Personal loans in Spring Valley, IL
Every figure below is Illinois's own, applied to Spring Valley's 5,442 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached.
Spring Valley, Illinois — home to about 5,442 people — is a small town, so the terms you are offered follow Illinois law rather than any local rule. About 5,442 people live in Spring Valley, placing it 318th of 1,294 Census places in Illinois. The trend for Spring Valley between 2020 and 2023 is downward by roughly 2.4%. Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details with a Spring Valley lender. A larger market lies at Peru, IL about 3 miles away.
Local context for Spring Valley
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Illinois table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 5,442 residents; Spring Valley is the 318th-largest of 1,294 places in Illinois (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Lower by roughly 2.4% since the 2020 count.
- Absolute change: 131 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: Spring Valley sits ahead of around 75% of Illinois places, at 5,442 people.
- Land and density: 7.4 square miles of land carry roughly 734 residents per square mile.
- By land area: Spring Valley ranks 169th among Illinois's 1,294 places, at 7.4 sq mi.
- Water area rank: Spring Valley ranks 324th among Illinois's 1,294 places, with 0.04 sq mi.
- Share of Illinois: Spring Valley holds about 0.0% of the state's population, some 5,442 people.
- Nationally: Spring Valley is the 4,603rd-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Illinois: Spring Valley stands 731st by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 1,294 places.
- State comparison: Illinois's places average -2.0% for 2020-to-2023, against Spring Valley's 2.4%.
- Density rank: Spring Valley places 827th among Illinois's places by people per square mile.
- Density vs Illinois: Spring Valley's 734 people per square mile compare with a state median of 993.
- Location: it lies at 41.3229, -89.1834 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Peru (3 mi); LaSalle (5 mi); Princeton (15 mi); Mendota (17 mi); Ottawa (19 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Nearest smaller towns: Dalzell (2 mi); Ladd (4 mi); Standard (5 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 131 places smaller than Spring Valley sit within 50 miles.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 285.
What shapes a Spring Valley personal loan
In Spring Valley, a small town of about 5,442, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. Two numbers drive a Spring Valley loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Spring Valley loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.
Borrowing reach in Spring Valley
Spring Valley is moderately settled, with about 734 people per square mile and 27 larger places within 50 miles. A Illinois licence lets a lender serve Spring Valley without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 5,442 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Peru, IL about 3 miles away.
Spring Valley on the map
The Census Gazetteer records 7.4 square miles of land and 0.04 square miles of water within Spring Valley. That land carries about 734 people per square mile. Chicago, the largest place in Illinois, is about 85 miles from Spring Valley. A 50-mile radius around Spring Valley takes in 27 places that are larger. The 100-mile radius contains 285 larger places.
Spring Valley against the rest of Illinois
Against Illinois's other places, Spring Valley accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 318th of 1,294 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Spring Valley stands 731st among Illinois's 1,294 places — roughly the 44th percentile. At about 734 people per square mile, Spring Valley is the 827th most densely settled place in Illinois. In land area, Spring Valley ranks 169th among Illinois's 1,294 places.
What Illinois law requires in Spring Valley
Illinois has no separate rate rule for Spring Valley; the sourced rows below are what reach every lender that serves its 5,442 people.
| 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 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license; capped at 36% annual percentage rate (payday loans) Source says: "shall not contract for or receive a charge exceeding a 36% annual percentage rate ... for a payday loan". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Installment Loan Act license required from the Director of Financial Institutions (loans above 9% APR) Source says: "No person ... shall engage in the business of making loans of money ... except ... after first obtaining a license from the Director of Financial Institutions". | Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Compiled Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Dalzell, IL — population 648
- Peru, IL — population 9,780
- Ladd, IL — population 1,400
- Standard, IL — population 218
- Granville, IL — population 1,319
- Cedar Point, IL — population 262
- LaSalle, IL — population 9,432
- Mark, IL — population 504