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CDFI lenders in San Joaquin County, CA
3 have a bank or credit-union branch here. 11 more say they serve all of California. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 0
- Based here
- 0
- Branch here
- 3
- Serve all of CA
- 11
None of the lender websites we read names San Joaquin County; the lenders below are based here, have an office here or serve the whole state. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Acampo, Clements, Escalon, Farmington, French Camp, Holt, Lathrop, Linden, Lockeford, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon….
Lenders compared for San Joaquin County
10 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Valley Strong Credit Union Credit union, Bakersfield CA | 5 offices here; 134 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 219 mi |
| 2. Self-Help Federal Credit Union Credit union, Durham NC | 3 offices here; 10 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,324 mi |
| 3. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 62 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 345 mi |
| 4. MortgageOne, Inc Loan fund, Carlsbad CA | 30 home loans here, 2025 | $25,000–$2M | 399 mi |
| 5. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 22 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 627 mi |
| 6. Mirastar Federal Credit Union Credit union, San Jose CA | 17 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 54 mi |
| 7. GTE Federal Credit Union Credit union, Tampa FL | 12 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 2,335 mi |
| 8. AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. Loan fund, Ontario CA | 5 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026 | ask | 337 mi |
| 9. Financial Partners Credit Union Credit union, Downey CA | 4 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 329 mi |
| 10. Valley First Federal Credit Union Credit union, Modesto CA | 1 office here | ask | 24 mi |
7 of these 10 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $52M in fiscal years 2010–2024 (CDFI Fund award database; each lender page lists its awards). An award funds the lender, not a particular borrower.
Order: how many kinds of local record we hold (its website names the county or a town in it, headquarters, a branch, SBA loans or HMDA home loans for borrowers here), then the number of those records, then the head office's distance from the county centre. Loan sizes are the range the lender's website states. It is not a rating and nobody pays for a place. SBA loans: SBA 7(a)/504 data (FY2020–FY2026, 3 or more shown); home loans: HMDA 2025 originations (3 or more shown); branches: FDIC/NCUA; distances are straight lines from the average position of the county's ZIP codes.
Where these lenders have offices
3 lenders1 head office and 16 branches or offices of 3 lenders on this page, within 35 miles of the centre of San Joaquin County. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.
Head officeBranch or officeApproximate (ZIP code area)
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Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
3 certified CDFIs have at least one office in San Joaquin County (NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.
- Valley Strong Credit UnionCredit union · Bakersfield, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home mortgages…5 offices in San Joaquin CountyVerified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NC3 offices in San Joaquin CountyVerified
- Valley First Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Modesto, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Microloans, Home mortgages…1 office in San Joaquin CountyVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 293 originated home loans for properties in San Joaquin County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 2.1% of the 13,662 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Valley Strong Credit UnionCredit union · Bakersfield, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home mortgages…134 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages62 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- MortgageOne, IncLoan fund · Carlsbad, CAHome mortgages30 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages22 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Mirastar Federal Credit UnionCredit union · San Jose, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans17 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- GTE Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Tampa, FLHome mortgages, Personal / consumer loans12 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NC10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Partners Credit UnionCredit union · Downey, CA4 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
Plus 2 more certified CDFIs with fewer than 3 loans here each (not listed).
A lender headquartered far away can appear here: HMDA counts the county of the property, not of the lender. Banks and credit unions below the HMDA reporting thresholds and most loan funds do not report, so other CDFIs may also lend here.
Source: FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2025, snapshot frozen 2 Jun 2026, loan-level records read through the CFPB HMDA Data Browser API on 3 Nov 2026. Originated loans only; applications that were denied, withdrawn or not accepted are not counted. HMDA publishes each loan amount as the middle of a $10,000 band, so totals and medians are approximate. Counts under 3 are not shown. How we match lenders.
Small business and SBA lending in San Joaquin County
Official statisticsMedian household income in San Joaquin County is $92,179, 7% below the California figure of $99,122 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 49.1 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: about as many as the median California county (47.3), rank 25 of 58.
| Measure | San Joaquin County | California |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 13,638 (1.3% of the state) | 1,029,689 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 87% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 50,924 | 3,537,469 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $92,179 (7% below the state) | $99,122 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 670 (549 7(a), 121 504) | 49,435 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 49.1 (rank 25 of 58 California counties) | 47.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $379,000 | $270,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 12 (2%) | 1,260 (3%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2.75 pts (210 loans; 13% at the SBA maximum) | 2.75 pts (14% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 98 · FY2021 109 · FY2022 84 · FY2023 71 · FY2024 114 · FY2025 112 · FY2026 82.
For comparison, not an offer. SBA figures count approvals by every SBA lender for borrowers whose ZIP code lies in the county, not only CDFIs; approval is not disbursement. Rate over prime = the SBA's recorded initial rate minus the prime rate on the approval day; SBA caps it at 3 to 6.5 points depending on loan size (current prime rate and caps: methodology).
