Personal loans in Bellville, TX
A lender serving Bellville holds a Texas licence and answers to a Texas regulator; no city office is involved for its 4,217 residents. An estimated 4,217 people make their home in Bellville, a figure that ranks 413th in Texas.
The closest larger city is Sealy, TX about 14 miles away. The trend for Bellville between 2020 and 2023 is upward by roughly 0.2%. Every figure below is Texas's own, applied to Bellville's 4,217 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. For a community of about 4,217, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing.
The Bellville data picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Texas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 4,217 residents in Bellville (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 413th-largest figure among Texas's 1,224 places.
- Population trend: Up about 0.2% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Net change: roughly 7 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: Bellville sits ahead of around 66% of Texas places, at 4,217 people.
- Density: roughly 1,549 residents per square mile, spread over 2.7 sq mi of land.
- By land area: Bellville ranks 556th among Texas's 1,224 places, at 2.7 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Bellville ranks 436th among Texas's 1,224 places, with 0.02 sq mi.
- Share of Texas: Bellville holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 4,217 people.
- National rank: Bellville sits 5,319th by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Bellville's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 836th of 1,224 places in Texas.
- State comparison: Texas's places average +6.5% for 2020-to-2023, against Bellville's 0.2%.
- Density in Texas: Bellville ranks 266th by people per square mile.
- Density vs Texas: Bellville's 1,549 people per square mile compare with a state median of 840.
- Location: coordinates 29.9466, -96.2588 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Sealy (14 mi); Hempstead (15 mi); Brenham (17 mi); Prairie View (19 mi); Brookshire (22 mi). Lenders licensed in the state serve Bellville whether or not they keep a local branch.
- Smaller places nearby: San Felipe (14 mi); Industry (14 mi); Pine Island (16 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 37 smaller Census places.
- At 100 miles: 91 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Texas rules behind a Bellville personal loan
This table holds the Texas rate and licensing rules for consumer loans made to Bellville's 4,217 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) Source says: The OCCC licenses and regulates non-depository lenders in the state of Texas. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal via licensed credit access businesses (payday/title-loan brokers); the third-party lender itself is not licensed (Tex. Fin. Code ch. 393) Source says: the credit access business that serves as the broker is the licensee in this regulated industry | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required for non-depository lenders charging more than 10% interest; Chapter 342 governs consumer loans (Tex. Fin. Code § 342.051) Source says: Non-depository lenders who engage in making, transacting, or collecting loans with a rate of interest greater than 10% must be licensed by the OCCC. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
Bellville: area, density and distance
Bellville covers about 2.7 square miles of land, with 0.02 square miles of water inside its boundaries (Census Gazetteer). The resulting density is about 1,549 people per square mile. The largest place in Texas, Houston, lies about 53 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 24 larger communities surround Bellville. Within the same 50 miles lie 37 smaller Census places.
The anatomy of a Bellville personal loan
A Bellville personal loan is an installment loan: a lump sum, then fixed monthly payments over a set term, priced off your credit rather than its 4,217 residents. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Bellville's rank of 413th in Texas: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Shortening the term on a Bellville loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
Before you apply in Bellville
Complete these steps first when you borrow in Bellville (4,217 residents):
- Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Check the Texas regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
What differs between Bellville and the rest of Texas is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 4,217 people here.
Where Bellville sits in Texas
Against Texas's other places, Bellville accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 413th of 1,224 by size. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Bellville ranks 836th of 1,224 in Texas (about the 32th percentile). At about 1,549 people per square mile, Bellville is the 266th most densely settled place in Texas. The population moved by about 7 people between 2020 and 2023, a 0.2% shift.
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Nearby places
- Sealy, TX — population 7,243
- San Felipe, TX — population 715
- Hempstead, TX — population 6,537
- Industry, TX — population 282
- Brenham, TX — population 19,142
- Pine Island, TX — population 1,181
- South Frydek, TX — population 217
- Brazos Country, TX — population 511