MIAMI–With mortgage delinquency rates ranging from around 3% to as high as 24% depending on the city, the personal-finance company WalletHub released its report on the Cities With the Highest Mortgage Delinquency Rates to highlight where it said “people are most at risk of credit score damage and foreclosure.”
The mortgage delinquency rate increased in all but 13 of the 100 cities in the study, WalletHub reported.
“Laredo, Texas, is the city where people are most delinquent on their mortgages with around 24% of mortgages in delinquent status as of Q2 2025,” WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo said in a statement. “This is significantly higher than the delinquency rate in other major cities with no other city in our study surpassing 19%. On top of that, Laredo residents’ delinquency rate is rising; despite already being the highest in the nation, it experienced a nearly 6% increase between Q1 2025 and Q2 2025.”
WalletHub ranked 100 cities by analyzing proprietary user data from Q1 to Q2.
The Most Delinquent
According to WalletHub, cities with the highest levels of mortgage delinquencies include:
Most delinquent
1. Laredo, Texas
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Newark, New Jersey
4. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
5. Philadelphia, Philadelphia
6. Baltimore, Maryland
7. New Orleans, Louisiana
8. Greensboro, North Carolina
9. El Paso, Texas
10. Lubbock, Texas
The Least Delinquent
WalletHub said the cities with the lowest level of mortgage delinquency are:
91. Plano, Texas
92. Reno, Nevada
93. Scottsdale, Arizona
94. San Diego, California
95. Honolulu, Hawaii
96. Seattle, Washington
97. Madison, Wisconsin
98. San Jose, California
99. Fremont, California
100. San Francisco, California
