Personal loans in Leesburg, OH
An estimated 1,280 people make their home in Leesburg, a figure that ranks 480th in Ohio. The 2020 count to the 2023 estimate shows about 0.9% growth in Leesburg.
A lender serving Leesburg holds a Ohio licence and answers to a Ohio regulator; no city office is involved for its 1,280 residents. Every figure below is Ohio's own, applied to Leesburg's 1,280 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Rate-shopping from Leesburg costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. The closest larger city is Greenfield, OH about 9 miles away.
The Leesburg data picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Ohio table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 1,280 residents in Leesburg (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 480th-largest figure among Ohio's 924 places.
- Population trend: About 0.9% above the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 11 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: roughly 48% of Ohio's places have fewer residents than Leesburg's 1,280.
- Density: the Census land area of 1.2 sq mi holds about 1,097 people per square mile.
- By land area: Leesburg ranks 481st among Ohio's 924 places, at 1.2 sq mi.
- State population share: Leesburg accounts for about 0.0% of everyone in Ohio.
- National rank: Leesburg is the 9,316th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth in Ohio: Leesburg stands 154th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 924 places.
- Versus Ohio: the state average change is +0.9%, while Leesburg moved 0.9%.
- Density in Ohio: Leesburg ranks 558th by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Leesburg's 1,097 people per square mile sit against a Ohio median of 1,289.
- Location: 39.3418, -83.5520 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Greenfield (9 mi); Hillsboro (9 mi); Sabina (11 mi); Lynchburg (14 mi); Washington Court House (15 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Leesburg on the same terms.
- Smaller communities within reach: Highland (3 mi); New Vienna (8 mi); South Salem (13 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 66 places smaller than Leesburg sit within 50 miles.
- Within 100 miles: 296 places are larger than Leesburg.
What to do before borrowing in Leesburg
Before you hand your details to a lender in Leesburg, where the population is near 1,280:
- Check all three credit reports for mistakes, because an error you fix now is a lower rate later.
- Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Look the lender up in the Ohio regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
None of these steps is Leesburg-specific: the same Ohio licensing and disclosure rules reach all 1,280 residents.
Where Leesburg sits in Ohio
Among Ohio's 924 places, Leesburg sits at 480th for population, a share of roughly 0.0% of the state. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Leesburg stands 154th among Ohio's 924 places — roughly the 83th percentile. Its roughly 1,097 residents per square mile place it 558th among Ohio's places. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 11 residents.
The Ohio lending rules that reach Leesburg
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Ohio, and so for Leesburg's roughly 1,280 residents.
| 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 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 8% per annum maximum by written agreement for the general case; higher rates permitted only in specified cases (e.g., principal over $100,000, business loans, certain mortgages). Source says: "may stipulate therein for the payment of interest upon the amount thereof at any rate not exceeding eight per cent per annum payable annually" (Ohio Rev. Code 1343.01(A)). [codes.ohio.gov content retrieved via search-engine fetch of the official section; direct connections blocked from our network] | Ohio Laws (Ohio Revised Code - official state publication) 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 |
The geography behind Leesburg
Leesburg's land area is roughly 1.2 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. That land carries about 1,097 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Columbus, is roughly 54 miles away. Leesburg has 87 larger places within a 50-mile radius. By land area it ranks 481st of 924 Ohio places.
What is available to Leesburg borrowers
With about 1,097 residents per square mile, Leesburg is moderately settled, and 87 larger Census places sit within 50 miles. A Ohio licence lets a lender serve Leesburg without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 1,280 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is Greenfield, OH about 9 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Highland, OH — population 228
- New Vienna, OH — population 1,100
- Hillsboro, OH — population 6,617
- Greenfield, OH — population 4,336
- Sabina, OH — population 2,472
- Washington Court House, OH — population 14,412
- South Salem, OH — population 212
- Milledgeville, OH — population 101