Personal loans in Glenford, OH
Roughly 164 residents live in Glenford, the 847th-largest community in Ohio. Personal loans in Glenford are mostly unsecured, so the APR reflects how a lender reads your credit — not the city's 164 population.
Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing in Glenford. When Ohio caps or restricts a product, lenders either change the terms or withdraw it from Glenford as from the rest of the state. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 decrease in Glenford at about 0.6%. The closest larger place is Thornville, OH about 5 miles away.
Where Glenford stands
The figures below are Glenford's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Ohio rules.
- Population: an estimated 164 residents, 847th of 924 places in Ohio (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
- Population trend: A decline of about 0.6% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Net change: roughly 1 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 8% of the places in Ohio, with 164 residents in Glenford.
- Population density: 1,451 people per square mile on 0.1 square miles of land.
- Land area rank: Glenford's 0.1 square miles rank 892nd of 924 places in Ohio.
- Share of state population: Glenford's 164 residents are about 0.0% of Ohio.
- Nationally: Glenford is the 17,055th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Ohio: Glenford stands 370th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 924 places.
- Against the state trend: Glenford's 0.6% change compares with a Ohio average of +0.9% across its 924 places.
- Density in Ohio: Glenford ranks 385th by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: Glenford runs about 1,451 residents per square mile, where the Ohio median is 1,289.
- Location: it lies at 39.8862, -82.3197 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Thornville (5 mi); Somerset (6 mi); Gratiot (7 mi); Buckeye Lake (9 mi); Rushville (10 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Smaller communities within reach: Fultonham (10 mi); Hemlock (22 mi); Adamsville (26 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 12 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 498 places are larger than Glenford.
The anatomy of a Glenford personal loan
With roughly 164 residents, Glenford is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Glenford's rank of 847th in Ohio: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Glenford loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
The Ohio lending rules that reach Glenford
When Ohio does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Glenford is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Ohio Department of Commerce, Division of Financial Institutions (Consumer Finance Section). Source says: "The Consumer Finance Section is responsible for regulating non-depository consumer lenders and related consumer finance businesses." | Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal for licensed short-term lenders; interest capped at 28% per annum; total fees and charges capped at 60% of the originally contracted loan amount. Source says: "(A) Interest not exceeding a rate of twenty-eight per cent per annum" (Ohio Rev. Code 1321.40); total fees/charges capped at "a total amount of fees and charges that exceeds sixty per cent of the originally contracted loan amount" (1321.403). | Ohio Laws (Ohio Revised Code - official state publication) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer finance licenses required for non-depository lenders, including Consumer Installment Loan Act lenders, General Loan Law lenders, short-term lenders, and small loan lenders. Source says: "We issue and manage licenses for companies and individuals under multiple Ohio statutes." (page's regulated-statutes list names Consumer Installment Loan Act lenders, General Loan Law lenders, Short-term lenders, Small loan lenders). | Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
What is available to Glenford borrowers
With about 1,451 residents per square mile, Glenford is moderately settled, and 127 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Glenford's 164 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest larger city, Thornville, OH about 5 miles away.
The Glenford borrowing checklist
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Glenford, home to about 164 people:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Make sure the lender appears in the Ohio regulator's licence list.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Pick the shortest term whose payment you can comfortably afford.
None of these steps is Glenford-specific: the same Ohio licensing and disclosure rules reach all 164 residents.
How Glenford compares across Ohio
Set beside Ohio's 924 places, Glenford ranks 847th by population and holds about 0.0% of the state total. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Glenford ranks 370th of 924 in Ohio (about the 60th percentile). By density, at about 1,451 people per square mile, it ranks 385th in Ohio. In land area, Glenford ranks 892nd among Ohio's 924 places.
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Nearby places
- Somerset, OH — population 1,473
- Thornville, OH — population 1,092
- Gratiot, OH — population 216
- Rushville, OH — population 304
- Junction City, OH — population 720
- Buckeye Lake, OH — population 2,558
- West Rushville, OH — population 165
- Fultonham, OH — population 112