Wilson County

North Carolina · FIPS 37195

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Wilson County ranks #705 of 3,210, and #40 of 100 in North Carolina.

Mortgage lending activity in Wilson 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. Wilson County, North Carolina saw 3,066 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 1,538 of those loans and denied 649, producing a denial rate of 21.2% and an approval (origination) rate of 50.2%. The average loan amount was $193,311 at an average note rate of 6.92%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $38K. 193 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 5.1x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 5.1 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.

3,066
Applications
1,538
Originated
21.2%
Denial Rate
$193,311
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Wilson County

Top-1 share
20.1%
Top-3 share
31.3%
Book band
Concentrated book

In Wilson County, lead originator State Employees' Credit Union funded 20.1% of 1,538 originated loans, above the county fleet's upper tercile (~16.7% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 31.3% of the book, so a handful of names dominate disclosed volume here.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Wilson County's 3,066 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Wilson County's $193,311 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Wilson County

State Employees' Credit Union funded 309 of the 1,538 loans originated in Wilson County, 20.1% of the county. 193 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 Wilson County borrowers.

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