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Lee County, IA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025

Lee County, Iowa, a core county of the Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL market, holds $1.3B in deposits across 6 insured institutions and 22 branches. Pilot Grove Savings Bank is the largest deposit holder at 43.5% share. The top three institutions hold 91.4% of deposits, which places the county in the concentrated band. Deposits have grown 28.2% since 2020. It produces $1.7B of output, ranking #987 of the 1,523 counties within a CSA or MSA by economic output.

2024 Real GDP
$1.7B
#987 of 1,523
Total Deposits
$1.3B
#813 of 1,523
Population
32,306
#1,137 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$54,146
#477 of 1,523
Insured Institutions
6
#1,089 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$60M
#1,251 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$40,956
#170 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
68.1
#34 of 1,523
Median Institution Size
$163M
Median deposits of the institutions operating in the county. #465 of 1,523. A smaller figure signals a market served mainly by community-scale banks.
Community & Regional Bank Share
99.3%
of market deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #211 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Deposit Share: concentrated
91.4%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits, 2020 to 2025+28.2% over 5 years
$1.0B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.3B
2024
$1.3B
2025

Branches: 22 in 2020 to 22 in 2025. Institutions: 6 to 6. Top-three share: 82.8% to 91.4%.

Leading institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Pilot Grove Savings Bank$575M43.5%9+33%
Connection Bank$378M28.5%4+47%
Two Rivers Bank & Trust$256M19.4%5+232%
Farmers Savings Bank$70M5.3%2+21%
MidWestOne Bank$35M2.6%1-17%
State Central Bank$9M0.7%1no 2020 presence

The 6 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. Even so, a large gain can reflect acquisition rather than competitive growth; “no 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year.

Part of the Burlington-Fort Madison market

Lee County is one of 3 counties that make up the Burlington-Fort Madison, IA-IL market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #278 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 42.3% of the market’s output and holds 43.3% of its deposits.

MeasureLee CountyShare of Burlington-Fort Madison market
2024 GDP$1.7B42.3%
Deposits$1.3B43.3%
Population32,30642.3%

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Recruiting in Lee County

Deposits are held closely by the largest banks, which often means the bankers worth recruiting are inside a small number of institutions. Who holds the deposits, and how contested the market is, shapes both the runway for growth and the competition you would be recruiting against. We recruit commercial relationship managers, banking teams, and market leaders for banks building in markets like Lee County, on a retained basis.

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