Davidson County

North Carolina · FIPS 37057

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Davidson County ranks #329 of 3,210, and #17 of 100 in North Carolina.

Mortgage lending activity in Davidson County, North Carolina 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. Davidson County, North Carolina saw 8,527 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 4,647 of those loans and denied 1,522, producing a denial rate of 17.9% and an approval (origination) rate of 54.5%. The average loan amount was $199,015 at an average note rate of 6.88%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $37K. 266 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.

8,527
Applications
4,647
Originated
17.9%
Denial Rate
$199,015
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Davidson County

Top-1 share
11.2%
Top-3 share
25.2%
Book band
Balanced book

In Davidson County, lead originator State Employees' Credit Union funded 11.2% of 4,647 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. counties (~10.9-16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 25.2% 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 Davidson County's 8,527 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Davidson County's $199,015 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Davidson County

State Employees' Credit Union funded 520 of the 4,647 loans originated in Davidson County, 11.2% of the county. 266 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 Davidson County borrowers.

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