Personal loans in Avoca, AR
The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 0.8% decline in Avoca. About 482 people live in Avoca, placing it 262nd of 500 Census places in Arkansas.
A lender serving Avoca holds a Arkansas licence and answers to a Arkansas regulator; no city office is involved for its 482 residents. Begin with the payment, then weigh APR and total interest across the lenders that reach Avoca's 482 residents. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Avoca's roughly 482 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. The nearest larger city is Little Flock, AR about 4 miles away.
Avoca: population, trend and location
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Arkansas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 482 residents in Avoca (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 262nd-largest figure among Arkansas's 500 places.
- Population trend: Down about 0.8% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Absolute change: 4 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: Avoca's 482 people outrank roughly 48% of the places in Arkansas.
- Land and density: 1.9 square miles of land carry roughly 250 residents per square mile.
- By land area: Avoca ranks 254th among Arkansas's 500 places, at 1.9 sq mi.
- State population share: Avoca accounts for about 0.0% of everyone in Arkansas.
- Nationally: Avoca is the 13,313th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Avoca ranks 274th among Arkansas's 500 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Avoca's 0.8% change compares with a Arkansas average of +0.3% across its 500 places.
- Density rank: Avoca is the 339th most densely settled place in Arkansas.
- Against the state median: Avoca runs about 250 residents per square mile, where the Arkansas median is 386.
- Location: 36.3947, -94.0658 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Little Flock (4 mi); Pea Ridge (5 mi); Garfield (7 mi); Rogers (7 mi); Bentonville (10 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Avoca.
- Smaller places nearby: Gateway (10 mi); Washburn (15 mi); Jane (17 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 42 places smaller than Avoca sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 222 places are larger than Avoca.
Avoca's place among Arkansas's 500 places
Avoca is the 262nd-largest of 500 Census places in Arkansas and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 274th of 500 Arkansas places, putting it near the 45th percentile for growth. At about 250 people per square mile, Avoca is the 339th most densely settled place in Arkansas. By land area, its 1.9 square miles rank 254th of 500 places in Arkansas.
Inside a Avoca personal loan
With roughly 482 residents, Avoca is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Avoca can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Avoca loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
What to do before borrowing in Avoca
These steps shape the offer you get in Avoca, a place of about 482 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Confirm the Arkansas licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
What differs between Avoca and the rest of Arkansas is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 482 people here.
Arkansas consumer-lending rules applied in Avoca
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Arkansas, and so for Avoca's roughly 482 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Arkansas State Bank Department Source says: "The Department is charged with regulating state-chartered commercial banks with main offices in Arkansas". | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Not permitted — all storefront payday lending eliminated; the Attorney General has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending since 2008 Source says: "the Attorney General's office has worked to eliminate all forms of payday lending in Arkansas"; "all storefront payday loan operations in Arkansas have been shut down". | Arkansas Attorney General — Consumer Protection Division as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | See the latest published figure value_text left null: the State Bank Department does not publish a consumer small-loan license rate schedule that could be verified; storefront payday lending has been eliminated (see Payday lending status). See the linked regulator page for the licensee categories it supervises. | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
Borrowing reach in Avoca
With about 250 residents per square mile, Avoca is lightly settled, and 66 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. A Arkansas licence lets a lender serve Avoca without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 482 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is Little Flock, AR about 4 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Little Flock, AR — population 3,037
- Pea Ridge, AR — population 8,680
- Garfield, AR — population 610
- Rogers, AR — population 74,035
- Gateway, AR — population 444
- Lowell, AR — population 11,466
- Bentonville, AR — population 59,471
- Seligman, MO — population 881