Personal loans in Geneva, MN
State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Geneva's roughly 502 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. Roughly 502 residents live in Geneva, the 492nd-largest community in Minnesota. Personal loans in Geneva are mostly unsecured, so the APR reflects how a lender reads your credit — not the city's 502 population. Geneva lost roughly 1.0% of its population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. Judge Geneva offers on total cost, not on how quickly the money arrives. The closest larger place is Ellendale, MN about 4 miles away.
What the Census records for Geneva
Geneva is a small community; the notes below cover its population profile and the statewide rules that apply.
- Population: a Census-estimated 502, 492nd among Minnesota's 853 places (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 1.0%.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 5 residents.
- Size percentile: Geneva's 502 people outrank roughly 42% of the places in Minnesota.
- Density: roughly 1,073 residents per square mile, spread over 0.5 sq mi of land.
- Land area rank: Geneva's 0.5 square miles rank 709th of 853 places in Minnesota.
- State population share: Geneva accounts for about 0.0% of everyone in Minnesota.
- National standing: Geneva ranks 13,151st of 19,457 US places.
- Growth rank: Geneva's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 469th of 853 places in Minnesota.
- Against the state trend: Geneva's 1.0% change compares with a Minnesota average of +0.1% across its 853 places.
- Density rank: Geneva is the 245th most densely settled place in Minnesota.
- Against the state median: Geneva runs about 1,073 residents per square mile, where the Minnesota median is 607.
- Location: mapped by the US Census Bureau at 43.8195, -93.2726.
- Nearest larger cities: Ellendale (4 mi); Clarks Grove (5 mi); Blooming Prairie (11 mi); New Richland (12 mi); Albert Lea (12 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller communities close by: Hollandale (5 mi); Hartland (11 mi); Manchester (11 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 49 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 353 places are larger than Geneva.
Borrowing reach in Geneva
With about 1,073 residents per square mile, Geneva is moderately settled, and 70 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. Whether Geneva has a local branch or not, a Minnesota-licensed lender can serve its 502 people online on the same terms. For a larger market, the closest option is Ellendale, MN about 4 miles away.
Land, water and location for Geneva
The Census Gazetteer records about 0.5 square miles of land within Geneva, with no significant water area listed. With 502 residents, the land area yields roughly 1,073 people per square mile. Minneapolis, the largest place in Minnesota, is about 79 miles from Geneva. A 50-mile radius around Geneva takes in 70 places that are larger. The 100-mile radius contains 353 larger places.
Geneva against the rest of Minnesota
Set beside Minnesota's 853 places, Geneva ranks 492nd by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Geneva ranks 469th of 853 in Minnesota (about the 45th percentile). Its roughly 1,073 residents per square mile place it 245th among Minnesota's places. Within 50 miles sit 49 smaller Census places, alongside the 70 that are larger.
Before you apply in Geneva
Before you hand your details to a lender in Geneva, where the population is near 502:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Shop at least three lenders and judge them on APR and total cost.
- Confirm the Minnesota licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
- Make sure the new payment leaves room in a budget you already keep.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
What differs between Geneva and the rest of Minnesota is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 502 people here.
Minnesota consumer-lending rules applied in Geneva
For the roughly 502 residents of Geneva, the rules below are Minnesota's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Minnesota Department of Commerce (commissioner of commerce) Source says: ""Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 6% per year legal rate of interest; a different rate may be contracted for in writing (Minn. Stat. § 334.01) Source says: "The interest for any legal indebtedness shall be at the rate of $6 upon $100 for a year" | Minnesota Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal and licensed; APR capped at 36%, or up to 50% with an ability-to-repay analysis (Minn. Stat. §§ 47.60, 47.601, 47.603) Source says: "The cap on that annual percentage rate is set at either 36%, or up to 50% if the lender conducts an ability to repay analysis" | Minnesota Department of Commerce as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Ellendale, MN — population 666
- Clarks Grove, MN — population 691
- Hollandale, MN — population 306
- Hayward, MN — population 250
- Albert Lea, MN — population 18,269
- Manchester, MN — population 53
- Hartland, MN — population 313
- Blooming Prairie, MN — population 1,952