Personal loans in Garner, AR
The Census estimates 214 residents in Garner, which ranks it 364th of 500 places in Arkansas. Census data show virtually no population shift in Garner between 2020 and 2023.
The first question in Garner is not the rate on offer but whether the payment fits; about 214 people live here under Arkansas lending law. A single loan can carry different costs on either side of a state line, and Garner sits on the Arkansas side of that line. Verify the lender's Arkansas licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Garner. The closest larger place is McRae, AR about 3 miles away.
Local context for Garner
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Arkansas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 214 residents in Garner (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 364th-largest figure among Arkansas's 500 places.
- Population trend: Held essentially flat from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Size percentile: roughly 27% of Arkansas places rank below Garner.
- Population density: 271 people per square mile on 0.8 square miles of land.
- By land area: Garner ranks 382nd among Arkansas's 500 places, at 0.8 sq mi.
- Water: Garner holds about 0.05 square miles, the 95th-largest water area in Arkansas.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Arkansas's residents live in Garner (214 people).
- Nationally: Garner is the 16,260th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Garner's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 226th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- Versus Arkansas: the state average change is +0.3%, while Garner moved 0.0%.
- Density rank: Garner places 325th among Arkansas's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Garner runs about 271 residents per square mile, where the Arkansas median is 386.
- Location: latitude 35.1425, longitude -91.7792 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: McRae (3 mi); Higginson (5 mi); Searcy (7 mi); Beebe (8 mi); Kensett (9 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Nearest smaller places: Griffithville (8 mi); West Point (10 mi); Georgetown (18 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 22 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 221.
Garner against the rest of Arkansas
Set beside Arkansas's 500 places, Garner ranks 364th by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Garner stands 226th among Arkansas's 500 places — roughly the 55th percentile. At about 271 people per square mile, Garner is the 325th most densely settled place in Arkansas. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 0 residents.
Garner on the map
The Census Gazetteer records 0.8 square miles of land and 0.05 square miles of water within Garner. With 214 residents, the land area yields roughly 271 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Little Rock, is roughly 44 miles away. Within 50 miles of Garner there are 69 larger Census places. By land area it ranks 382nd of 500 Arkansas places.
Which Arkansas laws govern a loan in Garner
For the roughly 214 residents of Garner, the rules below are Arkansas's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| 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 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 17% per annum for loans not made by or to governmental units or by federally insured depository institutions (Amendment 89, effective January 1, 2011) Source says: "shall not exceed seventeen percent (17%) per annum". | Arkansas Legislature — Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 89, § 3 (proposed by H.J.R. 1004 of 2009) 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 |
Borrowing reach in Garner
Garner is a lightly settled community of about 214 people, with 69 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. What is available to Garner's 214 borrowers is set by Arkansas licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. The nearest bigger place is McRae, AR about 3 miles away.
The anatomy of a Garner personal loan
In Garner, a small community of about 214, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. Two numbers drive a Garner loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. The term you choose in Garner decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
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Nearby places
- McRae, AR — population 611
- Higginson, AR — population 851
- Searcy, AR — population 23,813
- Griffithville, AR — population 156
- Beebe, AR — population 8,871
- Kensett, AR — population 1,404
- West Point, AR — population 171
- Judsonia, AR — population 1,881