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CDFI lenders in Livingston Parish, LA

1 certified CDFI names Livingston Parish or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 4 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 2 more say they serve all of Louisiana. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.

Name this county: 1
Based here: 0
Branch here: 4
Serve all of LA: 2

A lender naming Livingston Parish on its website is a good sign, not an offer. Lenders based elsewhere may lend here too. Search your exact ZIP code in the finder to include lenders based nearby. Towns in this county: Albany, Denham Springs, French Settlement, Holden, Livingston, Maurepas, Springfield, Walker, Watson.

Lenders compared for Livingston Parish

12 with local records

Lender	Local records	Loan sizes	Head office
1. ESSENTIAL CREDIT UNION Credit union, Baton Rouge LA	1 office here; 8 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 4 home loans here, 2025	ask	18 mi
2. Pelican Credit Union Credit union, Baton Rouge LA	1 office here; 37 home loans here, 2025	ask	15 mi
3. BANKPLUS Bank or thrift, Belzoni MS	2 offices here; 24 home loans here, 2025	ask	189 mi
4. American Bancshares, Inc. Bank holding company, Covington LA	7 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 4 home loans here, 2025	ask	41 mi
5. Landmark Bank Bank or thrift, Clinton LA	9 home loans here, 2025	ask	27 mi
6. The Cottonport Bank Bank or thrift, Cottonport LA	7 home loans here, 2025	ask	84 mi
7. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company Bank or thrift, New Roads LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	43 mi
8. Bank of St Francisville Bank or thrift, St. Francisville LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	48 mi
9. OnPath Federal Credit Union Credit union, Metairie LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	48 mi
10. Liberty Bank and Trust Company Bank or thrift, New Orleans LA	3 home loans here, 2025	ask	56 mi
11. BancPlus Corporation Bank holding company, Ridgeland MS	2 offices here	ask	141 mi
12. Ascension Credit Union Credit union, Gonzales LA	website names Livingston Parish	ask	17 mi

12 of these 12 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $73.9M in fiscal years 2000–2024 (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

12 lenders

3 head offices and 39 branches or offices of 12 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Livingston Parish. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites

Auto / vehicle loans (1 lender)
Commercial real estate loans (1 lender)
Credit-builder loans (1 lender)
Equipment loans (1 lender)
Home mortgages (1 lender)
Personal / consumer loans (1 lender)
Small-business loans (1 lender)

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

4 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Livingston Parish (FDIC office data as of 30 Oct 2026 and NCUA branch data as of 30 Jun 2026). A branch shows presence, not a stated service area; credit unions also require membership.

CDFI mortgage lenders active here

Certified CDFIs reported 108 originated home loans for properties in Livingston Parish in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 3.5% of the 3,108 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

Plus 6 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 Livingston Parish

Official statistics

Median household income in Livingston Parish is $80,122, 32% above the Louisiana figure of $60,756 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 35.2 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Louisiana county (19.2), rank 6 of 64.

Measure	Livingston Parish	Louisiana
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)	2,104 (1.9% of the state)	108,561
…of which under 20 employees	86%	85%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)	12,308	418,516
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)	$80,122 (32% above the state)	$60,756
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026	74 (74 7(a), 0 504)	2,762
…per 1,000 businesses with employees	35.2 (rank 6 of 64 Louisiana counties)	19.2 (median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders	$163,000	$250,000
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender	15 (20%)	483 (17%)
Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26	2.75 pts (32 loans; 12% at the SBA maximum)	2.75 pts (16% at the maximum)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 8 · FY2021 13 · FY2022 9 · FY2023 10 · FY2024 10 · FY2025 11 · FY2026 13.

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 2026

Certified CDFIs were the lender, the CDC or the third-party lender on 15 SBA approvals (15 7(a) loans) for borrowers in Livingston Parish in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 2 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $2.3M approved.

CDFIs with 3 or more: ESSENTIAL CREDIT UNION (8), American Bancshares, Inc. (7).

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 2024

479 loans and investments totaling $110.8M (median $100,000) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Livingston Parish in fiscal year 2022, by 30 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)	Count	Total	Median
Home improvement	131	$19.5M	$53,100
Home purchase	101	$23.7M	$178,500
Non-real estate business	64	$19.1M	$158,075
Real estate: single-family housing construction	59	$16.3M	$211,282
Non-real estate microenterprise	49	$1.2M	$20,011
Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition	40	$21.7M	$246,046
Other purposes	35	$9.3M

Of 99 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 32% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 4,380 consumer loans in Livingston Parish totaling $93.8M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 47% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 89 · FY2019 112 · FY2020 328 · FY2021 503.

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.

Lenders whose website names Livingston Parish or a town in it

Ascension Credit UnionCredit union · Gonzales, LAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Equipment loans…Names Livingston Parish · Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Livingston and St. James ParishesVerified

Say they serve all of Louisiana

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

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.