Personal loans in Lenzburg, IL
Personal loans in Lenzburg are mostly unsecured, so the APR reflects how a lender reads your credit — not the city's 451 population. From the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate, the population declined by about 3.6%.
About 451 people live in Lenzburg, placing it 895th of 1,294 Census places in Illinois. Begin with the payment, then weigh APR and total interest across the lenders that reach Lenzburg's 451 residents. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Lenzburg's roughly 451 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. The closest larger city is Marissa, IL about 4 miles away.
What the Census records for Lenzburg
The figures below are Lenzburg's own — Census population, land area and coordinates — followed by the Illinois rules.
- Population: about 451 people live here, which puts Lenzburg 895th of 1,294 Census places in Illinois (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Roughly 3.6% fewer residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Net change: roughly 17 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 31% of Illinois places rank below Lenzburg.
- Land and density: 1.2 square miles of land carry roughly 390 residents per square mile.
- Land area: Lenzburg covers 1.2 square miles, the 671st-largest area among Illinois's 1,294 places.
- Water area: Lenzburg has 0.11 square miles of water, ranking 204th of 1,294 places in Illinois.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Illinois's residents live in Lenzburg (451 people).
- Nationally: Lenzburg is the 13,593rd-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Lenzburg's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 1,061st of 1,294 places in Illinois.
- State comparison: Illinois's places average -2.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Lenzburg's 3.6%.
- Density rank: Lenzburg places 1,059th among Illinois's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Illinois: Lenzburg's 390 people per square mile compare with a state median of 993.
- Location: latitude 38.2863, longitude -89.8178 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Marissa (4 mi); New Athens (4 mi); St. Libory (8 mi); Tilden (9 mi); Sparta (11 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Lenzburg.
- Nearest smaller towns: Fayetteville (6 mi); Baldwin (7 mi); Hecker (10 mi).
- Within a 50-mile radius: 62 smaller Census places.
- Within 100 miles: 390 places are larger than Lenzburg.
How Lenzburg compares across Illinois
Within Illinois, Lenzburg holds roughly 0.0% of all residents, the 895th-largest share among 1,294 places. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Lenzburg stands 1,061st among Illinois's 1,294 places — roughly the 18th percentile. By density, at about 390 people per square mile, it ranks 1,059th in Illinois. In land area, Lenzburg ranks 671st among Illinois's 1,294 places.
The geography behind Lenzburg
Inside Lenzburg's boundaries lie roughly 1.2 square miles of land and 0.11 square miles of water. That land carries about 390 people per square mile. The state's population centre of gravity, Chicago, is roughly 270 miles away. A 50-mile radius around Lenzburg takes in 191 places that are larger. Within the same 50 miles lie 62 smaller Census places.
How a Lenzburg personal loan is priced
In Lenzburg, a small community of about 451, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Lenzburg can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. The term you choose in Lenzburg decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
A pre-application checklist for Lenzburg
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Lenzburg, home to about 451 people:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Look the lender up in the Illinois regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- If debt is already a struggle, talk to a nonprofit credit counsellor before borrowing more.
What differs between Lenzburg and the rest of Illinois is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 451 people here.
Illinois consumer-lending rules applied in Lenzburg
Every row below records a Illinois rule, its publisher and its retrieval date — the same rules a Lenzburg lender must follow.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Division of Financial Institutions Source says: "DFI licenses, charters, and examines a wide variety of financial products and services including: Consumer and Sales Finance and Collection Agencies". | Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as of 2026-09-16 |
| Installment lender net-worth requirement | $30,000 minimum positive net worth (plus $25,000 surety bond) Source says: "every applicant shall prove ... that the applicant has and will maintain a positive net worth of a minimum of $30,000". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 9% annual percentage rate (general written-contract interest cap) Source says: "it shall be lawful for the parties to stipulate or agree that an annual percentage rate of 9%, or any less sum". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Marissa, IL — population 1,752
- New Athens, IL — population 1,873
- Fayetteville, IL — population 286
- Baldwin, IL — population 310
- St. Libory, IL — population 610
- Tilden, IL — population 745
- Sparta, IL — population 4,024
- Hecker, IL — population 418