Elizabethtown

Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 21060

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Elizabethtown ranks #299 of 418.

Mortgage lending activity in the Elizabethtown metro area based on lender filings under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Data covers all applications received by HMDA-reporting institutions operating in this geography during 2024. Why mortgages get denied walks the denial-reason codes that appear in books like this one.

Metro-area mortgage activity. The Elizabethtown Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 21060) recorded 5,701 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 3,159 of those and denied others at a rate of 15.5%, for an approval (origination) rate of 55.4%. The average loan amount across the MSA was $224,583 at an average note rate of 7.03%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Abound Federal Credit Union, United Wholesale Mortgage, West Point Bank lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Elizabethtown ranks #149 by denial rate (the 65th percentile for approval-friendliness), and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 241 other tracked metros.

What MSA numbers tell you, and what they don't. Metro area boundaries are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and typically span multiple counties, so a single Elizabethtown denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 15.5% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $224,583 average loan size reflects the MSA's property values and the borrower pool that actually applied, not any single neighborhood. This page is informational data reporting, not financial, legal, or mortgage advice.

5,701
Applications
3,159
Originated
15.5%
Denial Rate
$224,583
Avg Loan Amount
#149 / 418
Denial Rate Rank

Lender concentration in Elizabethtown

Top-1 share
11.8%
Top-3 share
27.4%
Book band
Balanced book

In Elizabethtown, lead originator Abound Federal Credit Union funded 11.8% of 3,159 originated loans, in the middle tercile of U.S. metros (~8.7-12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 27.4% of the book; a local credit union or regional bank still sits beside the national wholesalers.

Metros With a Similar Denial Rate

The metro areas closest to Elizabethtown's 15.5% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.

Metros With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Elizabethtown's 5,701 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).

Metros With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Elizabethtown's $224,583 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).

Lenders active in the Elizabethtown metro

Abound Federal Credit Union funded 374 of the 3,159 loans originated here, 11.8% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.

# Lender Originated Applications Avg Loan Market Share
1 Abound Federal Credit Union 374 535 $152,776 11.8%
2 United Wholesale Mortgage 286 334 $277,994 9.1%
3 West Point Bank 206 251 $194,562 6.5%
4 South Central Bank INC 193 249 $235,402 6.1%
5 The Cecilian Bank 180 241 $247,573 5.7%

Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) 2024. Metropolitan Statistical Areas defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Data from FFIEC / CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024). Provided for informational purposes only; does not constitute financial advice for Elizabethtown borrowers.

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