Personal loans in Minidoka, ID
Minidoka is one of 197 Census places in Idaho; its 90 residents put it at 188th. Minidoka is a small community in Idaho, with an estimated 90 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. Minidoka added about 1.1% to its population between the 2020 base and the 2023 estimate. Price two or three terms so you can see which payment is truly affordable in Minidoka. Which products a lender may offer to Minidoka's 90 residents follows from the Idaho consumer-lending framework. The closest larger city is Acequia, ID about 8 miles away.
Minidoka by the numbers
Set out below is Minidoka's local context next to the state-level rules that reach every lender here.
- Population: about 90 people live here, which puts Minidoka 188th of 197 Census places in Idaho (Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: About 1.1% above the 2020 Census base.
- People gained or lost: about 1 more since the 2020 base.
- Size percentile: about 5% of Idaho's Census places are smaller than Minidoka.
- Population density: about 857 people per square mile across 0.1 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- Land area: Minidoka covers 0.1 square miles, the 190th-largest area among Idaho's 197 places.
- State share: roughly 0.0% of Idaho's residents live in Minidoka (90 people).
- National rank: Minidoka sits 18,303rd by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Minidoka ranks 176th among Idaho's 197 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- Against the state trend: Minidoka's 1.1% change compares with a Idaho average of +7.1% across its 197 places.
- Density rank: Minidoka is the 118th most densely settled place in Idaho.
- Density vs Idaho: Minidoka's 857 people per square mile compare with a state median of 1,026.
- Location: 42.7540, -113.4900 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Acequia (8 mi); Rupert (13 mi); Declo (18 mi); Paul (18 mi); Heyburn (19 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Minidoka on the same terms.
- Smaller places nearby: Butte City (60 mi); Oxford (82 mi); Clayton (113 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 0 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 78.
The Minidoka borrowing checklist
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Minidoka, home to about 90 people:
- Get your credit reports, dispute what is wrong, and only then start shopping.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
- Look the lender up in the Idaho regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
- If the balances are already a strain, seek nonprofit credit counselling before adding a loan.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
In Minidoka as elsewhere in Idaho, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 90 residents.
Idaho consumer-lending rules applied in Minidoka
The rows below set out what a licensed lender must follow in Idaho, and so for Minidoka's roughly 90 residents.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Idaho Department of Finance (IDOF) Source says: "Safeguarding the financial health of Idahoans through the appropriate oversight of diverse financial institutions, the education and protection of consumers". | Idaho Department of Finance as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license (payday loan license required) Source says: "No person shall engage in the business of payday loans ... without having first obtained a license under this chapter". | Idaho State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Regulated Lenders License required (regulated consumer loans) Source says: "unless a person is exempt ... he shall not engage in the business of: (a) Making regulated consumer loans". | Idaho State Legislature as of 2026-09-16 |
Minidoka's place among Idaho's 197 places
Minidoka is the 188th-largest of 197 Census places in Idaho and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Minidoka ranks 176th of 197 in Idaho (about the 11th percentile). At about 857 people per square mile, Minidoka is the 118th most densely settled place in Idaho. Within 50 miles sit 0 smaller Census places, alongside the 21 that are larger.
Minidoka on the map
Minidoka's land area is roughly 0.1 square miles, and the Gazetteer records no significant water area within it. Spread across it are roughly 857 residents per square mile. The largest place in Idaho, Boise City, lies about 150 miles away. Counting outward 50 miles, 21 larger communities surround Minidoka. The 100-mile radius contains 78 larger places.
Borrowing reach in Minidoka
Minidoka is moderately settled, with about 857 people per square mile and 21 larger places within 50 miles. A Idaho licence lets a lender serve Minidoka without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 90 residents are offered. The nearest bigger place is Acequia, ID about 8 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Acequia, ID — population 136
- Rupert, ID — population 6,324
- Declo, ID — population 354
- Paul, ID — population 1,725
- Heyburn, ID — population 3,726
- Albion, ID — population 245
- Burley, ID — population 12,146
- Malta, ID — population 176