Empeople Credit Union · Wisconsin · 2025

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

Empeople Credit Union took 209 mortgage applications in Wisconsin in 2025, ranking #156 of 938 lenders active in the state. It originated 63.2% of them and denied 20.1% (24.1% of the applications it decided), against a statewide denial rate of 14.0%.

209Applicationsin WI
24.1%Decision denial ratestate 16.4%
6.38%Median ratestate 6.63%
$125,000Median loanstate $165,000
$22MVolume28 counties

Empeople Credit Union in Wisconsin vs the state

20.1%Denial rate+6.09 pts vs state
24.1%Decision denial rate+7.78 pts vs state
63.2%Origination rate-4.99 pts vs state
6.38%Median rate-0.25 pts vs state
-0.44Rate spread (pts)-0.56 pts vs state
$104kMedian applicant income
132Loans originated
42Denied

Trend in Wisconsin

YearApplicationsOriginatedDenial rateMedian rateRank in state
2023966515.6%6.75%#226
20241006811.0%6.81%#233
202520913220.1%6.38%#156

What Empeople Credit Union lends in Wisconsin

By loan purpose

Home purchase 51 24% · 9.8% denied
Refinance 70 33% · 11.4% denied
Cash-out refinance 18 9% · 16.7% denied
Home improvement 32 15% · 18.8% denied
Other / HELOC 38 18% · 52.6% denied

By loan type

Conventional 209 100% · 20.1% denied

Why it denied Wisconsin applicants

Debt-to-income ratio 17 40%
Credit history 14 33%
Incomplete application 5 12%
Other 3 7%
Collateral 3 7%

Where in Wisconsin

Counties with the most Empeople Credit Union applications in 2025.

CountyApplicationsOriginatedDeniedDenial rate
Dodge County 1006620 20.0%
Fond du Lac County 21143 14.3%
Grant County 16131 6.3%
Washington County 1372 15.4%
Lafayette County 632 33.3%
Green Lake County 613 50.0%
Dane County 531 20.0%
Waukesha County 541 20.0%
Columbia County 421 25.0%
Calumet County 311 33.3%

Other large lenders in Wisconsin

LenderGradeApplicationsDenial rateMedian rate
Summit Credit UnionA 15,48313.8%6.75%
University of Wisconsin Credit UnionA 11,78113.8%6.50%
Landmark Credit UnionA 9,39317.7%6.50%
Rocket MortgageC 7,81918.0%6.63%
Associated BankB 7,45123.7%6.88%
BMO BankF 5,20225.3%8.23%
Educators Credit UnionB 4,93024.3%6.95%
U.S. BankD 4,71026.0%6.88%
Covantage Credit UnionB 4,5817.7%6.50%
United Shore Financial ServicesB 4,42111.8%6.38%

Frequently asked questions

Wisconsin: 209 applications in 2025, of which 132 were originated and 42 denied.

20.1% of all applications, or 24.1% of the applications it actually decided on. The Wisconsin statewide average across all lenders was 14.0%.

The median rate on loans Empeople Credit Union originated in Wisconsin in 2025 was 6.38%, against a statewide median of 6.63%.

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