Ozark County

Missouri · FIPS 29153

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Ozark County ranks #2,547 of 3,223, and #95 of 115 in Missouri.

Mortgage lending activity in Ozark 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. Ozark County, Missouri lenders denied 35 of the applications reported here, financing the rest at an average note rate of 6.98%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $37K. 55 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 4.9x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 4.9 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.

219
Applications
118
Originated
16.0%
Denial Rate
$180,342
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Ozark County

Lead lender
Top-1 share
18.6%
Top-3 share
32.2%
Book band
Concentrated book

In Ozark County, lead originator Rocket Mortgage funded 18.6% of 118 originated loans, above the county fleet's upper tercile (~16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 32.2% of the book, so a handful of names dominate disclosed volume here.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Ozark County's 219 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Ozark County's $180,342 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Ozark County

Rocket Mortgage funded 22 of the 118 loans originated in Ozark County, 18.6% of the county. 55 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 Ozark 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 Ozark 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.