Clark County

Missouri · FIPS 29045

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Clark County ranks #2,986 of 3,223, and #112 of 115 in Missouri.

Mortgage lending activity in Clark County, Missouri 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. Clark County, Missouri lenders denied 17 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 6.70%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $36K. 17 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 4.8x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 4.8 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.

64
Applications
29
Originated
26.6%
Denial Rate
$174,219
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Clark County

Lead lender
Top-1 share
13.8%
Top-3 share
37.9%
Book band
Balanced book

In Clark County, lead originator Rocket Mortgage funded 13.8% of 29 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 37.9% 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 Clark County's 64 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Clark County's $174,219 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Clark County

Rocket Mortgage funded 4 of the 29 loans originated in Clark County, 13.8% of the county. 17 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 Clark 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 Clark 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.