Personal loans in Taylorsville, KY
A lender serving Taylorsville holds a Kentucky license and answers to a Kentucky regulator, not to any city office. Taylorsville is one of 416 Census places in Kentucky; its 1,310 residents put it at 182nd. From the 2020 Census base to the 2023 estimate, the population rose by about 4.6%. Lenders active in Kentucky report to a state supervisor, identified in the sourced rows below. Decide the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before sharing any details. The closest larger place is Mount Washington, KY about 11 miles away.
Borrowing in Taylorsville: the local picture
Here is the sourced Census picture for Taylorsville, plus the Kentucky lending rules that apply to a loan taken out here.
- Population: the Census counts 1,310 residents in Taylorsville (Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate), the 182nd-largest figure among Kentucky's 416 places.
- Population trend: About 4.6% above the 2020 Census base.
- Size percentile: bigger than about 56% of the places in Kentucky.
- Location: it lies at 38.0323, -85.3495 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: Mount Washington (11 mi); Simpsonville (13 mi); Shelbyville (14 mi); Bardstown (16 mi); Jeffersontown (17 mi). Larger metros often have more branches, but online lenders reach Taylorsville on the same terms.
- Smaller places close by: Fairfield (7 mi); Bloomfield (8 mi); Heritage Creek (15 mi).
What Kentucky law requires in Taylorsville
Each figure in the table below carries a publisher and a date; where the state publishes nothing, we point to the source rather than estimate.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Small-loan / installment lender licensing | Consumer Loan Company license required (KRS Chapter 286.4) Source says: "How to License a Consumer Loan Company: 1. Read KRS 286.4 and the applicable administrative regulations under KAR 808, Chapter 6". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| State lending regulator | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Source says: "The Department of Financial Institutions' mission is to serve Kentucky residents by promoting access to a stable financial industry, implementing effective and efficient regulatory oversight". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
| Consumer Loan Company license — statutory basis | License required from the commissioner to make loans at a greater rate of interest than otherwise permitted by law Source says: "No person shall, without first obtaining a license from the commissioner, engage in the business of making loans ... at a greater rate of interest". | Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | Up to 19% per annum, or 4% over the 90-day commercial-paper discount rate, whichever is less (by written agreement) Source says: "At a per annum rate not to exceed four percent (4%) in excess of the discount rate on ninety (90) day commercial paper ... or nineteen percent (19%), whichever is less". | Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (Kentucky Revised Statutes) as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license (deferred deposit service business; payday loans) Source says: "The Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) has secured the services of Veritec Solutions, LLC to provide a common database with real-time access for deferred deposit transactions". | Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions as of 2026-09-16 |
What a Taylorsville personal loan looks like
Because a personal loan payment is fixed, the total cost is knowable in advance — the main difference from a credit card, where the balance revolves. Deciding what the loan is for, and what you will do differently afterward, matters more than the headline rate. The rate you see advertised is a range, not a promise, until a lender reviews your file.
A pre-application checklist for Taylorsville
Before you apply in Taylorsville, complete these steps:
- Order your free credit reports and dispute anything inaccurate — it is the cheapest way to move the rate you are offered.
- 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.
- Confirm the lender holds a Kentucky licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Check that the monthly payment fits your budget next to your existing obligations.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Fairfield, KY — population 130
- Bloomfield, KY — population 976
- Simpsonville, KY — population 3,068
- Mount Washington, KY — population 18,637
- Shelbyville, KY — population 17,804
- Bardstown, KY — population 13,832
- Heritage Creek, KY — population 1,203
- Middletown, KY — population 9,630