Personal loans in Goodwell, OK
Lenders active in Goodwell report to a Oklahoma supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. With 920 residents, Goodwell outranks about 63% of the communities in Oklahoma.
Two households in Goodwell with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 920 residents are not the reason. The trend for Goodwell between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 3.5%. Use the calculator on this page to price an amount and term before you commit in Goodwell. The closest larger city is Guymon, OK about 10 miles away.
Goodwell: the sourced local profile
The figures below are Goodwell's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Oklahoma rules.
- Population: the Census counts 920 residents in Goodwell (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 221st-largest figure among Oklahoma's 590 places.
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is negative, near 3.5%.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 33 residents.
- Size percentile: Goodwell sits ahead of around 63% of Oklahoma places, at 920 people.
- Population density: about 419 people per square mile (Census land area 2.2 sq mi).
- Land area: Goodwell covers 2.2 square miles, the 221st-largest area among Oklahoma's 590 places.
- Water area rank: Goodwell ranks 149th among Oklahoma's 590 places, with 0.02 sq mi.
- Share of Oklahoma: Goodwell holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 920 people.
- National rank: Goodwell sits 10,601st by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Goodwell ranks 564th among Oklahoma's 590 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Oklahoma's places average +1.3% for 2020-to-2023, against Goodwell's 3.5%.
- Density rank: Goodwell is the 365th most densely settled place in Oklahoma.
- Against the state median: Goodwell runs about 419 residents per square mile, where the Oklahoma median is 546.
- Location: it lies at 36.5948, -101.6220 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Guymon (10 mi); Gruver (26 mi); Hooker (29 mi); Stratford (31 mi); Elkhart (32 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller places nearby: Texhoma (11 mi); Texhoma (12 mi); Optima (19 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 8 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 37 places are larger than Goodwell.
Getting a loan in Goodwell
At roughly 419 people per square mile, Goodwell is lightly settled; 11 larger places lie within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Goodwell's 920 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest bigger place is Guymon, OK about 10 miles away.
What Oklahoma law requires in Goodwell
Every row below records a Oklahoma rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Goodwell lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit (OKDOCC) Source says: "The Department is responsible for the regulation of consumer credit sales and consumer loans in the State of Oklahoma." | Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Oklahoma Small Lender license required (Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit); separate license per location; 59 O.S. 3150-3150.27. Source says: "no person shall engage in the business of making small loans... unless the person is licensed by the Department of Consumer Credit" (59 O.S. 3150.2). | Oklahoma State Courts Network (Oklahoma Statutes, OSCN) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small loan rate and principal caps (state-specific rule) | Small loans: interest capped at 17% per month; maximum aggregated principal of $1,500 per customer across all licensees (CPI-adjusted). Source says: "A licensee may only charge and collect a periodic interest rate not to exceed seventeen percent (17%) per month" (59 O.S. 3150.10(B)); max aggregated principal is $1,500 (3150.10(C)). | Oklahoma State Courts Network (Oklahoma Statutes, OSCN) as of 2026-09-16 |
What to do before borrowing in Goodwell
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Goodwell, home to about 920 people:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Model the payment on the calculator before a lender models it for you.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Verify the lender's Oklahoma licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
- Check the disclosure for fees that raise the true cost above the quoted rate.
- Make sure the new payment leaves room in a budget you already keep.
What differs between Goodwell and the rest of Oklahoma is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 920 people here.
How a Goodwell personal loan is priced
Goodwell is a small community of about 920 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Goodwell. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Goodwell loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
Land, water and location for Goodwell
Goodwell's land area is about 2.2 square miles; a further 0.02 square miles is water. Spread across it are roughly 419 residents per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Oklahoma City, is roughly 242 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Goodwell takes in 11 places that are larger. By land area it ranks 221st of 590 Oklahoma places.
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Nearby places
- Guymon, OK — population 12,287
- Texhoma, OK — population 819
- Texhoma, TX — population 245
- Optima, OK — population 322
- Gruver, TX — population 1,083
- Hardesty, OK — population 197
- Hooker, OK — population 1,715
- Elkhart, KS — population 1,800