Personal loans in St. Hedwig, TX
State law, rather than federal rules alone, supplies the rate caps and licensing rules that reach St. Hedwig's 2,319 residents. For a borrower among the roughly 2,319 residents of St. Hedwig, a personal loan is a tool whose cost turns on the terms, not the address. With 2,319 residents, St. Hedwig outranks about 54% of the communities in Texas. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 increase in St. Hedwig at about 4.2%. Begin with the payment, then weigh APR and total interest across the lenders that reach St. Hedwig's 2,319 residents. The closest larger place is Converse, TX about 9 miles away.
What the Census records for St. Hedwig
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Texas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: the Census counts 2,319 residents in St. Hedwig (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 557th-largest figure among Texas's 1,224 places.
- Population trend: The 2020-to-2023 change is positive, near 4.2%.
- Net change: roughly 94 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: St. Hedwig sits ahead of around 54% of Texas places, at 2,319 people.
- Population density: 78 people per square mile on 29.6 square miles of land.
- By land area: St. Hedwig ranks 82nd among Texas's 1,224 places, at 29.6 sq mi.
- Water: St. Hedwig holds about 0.27 square miles, the 144th-largest water area in Texas.
- State population share: St. Hedwig accounts for about 0.0% of everyone in Texas.
- Nationally: St. Hedwig is the 7,086th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
- Growth in Texas: St. Hedwig stands 488th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 1,224 places.
- Against the state trend: St. Hedwig's 4.2% change compares with a Texas average of +6.5% across its 1,224 places.
- Density rank: St. Hedwig places 1,201st among Texas's places by people per square mile.
- Against the state median: St. Hedwig runs about 78 residents per square mile, where the Texas median is 840.
- Location: coordinates 29.4202, -98.2070 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Converse (9 mi); Schertz (10 mi); Cibolo (10 mi); Universal City (11 mi); Kirby (11 mi). Online lenders reach St. Hedwig no matter how far the nearest branch is.
- Smaller towns nearby: La Vernia (7 mi); New Berlin (8 mi); China Grove (9 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 29 of them.
- Within 100 miles: 85 places are larger than St. Hedwig.
St. Hedwig's place among Texas's 1,224 places
Against Texas's other places, St. Hedwig accounts for about 0.0% of the state's population and ranks 557th of 1,224 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, St. Hedwig stands 488th among Texas's 1,224 places — roughly the 60th percentile. At about 78 people per square mile, St. Hedwig is the 1,201st most densely settled place in Texas. In land area, St. Hedwig ranks 82nd among Texas's 1,224 places.
The Texas lending rules that reach St. Hedwig
For the roughly 2,319 residents of St. Hedwig, the rules below are Texas's own; each row carries its publisher and retrieval date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) Source says: The OCCC licenses and regulates non-depository lenders in the state of Texas. | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 10% per year maximum; a greater rate is usurious unless otherwise provided by law (Tex. Fin. Code § 302.001) Source says: The maximum rate or amount of interest is 10 percent a year except as otherwise provided by law. | Texas Legislature (Texas Constitution and Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Legal via licensed credit access businesses (payday/title-loan brokers); the third-party lender itself is not licensed (Tex. Fin. Code ch. 393) Source says: the credit access business that serves as the broker is the licensee in this regulated industry | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
What to do before borrowing in St. Hedwig
For St. Hedwig's roughly 2,319 residents, these are the steps that most influence the offer:
- 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.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Check the Texas regulator's records to confirm the lender is licensed here.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Be clear on what the loan is for and how it gets repaid.
- When debt already feels heavy, a nonprofit credit counsellor is worth a call first.
What differs between St. Hedwig and the rest of Texas is not the process but the borrower's own file, among the 2,319 people here.
The geography behind St. Hedwig
St. Hedwig covers about 29.6 square miles of land, with 0.27 square miles of water inside its boundaries (Census Gazetteer). Spread across it are roughly 78 residents per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Houston, the distance is roughly 171 miles. Within 50 miles of St. Hedwig there are 41 larger Census places. The 100-mile radius contains 85 larger places.
Borrowing reach in St. Hedwig
At roughly 78 people per square mile, St. Hedwig is sparsely settled; 41 larger places lie within 50 miles. Whether St. Hedwig has a local branch or not, a Texas-licensed lender can serve its 2,319 people online on the same terms. The nearest bigger place is Converse, TX about 9 miles away.
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Nearby places
- La Vernia, TX — population 1,405
- New Berlin, TX — population 747
- Converse, TX — population 30,321
- China Grove, TX — population 1,131
- Schertz, TX — population 43,239
- Cibolo, TX — population 36,374
- Marion, TX — population 1,074
- Universal City, TX — population 20,028