Personal loans in Lead Hill, AR
Lenders active in Lead Hill report to a Arkansas supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. The roughly 284 people who live in Lead Hill borrow under Arkansas rules; city hall sets no personal-loan rate.
Lead Hill is one of 500 Census places in Arkansas; its 284 residents put it at 334th. Population in Lead Hill climbed about 2.5% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Lead Hill loan. The closest larger city is Diamond City, AR about 3 miles away.
Lead Hill: the sourced local profile
Here is the sourced Census picture for Lead Hill, plus the Arkansas lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: 284 residents; Lead Hill is the 334th-largest of 500 places in Arkansas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 2.5% above the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 7 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: about 33% of Arkansas's Census places are smaller than Lead Hill.
- Population density: about 491 people per square mile (Census land area 0.6 sq mi).
- Land area rank: Lead Hill's 0.6 square miles rank 404th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- Water area: Lead Hill has 0.09 square miles of water, ranking 66th of 500 places in Arkansas.
- Share of state population: Lead Hill's 284 residents are about 0.0% of Arkansas.
- Nationally: Lead Hill is the 15,307th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Lead Hill ranks 109th among Arkansas's 500 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Lead Hill's 2.5% change compares with a Arkansas average of +0.3% across its 500 places.
- Density in Arkansas: Lead Hill ranks 193rd by people per square mile.
- Density vs Arkansas: Lead Hill's 491 people per square mile compare with a state median of 386.
- Location: 36.4136, -92.9072 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Diamond City (3 mi); Bergman (9 mi); Summit (17 mi); Harrison (17 mi); Bellefonte (17 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Lead Hill.
- Smaller places close by: South Lead Hill (1 mi); Zinc (9 mi); Pyatt (12 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 25 places smaller than Lead Hill sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 229 places are larger than Lead Hill.
How a Lead Hill personal loan is priced
With roughly 284 residents, Lead Hill 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 Lead Hill can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Lead Hill loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
Lender access in Lead Hill
Lead Hill is lightly settled, with about 491 people per square mile and 47 larger places within 50 miles. What is available to Lead Hill's 284 borrowers is set by Arkansas licensing and your own credit, not by how many branches are nearby. For a larger market, the closest option is Diamond City, AR about 3 miles away.
What Arkansas law requires in Lead Hill
Every row below records a Arkansas rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Lead Hill lender must follow.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | See the latest published figure value_text left null: the State Bank Department does not publish a consumer small-loan license rate schedule that could be verified; storefront payday lending has been eliminated (see Payday lending status). See the linked regulator page for the licensee categories it supervises. | Arkansas State Bank Department as of 2026-09-16 |
Where Lead Hill sits
The Census Gazetteer records 0.6 square miles of land and 0.09 square miles of water within Lead Hill. With 284 residents, the land area yields roughly 491 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Little Rock, is roughly 121 miles away. Lead Hill has 47 larger places within a 50-mile radius. By land area it ranks 404th of 500 Arkansas places.
Lead Hill's place among Arkansas's 500 places
Against Arkansas's other places, Lead Hill accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 334th of 500 by size. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 109th of 500 Arkansas places, putting it near the 78th percentile for growth. By density, at about 491 people per square mile, it ranks 193rd in Arkansas. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 7 residents.
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Nearby places
- South Lead Hill, AR — population 86
- Diamond City, AR — population 822
- Zinc, AR — population 99
- Bergman, AR — population 440
- Pyatt, AR — population 191
- Bellefonte, AR — population 426
- Everton, AR — population 104
- Harrison, AR — population 13,409