Jackson
Metropolitan Statistical Area · MSA Code 27140
According to CFPB HMDA 2024 application volume among tracked metros, Jackson ranks #120 of 418.
Mortgage lending activity in the Jackson 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 Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA code 27140) financed its book at an average note rate of 7.15%. 20 major lenders are tracked for this metro - Trustmark National Bank, Cadence Bank, BANKPLUS lead by origination volume. Among the 418 metros tracked, Jackson sits in the 10th percentile for approval-friendliness by denial rate, and shares its 5-point denial-rate band with 47 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 Jackson denial rate averages across urban core, inner suburbs, and outer commuter communities with very different borrower profiles. A 20.4% denial rate at the MSA level can coexist with widely varying individual-lender denial rates; $184,546 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.
Lender concentration in Jackson
In Jackson, lead originator Trustmark National Bank funded 14.6% of 11,498 originated loans, above the fleet's upper tercile (~12.8% top-1). The top three reporters together hold 31.0% of the book, so a handful of names dominate disclosed volume here.
Metros With a Similar Denial Rate
The metro areas closest to Jackson's 20.4% denial rate among all 418 tracked MSAs.
Metros With Similar Application Volume
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Jackson's 23,182 HMDA applications (deduped against the denial-rate neighbourhood).
Metros With a Similar Average Loan
Nationwide MSAs nearest to Jackson's $184,546 average loan (deduped against denial and volume peers).
Lenders active in the Jackson metro
Trustmark National Bank funded 1,676 of the 11,498 loans originated here, 14.6% of the metro. 20 reporting lenders follow.
| # | Lender | Originated | Applications | Avg Loan | Market Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trustmark National Bank | 1,676 | 2,528 | $155,174 | 14.6% |
| 2 | Cadence Bank | 975 | 1,535 | $169,332 | 8.5% |
| 3 | BANKPLUS | 910 | 1,204 | $203,463 | 7.9% |
| 4 | Community Bank of Mississippi | 843 | 1,081 | $158,358 | 7.3% |
| 5 | Rocket Mortgage | 548 | 811 | $189,908 | 4.8% |
Every figure on PlainLender is rendered directly from CFPB HMDA federal source data, no number is typed in by an editor. For the Jackson metropolitan area, from the FFIEC/CFPB HMDA Snapshot National Loan-Level Dataset (2024) -- Metropolitan Statistical Areas are defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Not financial advice for Jackson borrowers. 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.