Tompkins County

New York · FIPS 36109

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Tompkins County ranks #1,069 of 3,210, and #40 of 62 in New York.

Mortgage lending activity in Tompkins County, New York 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. Tompkins County, New York saw 1,594 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 1,052 of those loans and denied 247, producing a denial rate of 15.5% and an approval (origination) rate of 66.0%. The average loan amount was $756,035 at an average note rate of 6.45%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $36K. 99 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 21.0x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 21.0 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.

1,594
Applications
1,052
Originated
15.5%
Denial Rate
$756,035
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Tompkins County

Top-1 share
25.8%
Top-3 share
53.2%
Book band
Concentrated book

In Tompkins County, lead originator Tompkins Community Bank funded 25.8% of 1,052 originated loans, above the county fleet's upper tercile (~16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 53.2% of the book, so a handful of names dominate disclosed volume here.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Tompkins County's 1,594 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Tompkins County's $756,035 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Tompkins County

Tompkins Community Bank funded 271 of the 1,052 loans originated in Tompkins County, 25.8% of the county. 99 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 Tompkins County borrowers.

Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This Tompkins 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.