Mortgage by CountyWhat home buyers actually paid, county by county

Independent analysis of official mortgage recordsHMDA 2025 · 7,155,718 applications

Metro area · Iowa, Illinois

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro: mortgages and home buyers

2025 home-purchase and refinance statistics for the 4-county Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL area (OMB code 19340), from official HMDA records.

In 2025, lenders reported 4,102 home-purchase mortgages for owner-occupied, single-family homes in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL metro area. The median buyer borrowed $175,000 on a home valued at $205,000 and reported a household income of $83,000.

Buyers financed a median 95% of the home's value (roughly 5% down), paid a median 6.375% on 30-year fixed conventional loans and faced median conventional loan costs of $2,530.

Lenders denied 6.3% of completed home-purchase applications.

Purchase loans
4,102
4 counties
Buyer income
$83,000
U.S. $116,000
Loan amount
$175,000
U.S. $335,000
Down payment
5%
U.S. 10%
30-yr fixed rate
6.375%
U.S. 6.625%
Denial rate
6.3%
Purchase · U.S. 8.5%

Key facts

  • Home buyers' median income ($83,000) is 28% lower than the U.S. median ($116,000).
  • The median 30-year fixed conventional rate here was 25 basis points below the U.S. median (6.625%).
  • Median conventional loan costs ($2,530) were 55% lower than the U.S. median ($5,570).
  • 30.6% of buyers put at least 20% down (financed 80% or less), compared with 38.5% nationally.
  • 8.3% of first-lien purchase mortgages were for investment properties.
  • The most common age bracket among borrowers was 25–34 (32.8% of purchase loans).
  • 58.9% of purchase mortgages had a single borrower with no co-applicant.
  • The most-cited reason for denial was debt-to-income ratio (33.2% of denials with a stated reason).

Counties in the metro area

CountyPurchase loansMedian loanBuyer income30-yr rateLoan costsConforming limitFHA limit
Scott County, IA2,100$215,000$94,0006.375%$2,350$832,750$541,287
Rock Island County, IL1,340$155,000$72,0006.375%$2,670$832,750$541,287
Henry County, IL496$145,000$83,0006.500%$2,870$832,750$541,287
Mercer County, IL166$135,000$77,0006.500%$2,530$832,750$541,287

Who bought homes in Davenport

Home-purchase mortgages for owner-occupied, single-family (1–4 unit) site-built homes, first liens, originated in 2025.

Purchase loans
4,102
of 4,448 applications
Buyer income
$83,000
Middle half $58,000–$128,000
Home value
$205,000
Middle half $145,000–$315,000
Loan amount
$175,000
Middle half $125,000–$265,000
Down payment
5%
30.6% put 20%+ down
Single borrower
58.9%
No co-applicant

Values are medians; "middle half" is the 25th to 75th percentile.

Loan type

Conventional 71.2% 2,919
FHA 18.3% 749
VA 10.0% 412
USDA 0.5% 22

What the homes were for

Primary residence 91.0% 4,139
Second home 0.7% 33
Investment property 8.3% 378

All first-lien, closed-end purchase mortgages, including second homes and investors.

Borrower age

Under 25 11.6%
25–34 32.8%
35–44 24.1%
45–54 14.0%
55–64 9.8%
65–74 5.9%
75 and over 1.8%

Debt-to-income ratio

Under 20% 3.5%
20–29% 18.4%
30–35% 19.5%
36–42% 25.9%
43–49% 25.4%
50–60% 6.9%
Over 60% 0.2%

Monthly debts (including the new payment) as a share of income, as used in underwriting.

What borrowing cost in Davenport

Medians for 2025 home-purchase loans. Total loan costs are section D of the Loan Estimate/Closing Disclosure (lender and third-party loan charges, excluding taxes, prepaids and escrow). FHA and VA costs include the upfront mortgage insurance premium or VA funding fee, so compare like with like.

MeasureDavenportU.S.
30-year fixed rate · conventional6.375%6.625%
30-year fixed rate · FHA6.598%6.250%
30-year fixed rate · VA6.250%6.125%
15-year fixed rate · conventional5.875%5.875%
Rate spread vs. APOR · conventional−0.01 pts+0.13 pts
Total loan costs · conventional$2,530$5,570
Total loan costs · FHA$6,370$11,310
Total loan costs · VA$4,470$6,490
Origination charges (all loan types)$1,090$1,860
Borrowers paying discount points32.6%51.3%
Points paid, when paid (% of loan)0.64%0.87%
Borrowers receiving lender credits25.3%33.1%
Adjustable-rate mortgages9.7%7.4%
Jumbo loans (above conforming limit)0.5%3.8%

Medians are shown only when at least 30 loans report the field. Rates are those reported at closing; market rates changed during 2025, which the rate spread (APR minus the average prime offer rate on the lock date) adjusts for.

Approvals and denials

Davenport: 279 of 4,448 completed home-purchase applications were denied (6.3%).

Denial rate

ApplicationDavenportU.S.
Home purchase6.3%8.5%
Conventional5.7%7.1%
FHA9.6%12.5%
VA4.1%8.0%
USDA—12.5%
Refinance16.4%17.9%
Cash-out refinance32.6%33.6%

Main reason for purchase denials

Debt-to-income ratio 33.2%
Credit history 25.2%
Collateral (appraisal/property) 9.6%
Other 8.4%
Unverifiable information 6.8%
Credit application incomplete 6.4%
Insufficient cash (down payment/closing costs) 5.6%
Employment history 4.4%
Mortgage insurance denied 0.4%

First reason the lender reported.

Denial rate = denied ÷ (originated + approved but not accepted + denied). Withdrawn and incomplete applications are excluded. Differences between places reflect who applies, not only lender behavior.

Refinancing in Davenport

Refinances
809
Median loan $205,000
Refi rate
6.25%
30-yr fixed, conv.
Refi loan costs
$2,190
Conventional
Cash-out refis
549
Median loan $155,000
Cash-out rate
6.99%
30-yr fixed, conv.
Cash-out income
$82,000
Median borrower

Source: FFIEC/CFPB HMDA 2025 public LAR (derived MSA/MD); OMB July 2023 delineations via the U.S. Census Bureau. Methodology