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CDFI lenders in Wayne County, MI
3 certified CDFIs name Wayne County or a town in it as part of their service area on their own website. 4 more are headquartered here. 3 more have a bank or credit-union branch here. 6 more say they serve all of Michigan. Sources: lender websites (29 Oct 2026–4 Nov 2026), the CDFI Fund list (21 Oct 2026) and FDIC/NCUA branch records.
- Name this county
- 3
- Based here
- 4
- Branch here
- 3
- Serve all of MI
- 6
A lender naming Wayne County 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: Allen Park, Belleville, Canton, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Ecorse, Flat Rock, Garden City, Grosse Ile, Grosse Pointe, Hamtramck….
Lenders compared for Wayne County
15 with local records| Lender | Local records | Loan sizes | Head office |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Public Service Credit Union Credit union, Romulus MI | headquarters here; 9 offices here; 267 home loans here, 2025 | $500–$250,000 | 13 mi |
| 2. Michigan First Credit Union Credit union, Lathrup Village MI | 10 offices here; 472 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 13 mi |
| 3. Financial Plus Credit Union Credit union, Flint MI | 3 SBA loans here, FY2020–FY2026; 10 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 54 mi |
| 4. Liberty Bank and Trust Company Bank or thrift, New Orleans LA | 1 office here; 6 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 929 mi |
| 5. One Detroit Credit Union Credit union, Detroit MI | headquarters here; 4 offices here | ask | 7 mi |
| 6. Invest Detroit Foundation Loan fund, Detroit MI | website names Detroit; headquarters here | ask | 7 mi |
| 7. Prosperus Detroit Micro Lending Loan fund, Detroit MI | website names Wayne County; headquarters here | up to $50,000 | 7 mi |
| 8. Detroit Development Fund Loan fund, Detroit MI | website names Detroit; headquarters here | $10,000–$200,000 | 7 mi |
| 9. Change Lending, LLC Loan fund, Anaheim CA | 41 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3.5M | 1,953 mi |
| 10. Champions Funding, LLC Loan fund, Gilbert AZ | 38 home loans here, 2025 | up to $3M | 1,668 mi |
| 11. ELGA Credit Union Credit union, Grand Blanc MI | 3 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 48 mi |
| 12. CASE Credit Union Credit union, Lansing MI | 3 home loans here, 2025 | ask | 75 mi |
| 13. Liberty Financial Services, Inc. Bank holding company, New Orleans LA | 1 office here | ask | 929 mi |
| 14. Michigan Women's Foundation, The Loan fund, Detroit MI | headquarters here | $2,500–$50,000 | 8 mi |
| 15. Great Lakes Womens Business Council Loan fund, Livonia MI | headquarters here | $5,000–$75,000 | 10 mi |
14 of these 15 lenders have received CDFI Fund awards, together $75.6M in fiscal years 2001–2024 (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 lenders10 head offices and 36 branches or offices of 12 lenders on this page, within 30 miles of the centre of Wayne 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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Loan types confirmed on these lenders' websites
- Small-business loans (5 lenders)
- Microloans (4 lenders)
- Commercial real estate loans (2 lenders)
- Credit-builder loans (2 lenders)
- Auto / vehicle loans (2 lenders)
- Personal / consumer loans (2 lenders)
- Equity / venture investment (1 lender)
- Affordable housing development loans (1 lender)
Banks and credit unions with a branch in this county
5 certified CDFIs have at least one office in Wayne County (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.
- Michigan First Credit UnionCredit union · Lathrup Village, MI10 offices in Wayne CountyOfficial list only
- Public Service Credit UnionCredit union · Romulus, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Equipment loans…9 offices in Wayne County · based hereVerified
- One Detroit Credit UnionCredit union · Detroit, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Personal / consumer loans4 offices in Wayne County · based hereVerified
- Liberty Bank and Trust CompanyBank or thrift · New Orleans, LAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…1 office in Wayne CountyVerified
- Liberty Financial Services, Inc.Bank holding company · New Orleans, LAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…1 office in Wayne CountyVerified
CDFI mortgage lenders active here
Certified CDFIs reported 845 originated home loans for properties in Wayne County in 2025 under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act: 2.5% of the 33,667 home loans that all HMDA lenders reported here.
- Michigan First Credit UnionCredit union · Lathrup Village, MI472 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Official list only
- Public Service Credit UnionCredit union · Romulus, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Equipment loans…267 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Change Lending, LLCLoan fund · Anaheim, CAHome mortgages41 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Champions Funding, LLCLoan fund · Gilbert, AZHome mortgages38 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Financial Plus Credit UnionCredit union · Flint, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…10 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- Liberty Bank and Trust CompanyBank or thrift · New Orleans, LAAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…6 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- CASE Credit UnionCredit union · Lansing, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
- ELGA Credit UnionCredit union · Grand Blanc, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Equipment loans, Home repair / improvement loans…3 home loans here in 2025 (HMDA)Verified
Plus 5 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 Wayne County
Official statisticsMedian household income in Wayne County is $60,539, 17% below the Michigan figure of $72,875 (ACS 2020–2024).
