Personal loans in Warsaw, KY
If you are weighing a personal loan in Warsaw, start from the payment you can carry; its 1,759 residents face the same statewide rules. Rate ceilings, licensing requirements and product limits for Warsaw are all set at the Kentucky level.
Roughly 1,759 residents live in Warsaw, the 152nd-largest community in Kentucky. Begin with the payment, then weigh APR and total interest across the lenders that reach Warsaw's 1,759 residents. Population in Warsaw dropped about 0.1% over the three years from 2020 to 2023. Borrowers who want a bigger city can look to Vevay, IN about 11 miles away.
Borrowing in Warsaw: the local picture
Warsaw is a small community; the notes below cover its population profile and the statewide rules that apply.
- Population: 1,759 — Warsaw ranks 152nd of 416 communities in Kentucky (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Roughly 0.1% fewer residents than the 2020 Census counted.
- Absolute change: 1 residents lost between 2020 and 2023.
- Size percentile: roughly 63% of Kentucky places rank below Warsaw.
- Population density: about 1,828 people per square mile across 1.0 square miles of land (Census Gazetteer area, Vintage 2023 population).
- Land area: Warsaw covers 1.0 square miles, the 231st-largest area among Kentucky's 416 places.
- Water area: Warsaw has 0.06 square miles of water, ranking 74th of 416 places in Kentucky.
- Within Kentucky: about 0.1% of the state's population lives in Warsaw.
- National standing: Warsaw ranks 8,102nd of 19,457 US places.
- Growth in Kentucky: Warsaw stands 176th by percentage change from 2020 to 2023, among 416 places.
- Against the state trend: Warsaw's 0.1% change compares with a Kentucky average of -0.2% across its 416 places.
- Density rank: Warsaw places 119th among Kentucky's places by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Warsaw's 1,828 people per square mile sit against a Kentucky median of 1,045.
- Location: coordinates 38.7836, -84.8925 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Vevay (11 mi); Rising Sun (12 mi); Crittenden (16 mi); Walton (16 mi); Union (16 mi). For most borrowers the comparison happens online, not at a branch.
- Smaller places close by: Patriot (5 mi); Glencoe (6 mi); