Hamilton County

Indiana · FIPS 18057

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Hamilton County ranks #144 of 3,223, and #3 of 92 in Indiana.

Mortgage lending activity in Hamilton County, Indiana 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. Hamilton County, Indiana lenders denied 2,329 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 7.07%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $36K. 375 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 9.3x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 9.3 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.

19,705
Applications
11,455
Originated
11.8%
Denial Rate
$333,756
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Hamilton County

Lead lender
Top-1 share
5.7%
Top-3 share
14.9%
Book band
Dispersed book

In Hamilton County, lead originator Lennar Mortgage, LLC funded only 5.7% of 11,455 originated loans, below the county fleet's lower tercile (~10.9% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 14.9% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Hamilton County's 19,705 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Hamilton County's $333,756 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Hamilton County

Lennar Mortgage, LLC funded 653 of the 11,455 loans originated in Hamilton County, 5.7% of the county. 375 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 Hamilton 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 Hamilton 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.