Map Shows Where Self-Employed Mortgage Borrowers Are Most Common

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A new map published by Realtor.com News shows where self-employed mortgage borrowers are most heavily concentrated across the country. As of 2024, Vermont leads with 8.57% of its workers classified as self-employed, followed by Montana at 8.38% and Maine at 8.02%. These figures highlight a persistent geographic pattern where rural and small-business-heavy economies produce larger shares of workers who fall outside traditional W-2 employment structures.

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