Evansville

Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 21780

According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Evansville ranks #204 of 418.

Mortgage lending activity in the Evansville 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 Evansville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 21780) recorded 10,735 HMDA-reported mortgage applications in 2024. Lenders originated 6,214 of those and denied others at a rate of 13.5%, for an approval (origination) rate of 57.9%. The average loan amount across the MSA was $197,267 at an average note rate of 7.09%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Liberty Federal Credit Union, Mortgage Masters of Indiana Inc, Heritage Federal Credit Union lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Evansville ranks #58 by denial rate (the 86th percentile for approval-friendliness), and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 117 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 Evansville denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 13.5% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $197,267 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.

10,735
Applications
6,214
Originated
13.5%
Denial Rate
$197,267
Avg Loan Amount
#58 / 418
Denial Rate Rank

Lender concentration in Evansville

Top-1 share
18.1%
Top-3 share
36.9%
Book band
Concentrated book

In Evansville, lead originator Liberty Federal Credit Union funded 18.1% of 6,214 originated loans, above the fleet's upper tercile (~12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 36.9% of the book, so a handful of names dominate disclosed volume here.

Metros With a Similar Denial Rate

The metro areas closest to Evansville's 13.5% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.

Metros With Similar Application Volume

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Evansville's 10,735 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).

Metros With a Similar Average Loan

Nationwide MSAs nearest to Evansville's $197,267 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).

Lenders active in the Evansville metro

Liberty Federal Credit Union funded 1,127 of the 6,214 loans originated here, 18.1% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.

# Lender Originated Applications Avg Loan Market Share
1 Liberty Federal Credit Union 1,127 1,399 $158,903 18.1%
2 Mortgage Masters of Indiana Inc 648 735 $214,007 10.4%
3 Heritage Federal Credit Union 516 734 $108,965 8.3%
4 Old National Bank 393 563 $179,032 6.3%
5 Fifth Third Bank, National Association 267 437 $114,771 4.3%

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 Evansville borrowers.

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