Personal loans in Ashville, AL
Ashville added about 2.1% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. If you are weighing a personal loan in Ashville, start from the payment you can carry; its 2,402 residents face the same statewide rules.
At about 2,402 residents, Ashville is larger than roughly 66% of the places in Alabama. The closest larger city is Rainbow City, AL about 12 miles away. For the 2,402 people in Ashville, Alabama runs its own consumer-lending licensing, and the sourced table below lists the figures that apply. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Ashville loan.
What the Census records for Ashville
Ashville is a small community; the notes below cover its population profile and the statewide rules that apply.
- Population: an estimated 2,402 residents, 158th of 462 places in Alabama (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: A rise of about 2.1% from 2020 to 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 49 residents.
- Size percentile: about 66% of Alabama communities are smaller than Ashville (2,402 residents).
- Population density: about 125 people per square mile across 19.2 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- By land area: Ashville ranks 71st among Alabama's 462 places, at 19.2 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Ashville ranks 79th among Alabama's 462 places, with 0.19 sq mi.
- State population share: Ashville accounts for about 0.1% of everyone in Alabama.
- National standing: Ashville ranks 6,982nd of 19,457 US places.
- Growth rank: Ashville's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 125th of 462 places in Alabama.
- Against the state trend: Ashville's 2.1% change compares with a Alabama average of +1.0% across its 462 places.
- Density rank: Ashville is the 363rd most densely settled place in Alabama.
- Against the state median: Ashville runs about 125 residents per square mile, where the Alabama median is 259.
- Location: coordinates 33.8352, -86.2700 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Rainbow City (12 mi); Odenville (13 mi); Attalla (13 mi); Springville (14 mi); Oneonta (15 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Nearest smaller places: Steele (9 mi); Highland Lake (10 mi); Ragland (10 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 67 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 149.
A practical checklist for Ashville borrowers
Before you hand your details to a lender in Ashville, where the population is near 2,402:
- Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Confirm the Alabama licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
In Ashville as elsewhere in Alabama, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 2,402 residents.
What Alabama law requires in Ashville
For the roughly 2,402 residents of Ashville, the rules below are Alabama's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Alabama State Banking Department — Bureau of Loans (BOL) Source says: "The Bureau of Loans (hereinafter “the BOL”) was established in 1945". The BOL administers the Small Loan Act, Consumer Credit Act, Pawn Shop Act, Mortgage Brokers Licensing Act, Deferred Presentment Services Act and SAFE Act. | Alabama State Banking Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Parity lending rate provision (§ 8-8-1.1) | Any lender may charge the same rates as any federally or state-chartered or licensed lending institution in Alabama Source says: "may, on any loans or extensions of credit made by them, charge or impose the same rate of interest or finance charge". | Alabama Legislature — Code of Alabama 1975, § 8-8-1.1 as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 6% per annum without a written contract; 8% per annum by written contract Source says: "except by written contract is $6 upon $100 for one year"; "the rate of interest by written contract is not to exceed $8 upon $100 for one year". (Code text retrieved from the Alabama Legislature's official Code of Alabama service.) | Alabama Legislature — Code of Alabama 1975, § 8-8-1 as of 2026-09-16 |
What is available to Ashville borrowers
Ashville is a lightly settled community of about 2,402 people, with 58 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. Whether Ashville has a local branch or not, a Alabama-licensed lender can serve its 2,402 people online on the same terms. The nearest larger city, Rainbow City, AL about 12 miles away.
Ashville's place among Alabama's 462 places
Within Alabama, Ashville holds roughly 0.1% of all residents, the 158th-largest share among 462 places. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Ashville stands 125th among Alabama's 462 places — roughly the 73th percentile. By density, at about 125 people per square mile, it ranks 363rd in Alabama. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 49 residents.
Land, water and location for Ashville
Inside Ashville's boundaries lie roughly 19.2 square miles of land and 0.19 square miles of water. That land carries about 125 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Huntsville, is roughly 64 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Ashville takes in 58 places that are larger. The 100-mile radius contains 149 larger places.
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Nearby places
- Steele, AL — population 1,000
- Ragland, AL — population 1,705
- Highland Lake, AL — population 424
- Odenville, AL — population 5,352
- Altoona, AL — population 950
- Rainbow City, AL — population 10,322
- Attalla, AL — population 5,818
- Riverside, AL — population 2,266