Personal loans in Tenakee Springs, AK

Tenakee Springs, Alaska — home to about 111 people — is a small community, so the terms you are offered follow Alaska law rather than any local rule. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 decrease in Tenakee Springs at about 5.9%. Rate-shopping from Tenakee Springs costs nothing at pre-qualification, where a soft pull leaves your credit file alone. Every figure below is Alaska's own, applied to Tenakee Springs's 111 residents, with the publisher and retrieval date attached. The nearest larger metro is Hoonah, AK about 25 miles away.

Tenakee Springs by the numbers

Two layers matter for a Tenakee Springs borrower: the local population picture and Alaska's consumer-lending statutes.

• Population: an estimated 111 residents, 121st of 149 places in Alaska (Census Vintage 2023 subcounty estimate).
• Population trend: Lower by roughly 5.9% since the 2020 count.
• Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a loss of about 7 residents.
• Size percentile: roughly 19% of Alaska's places have fewer residents than Tenakee Springs's 111.
• Density: roughly 8 residents per square mile, spread over 13.1 sq mi of land.
• By land area: Tenakee Springs ranks 56th among Alaska's 149 places, at 13.1 sq mi.
• Water: Tenakee Springs holds about 4.76 square miles, the 45th-largest water area in Alaska.
• Within Alaska: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Tenakee Springs.
• Nationally: Tenakee Springs is the 17,945th-largest of 19,457 Census places in the dataset.
• Growth rank: Tenakee Springs's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 130th of 149 places in Alaska.
• State comparison: Alaska's places average -3.1% for 2020-to-2023, against Tenakee Springs's 5.9%.
• Density rank: Tenakee Springs places 122nd among Alaska's places by people per square mile.
• Density vs Alaska: Tenakee Springs's 8 people per square mile compare with a state median of 40.
• Location: the Census Gazetteer records it at 57.7901, -135.1354.
• Nearest larger cities: Hoonah (25 mi); Angoon (34 mi); Sitka city and (42 mi); Gustavus (50 mi); Juneau city and (53 mi). Living near a larger metro rarely changes what is available in Tenakee Springs.
• Smaller communities within reach: Pelican (41 mi); Kupreanof (105 mi); Port Alexander (109 mi).
• Smaller places within 50 miles: 1 of them.
• Within 100 miles: 6 places are larger than Tenakee Springs.

The anatomy of a Tenakee Springs personal loan

With roughly 111 residents, Tenakee Springs is a small community; its personal loans are typically unsecured, priced from your credit rather than the city's size. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Tenakee Springs can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. A longer term lowers the monthly payment on a Tenakee Springs loan but raises total interest, so the smallest payment is not the cheapest loan.

Tenakee Springs in state context

Tenakee Springs is the 121st-largest of 149 Census places in Alaska and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. On the 2020-to-2023 trend, Tenakee Springs stands 130th among Alaska's 149 places — roughly the 13th percentile. Its roughly 8 residents per square mile place it 122nd among Alaska's places. By land area, its 13.1 square miles rank 56th of 149 places in Alaska.

Tenakee Springs: area, density and distance

Inside Tenakee Springs's boundaries lie roughly 13.1 square miles of land and 4.76 square miles of water. Spread across it are roughly 8 residents per square mile. For the state's biggest city, Anchorage, the distance is roughly 547 miles. Within 50 miles of Tenakee Springs there are 4 larger Census places. The 100-mile radius contains 6 larger places.

Before you apply in Tenakee Springs

Before you hand your details to a lender in Tenakee Springs, where the population is near 111:

1. Start with the credit file: order the reports, fix the errors, then apply.
2. Run the numbers on the personal loan calculator so you know the payment before you apply.
3. Line up several pre-qualified offers and let the APR decide.
4. Verify the lender's Alaska licence with the regulator listed on this page.
5. Choose a term you can live with; stretching it lowers the payment but raises total interest.
6. Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
7. Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.

In Tenakee Springs as elsewhere in Alaska, the written terms — not the advertisement — are what count for its 111 residents.

The Alaska lending rules that reach Tenakee Springs

These are Alaska's sourced lending facts as they reach Tenakee Springs's 111 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.