Personal loans in Crawfordsville, AR
At about 450 residents, Crawfordsville is larger than roughly 45% of the places in Arkansas. Personal loans in Crawfordsville are mostly unsecured, so the APR reflects how a lender reads your credit — not the city's 450 population. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 2.2% decline in Crawfordsville. Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing in Crawfordsville. For the 450 people in Crawfordsville, Arkansas runs its own consumer-lending licensing, and the sourced table below lists the figures that apply. For a bigger market, look to Marion, AR about 7 miles away.
Borrowing in Crawfordsville: the local picture
Set out below is Crawfordsville's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: about 450 people live here, which puts Crawfordsville 273rd of 500 Census places in Arkansas (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A drop of about 2.2% from 2020 to 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 10 residents.
- Size percentile: roughly 45% of Arkansas's places have fewer residents than Crawfordsville's 450.
- Land and density: 0.6 square miles of land carry roughly 805 residents per square mile.
- Land area rank: Crawfordsville's 0.6 square miles rank 408th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- Share of state population: Crawfordsville's 450 residents are about 0.0% of Arkansas.
- National rank: Crawfordsville is the 13,598th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Crawfordsville's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 333rd of 500 places in Arkansas.
- State comparison: Arkansas's places average +0.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Crawfordsville's 2.2%.
- Density rank: Crawfordsville is the 91st most densely settled place in Arkansas.
- Density vs Arkansas: Crawfordsville's 805 people per square mile compare with a state median of 386.
- Location: it lies at 35.2267, -90.3242 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Marion (7 mi); Earle (9 mi); West Memphis (9 mi); Turrell (11 mi); Parkin (13 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller places nearby: Sunset (7 mi); Jericho (7 mi); Jennette (7 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 36 smaller Census places.
- At 100 miles: 192 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Where Crawfordsville sits
Crawfordsville's land area is roughly 0.6 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. Spread across it are roughly 805 residents per square mile. Little Rock, the largest place in Arkansas, is about 120 miles from Crawfordsville. A 50-mile radius around Crawfordsville takes in 58 places that are larger. The 100-mile radius contains 192 larger places.
Steps to take before a Crawfordsville loan
These steps shape the offer you get in Crawfordsville, a place of about 450 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Verify the lender's Arkansas licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
What differs between Crawfordsville and the rest of Arkansas is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 450 people here.
How personal loans work in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville is a small community of about 450 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. A lender serving Crawfordsville's 450 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Crawfordsville loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
What is available to Crawfordsville borrowers
Crawfordsville is moderately settled, with about 805 people per square mile and 58 larger places within 50 miles. Whether Crawfordsville has a local branch or not, a Arkansas-licensed lender can serve its 450 people online on the same terms. The nearest larger city, Marion, AR about 7 miles away.
What Arkansas law requires in Crawfordsville
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Arkansas, and so for Crawfordsville's roughly 450 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 |
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Nearby places
- Jericho, AR — population 99
- Jennette, AR — population 117
- Sunset, AR — population 169
- Marion, AR — population 13,654
- Edmondson, AR — population 239
- Clarkedale, AR — population 328
- West Memphis, AR — population 23,825
- Earle, AR — population 1,768