Personal loans in Taylor, TX
A lender serving Taylor holds a Texas licence and answers to a Texas regulator; no city office is involved for its 17,337 residents. By population, Taylor sits at 169th in Texas, with an estimated 17,337 residents.
Taylor gained roughly 6.4% in population across the 2020-to-2023 comparison. Every figure below is Texas's own, applied to Taylor's 17,337 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. Verify the lender's Texas licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Taylor. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Hutto, TX about 7 miles away.
Borrowing in Taylor: the local picture
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Texas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 17,337 people, a figure that places Taylor 169th among the 1,224 Census places in Texas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Up about 6.4% from the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate.
- Net change: roughly 1,038 more people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: Taylor's 17,337 people outrank roughly 86% of the places in Texas.
- Land and density: 22.6 square miles of land carry roughly 766 residents per square mile.
- Land area: Taylor covers 22.6 square miles, the 100th-largest area among Texas's 1,224 places.
- Water: Taylor holds about 0.12 square miles, the 207th-largest water area in Texas.
- State share: roughly 0.1% of Texas's residents live in Taylor (17,337 people).
- National rank: Taylor is 2,120th of 19,457 places nationwide.
- Growth rank: Taylor's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 357th of 1,224 places in Texas.
- State comparison: Texas's places average +6.5% for 2020-to-2023, against Taylor's 6.4%.
- Density rank: Taylor places 665th among Texas's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Taylor's 766 people per square mile sit against a Texas median of 840.
- Location: 30.5720, -97.4304 (Census Gazetteer coordinates).
- Nearest larger cities: Hutto (7 mi); Pflugerville (13 mi); Round Rock (14 mi); Manor (17 mi); Georgetown (17 mi). Online lenders reach Taylor no matter how far the nearest branch is.
- Smaller communities within reach: Thrall (8 mi); Coupland (8 mi); Granger (10 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 53 of them.
- At 100 miles: 27 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Texas rules behind a Taylor personal loan
When Texas does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Taylor is bound by the same rules.
| 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 |
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | License required for non-depository lenders charging more than 10% interest; Chapter 342 governs consumer loans (Tex. Fin. Code § 342.051) Source says: Non-depository lenders who engage in making, transacting, or collecting loans with a rate of interest greater than 10% must be licensed by the OCCC. | 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 |
How Taylor compares across Texas
Against Texas's other places, Taylor accounts for about 0.1% of the state's population and ranks 169th of 1,224 by size. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Taylor stands 357th among Texas's 1,224 places — roughly the 71th percentile. At about 766 people per square mile, Taylor is the 665th most densely settled place in Texas. By land area, its 22.6 square miles rank 100th of 1,224 places in Texas.
The anatomy of a Taylor personal loan
Most loans made to Taylor's 17,337 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Two numbers drive a Taylor loan: the APR, which includes fees, and the term, which decides how long you keep paying. The term you choose in Taylor decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
Before you apply in Taylor
Before you hand your details to a lender in Taylor, where the population is near 17,337:
- Get your credit reports, dispute what is wrong, and only then start shopping.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Pre-qualify with three or more lenders, then compare the APR rather than the interest rate.
- Verify the lender's Texas licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Do not borrow more than the expense calls for, even if a lender approves a larger amount.
- 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.
The process is identical across Texas; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Taylor holds 17,337 people.
Borrowing reach in Taylor
Taylor is a moderately settled community of about 17,337 people, with 15 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. Lenders licensed in Texas reach Taylor's 17,337 residents online, so the nearest branch is not what sets your APR. For a larger market, the closest option is Hutto, TX about 7 miles away.
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Nearby places
- Hutto, TX — population 38,765
- Coupland, TX — population 295
- Thrall, TX — population 865
- Granger, TX — population 1,193
- Weir, TX — population 724
- Pflugerville, TX — population 65,301
- Elgin, TX — population 12,304
- Bartlett, TX — population 1,616