Williamson County

Texas · FIPS 48491

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among U.S. counties, Williamson County ranks #58 of 3,210, and #10 of 253 in Texas.

Mortgage lending activity in Williamson County, Texas 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. Williamson County, Texas saw 32,963 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 16,262 of those loans and denied 3,808, producing a denial rate of 11.6% and an approval (origination) rate of 49.3%. The average loan amount was $378,335 at an average note rate of 6.46%, with applicants self-reporting average annual income of $38K. 518 distinct institutions reported mortgage activity in this county.

Borrower leverage and affordability signal. The loan-to-income ratio averages 10.0x, meaning typical borrowers took on mortgages of about 10.0 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.

32,963
Applications
16,262
Originated
11.6%
Denial Rate
$378,335
Avg Loan Amount

Lender concentration in Williamson County

Top-1 share
7.7%
Top-3 share
16.3%
Book band
Dispersed book

In Williamson County, lead originator United Wholesale Mortgage funded only 7.7% of 16,262 originated loans, below the county fleet's lower tercile (~10.9% top-1 share). The top three reporters together hold 16.3% of the book, so shopping across channels still meets many active filers.

Counties With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide counties nearest to Williamson County's 32,963 HMDA applications.

Counties With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide counties nearest to Williamson County's $378,335 average loan (deduped against volume peers).

Lenders active in Williamson County

United Wholesale Mortgage funded 1,254 of the 16,262 loans originated in Williamson County, 7.7% of the county. 518 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 Williamson County borrowers.

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