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CDFI lenders in Union Parish, LA

3 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: 0
Based here: 0
Branch here: 3
Serve all of LA: 2

None of the lender websites we read names Union Parish; 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: Bernice, Downsville, Farmerville, Lillie, Marion, Spearsville.

Lenders compared for Union Parish

6 with local records

Lender	Local records	Loan sizes	Head office
1. Citizens Progressive Bank Bank or thrift, Columbia LA	7 home loans here, 2025	ask	55 mi
2. Homeland Federal Savings Bank Bank or thrift, Columbia LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	55 mi
3. Guaranty Bank and Trust Company of Delhi Bank or thrift, Delhi LA	4 home loans here, 2025	ask	66 mi
4. Gibsland Bancshares, Inc. Bank holding company, Gibsland LA	2 offices here	ask	40 mi
5. Gibsland Bank & Trust Company Bank or thrift, Gibsland LA	2 offices here	ask	40 mi
6. Ouachita Valley Federal Credit Union Credit union, West Monroe LA	1 office here	ask	31 mi

5 of these 6 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $36.7M in fiscal years 2015–2024 (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

6 lenders

18 branches or offices of 6 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Union Parish. Lenders with no office nearby may still lend here; many work by phone and online.

Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county

3 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Union 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 27 originated home loans for properties in Union Parish in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 8.8% of the 306 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.

Plus 8 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 Union Parish

Official statistics

Median household income in Union Parish is $42,885, 29% below the Louisiana figure of $60,756 (ACS 2020–2024).

Businesses here took 54.8 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Louisiana county (19.2), rank 1 of 64.

Measure	Union Parish	Louisiana
Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023)	365 (0.3% of the state)	108,561
…of which under 20 employees	91%	85%
Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023)	1,794	418,516
Median household income (ACS 2020–2024)	$42,885 (29% below the state)	$60,756
SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026	20 (20 7(a), 0 504)	2,762
…per 1,000 businesses with employees	54.8 (rank 1 of 64 Louisiana counties)	19.2 (median county)
Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders	$1,399,000	$250,000
…with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender	0 (0%)	483 (17%)

Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 3 · FY2021 5 · FY2022 0 · FY2023 1–2 · FY2024 4 · FY2025 5 · FY2026 1–2.

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.

CDFI lending recorded here (FY2022)

CDFI Fund data, released Dec 2024

99 loans and investments totaling $11.4M (median $56,010) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Union Parish in fiscal year 2022, by 12 reporting CDFIs.

Purpose (CDFI Fund category)	Count	Total	Median
Real estate: single-family housing rehabilitation	30	$6.3M	$76,946
Non-real estate microenterprise	29	$688,086	$20,000
Home purchase	17	$1.8M	$88,000
Real estate: commercial construction, permanent or acquisition	9	$1.4M	$120,000
Non-real estate business	7	$1M	$180,000
Home improvement	6	$303,400	$41,200

Of 16 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 56% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.

CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 843 consumer loans in Union Parish totaling $16.1M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 54% of them as serving low-income borrowers.

Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 24 · FY2019 37 · FY2020 49 · FY2021 96.

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 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

Mount Pleasant Community Development Corp.HUD-approved housing counselor · 105 Bernice Drive, Monroe, LA 71201318-323-3632 · about 32 miles from the centre of Union Parish

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.