Personal loans in Holton, IN
The first question in Holton is not the rate on offer but whether the payment fits; about 427 people live here under Indiana lending law. At about 427 residents, Holton is larger than roughly 24% of the places in Indiana.
Holton added about 2.2% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. Which products a lender may offer to Holton's 427 residents follows from the Indiana consumer-lending framework. Pull your credit reports and line up at least three offers before you apply from Holton. A larger market lies at Osgood, IN about 6 miles away.
The Holton data picture
The figures below are Holton's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Indiana rules.
- Population: 427 people, a figure that places Holton 428th among the 565 Census places in Indiana (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: A rise of about 2.2% from 2020 to 2023.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 9 residents.
- Size percentile: Holton's 427 people outrank roughly 24% of the places in Indiana.
- Land and density: 1.8 square miles of land carry roughly 236 residents per square mile.
- By land area: Holton ranks 191st among Indiana's 565 places, at 1.8 sq mi.
- Within Indiana: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Holton.
- Nationally: Holton is the 13,810th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Indiana: Holton stands 95th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 565 places.
- State comparison: Indiana's places average +1.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Holton's 2.2%.
- Density rank: Holton places 550th among Indiana's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Indiana: Holton's 236 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,375.
- Location: coordinates 39.0752, -85.3847 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Osgood (6 mi); Versailles (7 mi); Westport (12 mi); North Vernon (14 mi); Milan (15 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Holton.
- Smaller places nearby: Napoleon (9 mi); Millhousen (10 mi); Vernon (14 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 29 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 477 places are larger than Holton.
A pre-application checklist for Holton
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Holton, home to about 427 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- Use the loan calculator to test the payment on your intended amount and term.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Look the lender up in the Indiana regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
None of these steps is Holton-specific: the same Indiana licensing and disclosure rules reach all 427 residents.
Which Indiana laws govern a loan in Holton
Every row below records a Indiana rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Holton lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), Consumer Credit Division Source says: "The industries regulated by the Consumer Credit Division are: non-depository small loan ("payday") lenders; traditional installment lenders". | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan size limit | $825 maximum aggregate small-loan principal per borrower Source says: "Lenders cannot have loans ... outstanding with you at any one time if the aggregate principal amount/amount financed exceeds $825". | Indiana Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | See the latest published figure value_text left null: Indiana Code IC 24-4.5-3-508 sets tiered maximum loan finance charges for supervised loans; the official code site renders client-side and the figure could not be confirmed from a fetched page, so no figure is asserted. | Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code) as of 2026-09-16 |
What shapes a Holton personal loan
With roughly 427 residents, Holton is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Holton can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Holton loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
How Holton compares across Indiana
Against Indiana's other places, Holton accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 428th of 565 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Holton stands 95th among Indiana's 565 places — roughly the 83th percentile. Its roughly 236 residents per square mile place it 550th among Indiana's places. Within 50 miles sit 29 smaller Census places, alongside the 96 that are larger.
The geography behind Holton
Holton's land area is roughly 1.8 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. The resulting density is about 236 people per square mile. Fort Wayne, the largest place in Indiana, is about 140 miles from Holton. Within 50 miles of Holton there are 96 larger Census places. By land area it ranks 191st of 565 Indiana places.
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Nearby places
- Osgood, IN — population 1,594
- Versailles, IN — population 2,188
- Napoleon, IN — population 236
- Millhousen, IN — population 148
- Westport, IN — population 1,385
- Dupont, IN — population 339
- New Point, IN — population 317
- Vernon, IN — population 236