Personal loans in Peebles, OH
Every figure below is Ohio's own, applied to Peebles's 1,759 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Two households in Peebles with comparable incomes can still be offered different rates; the city's 1,759 residents are not the reason. By population, Peebles sits at 416th in Ohio, with an estimated 1,759 residents. Population in Peebles dropped about 0.9% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Compare APR, not the interest rate, because the APR folds in most fees on a Peebles loan. A larger market lies at West Union, OH about 13 miles away.
Peebles: population, trend and location
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Ohio table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 1,759 residents; Peebles is the 416th-largest of 924 places in Ohio (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Lower by roughly 0.9% since the 2020 count.
- Net change: roughly 16 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: about 55% of Ohio's Census places are smaller than Peebles.
- Density: the Census land area of 1.2 sq mi holds about 1,449 people per square mile.
- Land area rank: Peebles's 1.2 square miles rank 470th of 924 places in Ohio.
- Within Ohio: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Peebles.
- Nationally: Peebles is the 8,100th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth rank: Peebles ranks 443rd among Ohio's 924 places for the 2020-to-2023 change.
- State comparison: Ohio's places average +0.9% for 2020-to-2023, against Peebles's 0.9%.
- Density rank: Peebles is the 386th most densely settled place in Ohio.
- Density in context: Peebles's 1,449 people per square mile sit against a Ohio median of 1,289.
- Location: 38.9463, -83.4094 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: West Union (13 mi); Manchester (21 mi); Hillsboro (21 mi); Piketon (24 mi); Waverly (26 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Smaller communities close by: Seaman (9 mi); Sinking Spring (9 mi); Rarden (9 mi), each with its own Census population profile.
- Within a 50-mile radius: 66 smaller Census places.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 239.
Where Peebles sits
Peebles covers about 1.2 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer); no significant water area is recorded inside its boundaries. That land carries about 1,449 people per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Columbus, the distance is roughly 75 miles. Peebles has 30 larger places within a 50-mile radius. Within the same 50 miles lie 66 smaller Census places.
A practical checklist for Peebles borrowers
These steps shape the offer you get in Peebles, a place of about 1,759 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.
- Get several pre-qualifications and compare APR side by side before choosing.
- Check the Ohio regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Check the disclosure for fees that raise the true cost above the quoted rate.
- Test the payment against your current bills before you commit.
- Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
In Peebles as elsewhere in Ohio, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 1,759 residents.
How a Peebles personal loan is priced
In Peebles, a small community of about 1,759, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. The APR tracks your credit score rather than Peebles's rank of 416th in Ohio: a strong file may earn a single-digit rate, while damaged credit can push the rate far higher. Because the payment is fixed, the total cost of a Peebles loan is knowable in advance — unlike a revolving card balance.
The state rulebook for Peebles
When Ohio does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Peebles is bound by the same rules.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer finance licenses required for non-depository lenders, including Consumer Installment Loan Act lenders, General Loan Law lenders, short-term lenders, and small loan lenders. Source says: "We issue and manage licenses for companies and individuals under multiple Ohio statutes." (page's regulated-statutes list names Consumer Installment Loan Act lenders, General Loan Law lenders, Short-term lenders, Small loan lenders). | Ohio Department of Commerce - Division of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
How Peebles compares across Ohio
Within Ohio, Peebles holds roughly 0.0% of all residents, the 416th-largest share among 924 places. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Peebles ranks 443rd of 924 in Ohio (about the 52th percentile). By density, at about 1,449 people per square mile, it ranks 386th in Ohio. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 16 residents.
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Nearby places
- Sinking Spring, OH — population 121
- Seaman, OH — population 970
- Rarden, OH — population 141
- West Union, OH — population 3,051
- Otway, OH — population 90
- Winchester, OH — population 981
- Concord, KY — population 19
- Rome, OH — population 83