Personal loans in Ewing, IL
Ewing is a small community in Illinois, with an estimated 295 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. At about 295 residents, Ewing is larger than roughly 22% of the places in Illinois.
Rate-shopping from Ewing costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. Ewing lost roughly 1.7% of its population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. Every figure below is Illinois's own, applied to Ewing's 295 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. The closest larger place is Ina, IL about 5 miles away.
Ewing: population, trend and location
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Illinois table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 295 residents; Ewing is the 1,013th-largest of 1,294 places in Illinois (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A decline of about 1.7% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Absolute change: 5 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: about 22% of Illinois's Census places are smaller than Ewing.
- Density: roughly 292 residents per square mile, spread over 1.0 sq mi of land.
- Land area: Ewing covers 1.0 square miles, the 747th-largest area among Illinois's 1,294 places.
- Share of Illinois: Ewing holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 295 people.
- National standing: Ewing ranks 15,173rd of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Illinois: Ewing stands 448th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 1,294 places.
- State comparison: Illinois's places average -2.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Ewing's 1.7%.
- Density rank: Ewing is the 1,128th most densely settled place in Illinois.
- Against the state median: Ewing runs about 292 residents per square mile, where the Illinois median is 993.
- Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 38.0894, -88.8522.
- Nearest larger cities: Ina (5 mi); Benton (6 mi); West City (8 mi); Bonnie (8 mi); Hanaford (9 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Smaller communities close by: Macedonia (8 mi); Nason (9 mi); Freeman Spur (18 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 42 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 445.
Ewing on the map
Ewing covers about 1.0 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. The resulting density is about 292 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Chicago, the distance is roughly 266 miles. Within 50 miles of Ewing there are 100 larger Census places. The 100-mile radius contains 445 larger places.
Ewing in state context
Among Illinois's 1,294 places, Ewing sits at 1,013th for population, a share of roughly 0.0% of the state. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Ewing ranks 448th of 1,294 in Illinois (about the 65th percentile). By density, at about 292 people per square mile, it ranks 1,128th in Illinois. Within 50 miles sit 42 smaller Census places, alongside the 100 that are larger.
Illinois rules behind a Ewing personal loan
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Illinois, and so for Ewing's roughly 295 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Division of Financial Institutions Source says: "DFI licenses, charters, and examines a wide variety of financial products and services including: Consumer and Sales Finance and Collection Agencies". | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license; capped at 36% annual percentage rate (payday loans) Source says: "shall not contract for or receive a charge exceeding a 36% annual percentage rate ... for a payday loan". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Installment Loan Act license required from the Director of Financial Institutions (loans above 9% APR) Source says: "No person ... shall engage in the business of making loans of money ... except ... after first obtaining a license from the Director of Financial Institutions". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
What is available to Ewing borrowers
Ewing is lightly settled, with about 292 people per square mile and 100 larger places within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Ewing's 295 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest bigger place is Ina, IL about 5 miles away.
Inside a Ewing personal loan
Most loans made to Ewing's 295 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. A lender serving Ewing's 295 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Ewing loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
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Nearby places
- Ina, IL — population 1,653
- Benton, IL — population 6,598
- Bonnie, IL — population 367
- West City, IL — population 641
- Hanaford, IL — population 315
- Nason, IL — population 199
- Macedonia, IL — population 29
- Belle Rive, IL — population 302