Alabama saw 2,533 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 1,318 of those loans and denied 376, producing a denial rate of 14.8% and an approval (origination) rate of 52.0%. The average loan amount was $202,481 at an average note rate of 7.14%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $36K. 151 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 5.6x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 5.6 times their annual income. That ratio is a rough affordability signal: higher multiples imply tighter monthly budgets and greater exposure to rate or income shocks. See our methodology for how to read the denial rate against a local applicant pool. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.

2,533
Applications
1,318
Originated
14.8%
Denial Rate
$202,481
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Coffee County

Top-1 share
13.1%
Top-3 share
28.7%
Book band
Balanced book

In Coffee County, lead originator Mortgage Research Center funded 13.1% of 1,318 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 28.7% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Coffee County's 2,533 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Coffee County's $202,481 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Coffee County

Mortgage Research Center funded 173 of the 1,318 loans originated in Coffee County, 13.1% of the county. 151 lenders reported activity here.

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024. County FIPS codes per U.S. Census Bureau standards.

Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Provided for informational purposes only; does not constitute financial advice for Coffee County borrowers.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This Coffee County page draws directly on CFPB HMDA federal source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-10. HMDA figures are lender-filed application outcomes for a published reporting year - not creditworthiness scores, rate quotes, Loan Estimates, underwriting decisions, or mortgage advice.