Personal loans in Morristown, TN
At about 32,099 residents, Morristown is larger than roughly 92% of the places in Tennessee. A lender serving Morristown holds a Tennessee licence and answers to a Tennessee regulator; no city office is involved for its 32,099 residents. From the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate, the population rose by about 5.4%. For a community of about 32,099, the practical step is to compare APR across at least three lenders before committing. State law, not city hall, decides what a lender may do to Morristown's roughly 32,099 residents, and a state regulator supervises it. The nearest larger metro is Knoxville, TN about 40 miles away.
Morristown: population, trend and location
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Tennessee table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 32,099 residents in Morristown (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 26th-largest figure among Tennessee's 344 places.
- Population trend: Up about 5.4% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Absolute change: 1,651 residents added between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 92% of the places in Tennessee, with 32,099 residents in Morristown.
- Population density: about 1,150 people per square mile (Census land area 27.9 sq mi).
- By land area: Morristown ranks 26th among Tennessee's 344 places, at 27.9 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Morristown ranks 72nd among Tennessee's 344 places, with 0.04 sq mi.
- State share: roughly 0.9% of Tennessee's residents live in Morristown (32,099 people).
- National rank: Morristown is the 1,240th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Morristown ranks 62nd among Tennessee's 344 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Tennessee's places average +2.4% for 2020-to-2023, against Morristown's 5.4%.
- Density rank: Morristown is the 47th most densely settled place in Tennessee.
- Density in context: Morristown's 1,150 people per square mile sit against a Tennessee median of 553.
- Location: latitude 36.2044, longitude -83.3000 (Census Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Knoxville (40 mi); Kingsport (47 mi); Maryville (49 mi); Johnson City (52 mi); Oak Ridge (58 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller towns nearby: White Pine (7 mi); Bean Station (9 mi); Baneberry (11 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 54 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 6 places are larger than Morristown.
Morristown against the rest of Tennessee
Within Tennessee, Morristown holds roughly 0.9% of all residents, the 26th-largest share among 344 places. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Morristown stands 62nd among Tennessee's 344 places — roughly the 82th percentile. Its roughly 1,150 residents per square mile place it 47th among Tennessee's places. In land area, Morristown ranks 26th among Tennessee's 344 places.
What is available to Morristown borrowers
Morristown is moderately settled, with about 1,150 people per square mile and 3 larger places within 50 miles. Distance to a branch rarely matters for Morristown's 32,099 residents: the application is online and the price follows your credit file. The nearest larger city, Knoxville, TN about 40 miles away.
A pre-application checklist for Morristown
These steps shape the offer you get in Morristown, a place of about 32,099 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- 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 Tennessee regulator's licence records before you sign.
- Look for an origination fee or prepayment penalty in the written disclosure.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
None of these steps is Morristown-specific: the same Tennessee licensing and disclosure rules reach all 32,099 residents.
The anatomy of a Morristown personal loan
Morristown is a smaller city of about 32,099 people, and the personal loans written here are mostly unsecured — no collateral, so the lender leans on your credit file. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file in Morristown. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Morristown loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
How Tennessee law applies in Morristown
Tennessee has no separate rate rule for Morristown; the sourced rows below are what reach every lender that serves its 32,099 people.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) Source says: The Department regulates banks, credit unions, trust companies, business and industrial development corporations, industrial loan and thrift companies | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10.75% per annum (maximum effective formula rate for written contracts, announced September 15, 2026) Source says: the maximum effective formula rate of interest in Tennessee is 10.75 percent per annum | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Licensed; deferred presentment services (payday) lenders must obtain a TDFI license, including internet lenders (Tenn. Code Ann. § 45-17-103) Source says: deferred presentment services in this state through the use of the internet, facsimile, telephone, or other means without having first obtained a license | Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions (TDFI) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- White Pine, TN — population 2,571
- Bean Station, TN — population 3,071
- Baneberry, TN — population 567
- Jefferson City, TN — population 8,761
- Dandridge, TN — population 3,617
- Bulls Gap, TN — population 765
- Rutledge, TN — population 1,331
- Newport, TN — population 6,973