Saline County

Arkansas · FIPS 05125

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Saline County ranks #400 of 3,223, and #4 of 75 in Arkansas.

Mortgage lending activity in Saline County, Arkansas 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. Saline County, Arkansas lenders denied 1,183 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 7.18%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $37K. 230 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 5.4x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 5.4 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.

6,956
Applications
3,243
Originated
17.0%
Denial Rate
$200,574
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Saline County

Top-1 share
8.2%
Top-3 share
21.7%
Book band
Dispersed book

In Saline County, lead originator Arkansas Federal Credit Union funded only 8.2% of 3,243 originated loans, below the county fleet's lower tercile (~10.9% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 21.7% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Saline County's 6,956 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Saline County's $200,574 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Saline County

Arkansas Federal Credit Union funded 267 of the 3,243 loans originated in Saline County, 8.2% of the county. 230 lenders reported activity here.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For Saline County, from the FFIEC/CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024) -- county FIPS codes follow U.S. Census Bureau standards. Not financial advice for Saline County borrowers. 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.