Empeople Credit Union · Illinois · 2025

Empeople Credit Union in Illinois: approval rate, denial rate and rates (2025)

Empeople Credit Union took 473 mortgage applications in Illinois in 2025, ranking #132 of 1,150 lenders active in the state. It originated 65.3% of them and denied 20.5% (23.7% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 17.1%.

473Applicationsin IL
23.7%Decision denial ratestate 21.7%
6.49%Median ratestate 6.75%
$95,000Median loanstate $185,000
$40MVolume35 counties

Empeople Credit Union in Illinois vs the state

20.5%Denial rate+3.39 pts vs state
23.7%Decision denial rate+2.04 pts vs state
65.3%Origination rate+6.59 pts vs state
6.49%Median rate-0.26 pts vs state
-0.34Rate spread (pts)-0.72 pts vs state
$97kMedian applicant income
309Loans originated
97Denied

Trend in Illinois

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
202342726818.0%6.99%#128
202447530915.2%6.75%#124
202547330920.5%6.49%#132

What Empeople Credit Union lends in Illinois

By loan purpose

Home purchase 159 34% · 9.4% denied
Refinance 119 25% · 17.7% denied
Cash-out refinance 47 10% · 23.4% denied
Home improvement 49 10% · 22.5% denied
Other / HELOC 99 21% · 39.4% denied

By loan type

Conventional 473 100% · 20.5% denied

Why it denied Illinois applicants

Credit history 45 46%
Debt-to-income ratio 32 33%
Incomplete application 9 9%
Collateral 5 5%
Other 4 4%
Employment history 1 1%
Unverifiable information 1 1%

Where in Illinois

Counties with the most Empeople Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Rock Island County 26517557 21.5%
Henry County 775516 20.8%
Mercer County 1894 22.2%
Cook County 15111 6.7%
Whiteside County 12101 8.3%
Jo Daviess County 944 44.4%
Knox County 833 37.5%
Lake County 761 14.3%
McDonough County 623 50.0%
DuPage County 640 0.0%

Other large lenders in Illinois

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Guaranteed RateB 17,4794.9%6.63%
Rocket MortgageC 16,97119.7%6.75%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 15,64413.0%6.50%
JPMorgan Chase BankB 13,5749.7%6.49%
U.S. BankD 10,07638.3%7.00%
Crosscountry MortgageB 8,7794.5%6.75%
Fifth Third BankD 8,62832.1%7.50%
The Huntington National BankD 8,22631.9%6.99%
BMO BankF 8,00732.7%8.33%
Loandepot.ComD 7,01917.7%6.88%

Frequently asked questions

Illinois: 473 applications in 2025, of which 309 were originated and 97 denied.

20.5% of all applications, or 23.7% of the applications it actually decided on. The Illinois statewide average across all lenders was 17.1%.

The median rate on loans Empeople Credit Union originated in Illinois in 2025 was 6.49%, against a statewide median of 6.75%.

About this data. Figures are Empeople Credit Union's own HMDA filing for properties located in Illinois, 2025. The grade is national; state-level figures are shown for context and are not separately graded. Methodology