Businesses here took 62.6 SBA-backed loans per 1,000 employer businesses over FY2020–FY2026: more than the median Michigan county (56.3), rank 28 of 83.
| Measure | Wayne County | Michigan |
|---|---|---|
| Businesses with paid employees (CBP 2023) | 33,699 (14.7% of the state) | 229,564 |
| …of which under 20 employees | 84% | 85% |
| Businesses without employees (Nonemployer Statistics 2023) | 159,805 | 815,013 |
| Median household income (ACS 2020–2024) | $60,539 (17% below the state) | $72,875 |
| SBA 7(a) and 504 approvals, all lenders, FY2020–FY2026 | 2,109 (2,031 7(a), 78 504) | 14,432 |
| …per 1,000 businesses with employees | 62.6 (rank 28 of 83 Michigan counties) | 56.3 (median county) |
| Median SBA 7(a) loan, all lenders | $142,600 | $135,000 |
| …with a certified CDFI as lender, CDC or third-party lender | 12 (1%) | 151 (1%) |
| Variable-rate 7(a): median rate over prime at approval, FY2024–26 | 2.25 pts (865 loans; 6% at the SBA maximum) | 2 pts (5% at the maximum) |
Approvals by fiscal year: FY2020 231 · FY2021 233 · FY2022 288 · FY2023 389 · FY2024 393 · FY2025 357 · FY2026 218.
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 (8 7(a) loans and 4 504 projects) for borrowers in Wayne County in fiscal years 2020–2026, from 8 CDFIs. The 7(a) loans total $2.6M approved.
CDFIs with 3 or more: Financial Plus Credit Union (3). 7 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 20241,698 loans and investments totaling $237.6M (median $52,400) were reported to the CDFI Fund for borrowers and projects in Wayne County in fiscal year 2022, by 37 reporting CDFIs.
| Purpose (CDFI Fund category) | Count | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home improvement | 910 | $48.6M | $40,000 |
| Home purchase | 469 | $90.9M | $152,000 |
| Non-real estate microenterprise | 106 | $2M | $14,944 |
| Non-real estate business | 101 | $33M | $100,000 |
| None of the listed purposes | 70 | $7.4M | $68,000 |
| Consumer | 11 | $15,948 | $312 |
| Other purposes | 29 | $55.2M |
Of 1,217 individual borrowers whose income was reported, 55% had family income at or below 80% of the area median.
CDFI banks and credit unions also reported 25,809 consumer loans in Wayne County totaling $223.6M (Consumer Loan Report, tract totals, so no median); they counted 66% of them as serving low-income borrowers.
Loans and investments reported in other years: FY2018 209 · FY2019 318 · FY2020 651 · FY2021 10,197.
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 Wayne County or a town in it
- Detroit Development FundLoan fund · Detroit, MICommercial real estate loans, Microloans, Small-business loansNames Detroit ·
City of Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park
Verified - Invest Detroit FoundationLoan fund · Detroit, MIEquity / venture investment, Affordable housing development loans, Small-business loansNames Detroit ·
City of Detroit for small business loans; statewide Michigan for venture investment
Verified - Prosperus Detroit Micro LendingLoan fund · Detroit, MICredit-builder loans, MicroloansNames Wayne County ·
Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Inkster or Wayne County
Verified
Headquartered in Wayne County
The official list gives a headquarters address here. Check each lender's page for where it lends.
- Great Lakes Womens Business CouncilLoan fund · Livonia, MIMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
- Michigan Women's Foundation, TheLoan fund · Detroit, MIMicroloans, Small-business loansVerified
- One Detroit Credit UnionCredit union · Detroit, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Personal / consumer loansVerified
- Public Service Credit UnionCredit union · Romulus, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Credit-builder loans, Equipment loans…Verified
Say they serve all of Michigan
- CORE Community PartnersLoan fund · Bingham Farms, MIAffordable housing development loansVerified
- CoVantage Credit UnionCredit union · Antigo, WIHome mortgagesVerified
- Northern Great Lakes InitiativesLoan fund · Marquette, MIEnergy / solar / efficiency loans, Equipment loans, Small-business loansVerified
- United Bay Community Credit UnionCredit union · Bay City, MIAuto / vehicle loans, Commercial real estate loans, Small-dollar / emergency loans, Equipment loans…Verified
- United Cerebral Palsy Association of Michigan, Inc., DBA Michigan Assistive Technology FundLoan fund · Southfield, MIEquipment loansVerified
- West Central Development Corporation, dba Anchor Financial ServicesLoan fund · Perrysburg, OHCommercial real estate loans, SBA-backed loans (7(a)/504/Community Advantage), Small-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
- Great Lakes Women's Business CouncilWomen's Business Center · 33109 Schoolcraft Road, Livonia, MI 48150734-677-1400
- SBA Detroit officeSBA district office · 477 Michigan Ave., Suite 1819, Detroit, MI 48226313-226-6075
- Michigan Small Business Development Center ~ Eastern Michigan UniversitySmall Business Development Center · 109 Hill Hall, Eastern Michigan University, Detroit, MI 48197313-672-1101 · about 24 miles from the centre of Wayne County
- SE Michigan SCORESCORE mentoring · 1938 Burdette St., Ferndale, MI 48220248-313-8863 · about 10 miles from the centre of Wayne County
Housing counseling
- Abayomi Community Development CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 24331 W 8 Mile Rd, Detroit, MI 48219313-541-9828
- Amandla Community Development CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 7707 W Outer Dr, Detroit, MI 48235313-347-2829
- Bridging Communities, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 6900 McGraw St, Detroit, MI 48210313-361-6377
- Central Detroit Christian CDCHUD-approved housing counselor · 1550 Taylor St, Detroit, MI 48206
- Detroit Hispanic Development CorporationHUD-approved housing counselor · 1211 Trumbull St, Detroit, MI 48216313-967-4880
- Family Tree, Inc.HUD-approved housing counselor · 615 Griswold St Ste 700, Detroit, MI 48226313-962-2329
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.
City pages in Wayne County
Other Michigan counties
Source: CDFI Atlas, cdfiatlas.com/states/mi/counties/wayne-county/. © 2026 CDFI Atlas. Quoting with a link is welcome; republishing the pages or the compiled data is not (terms of use).