Sources: Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023, Nonemployer Statistics 2023 and American Community Survey 2020–2024 (table B19013); SBA 7(a) & 504 FOIA data as of 30 Sep 2026; prime rate: FRED DPRIME; SBA maximums: SBA 7(a) terms. Downloaded 15 Nov 2026. How we compute these.
SBA loans made here by CDFIs
SBA data as of 30 Sep 2026Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 12 SBA approvals (6 7(a) loans and 6 504 projects) for borrowers in San Joaquin County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 5 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $4.2M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: AmPac Tri-State CDC Inc. (5). 4 more CDFIs made 1 or 2 each.
Counted by the county of the borrower's ZIP code. Approval is not disbursement. These are only the SBA loans of certified CDFIs; most SBA lenders here are not CDFIs, and CDFIs also lend outside SBA programs.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) & 504 FOIA loan data, files as of 30 Sep 2026, downloaded 3 Nov 2026. Our counts, cancelled approvals left out. How we match lenders.
CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)
CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024270 loans and investments totaling $33.2M (median $62,230) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in San Joaquin County in fiscal year 2022, by 19 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-real estate business | 97 | $10M | $91,045 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 78 | $1.2M | $4,750 |
| Home purchase | 47 | $17.6M | $315,000 |
| Consumer | 28 | $116,775 | $850 |
| Home improvement | 15 | $1.6M | $79,000 |
| None of the listed purposes | 4 | $2M | $327,000 |
Of 88 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 27% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 1,868 consumer loans in San Joaquin County totaling $20.1M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 8% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 164 · FY2019 236 · FY2020 179 · FY2021 1,337.
Only CDFIs that hold an active CDFI Fund award (CDFI Program, Native American CDFI Assistance or the CDFI Rapid Response Program) report these transactions, so this is not all lending by the certified CDFIs on this page. The Fund masks which CDFI made each loan, so we cannot say which lender listed here made them.
Source: CDFI Fund, CDFI/NACA/CDFI RRP Program Award Recipient Data Release, Transaction Level Report and Consumer Loan Report public files for fiscal year 2022 (released Dec 2024; downloaded 3 Nov 2026). Amounts are original loan or investment amounts as reported. Place = the 2010 census tract of each record. How we count.
Say they serve all of California
- Beneficial State Bancorp, Inc.Bank holding company · Oakland, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Affordable housing development loans…Verified
- Beneficial State BankBank or thrift · Oakland, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Energy / solar / efficiency loans, Equipment loans…Verified
- California Community Reinvestment Corp.Loan fund · Glendale, CAAffordable housing development loansVerified
- Century Housing CorporationLoan fund · Culver City, CAAffordable housing development loansVerified
- Community Vision Capital and ConsultingLoan fund · San Francisco, CACommercial real estate loansVerified
- Excite Credit UnionCredit union · San Jose, CAAuto / vehicle loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Home mortgages, Personal / consumer loans…Verified
- First Community Capital, Inc.Loan fund · Riverside, CASmall-dollar / emergency loans, Microloans, Nonprofit / community facility loans, Personal / consumer loans…Verified
- Northeast Community Federal Credit UnionCredit union · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansVerified
- Self-Help Federal Credit UnionCredit union · Durham, NCVerified
- TMCCommunityCapitalLoan fund · Oakland, CAMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
- Working Solutions CDFILoan fund · San Francisco, CASmall-business loansVerified
Free help before you apply
These offices give free or low-cost advice: a Small Business Development Center or SCORE mentor can help with the business plan, cash-flow projections and paperwork most business lenders ask for, and a HUD-approved housing counselor can help with a homebuyer course, a budget or a missed mortgage payment. Some counseling agencies also lend; using their advice does not commit you to their loans. Call ahead to check hours and what they cover.
Business advice
- San Joaquin SBDCSmall Business Development Center · 6221 West Lane, Suite 105, Stockton, CA 95210209-868-1046
- Silicon Valley SCORESCORE mentoring · c/o San Jose Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 149, San Jose, CA 95103408-453-6237 · about 54 miles from the centre of San Joaquin County
- California Capital Women's Business CenterWomen's Business Center · 1792 Tribute Road, Suite 270, Sacramento, CA 95815916-442-1729 · about 46 miles from the centre of San Joaquin County
Housing counseling
Sources: SBA local assistance listings, read 6 Nov 2026; HUD's list of approved housing counseling agencies (open-data version last updated 9 Apr 2025). For the current list and the services each agency offers, use the CFPB's housing counselor search (it uses HUD's list) or call HUD at 800-569-4287. Offices are placed by ZIP code, so distances are approximate.
Other California counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/ca/counties/san-joaquin-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).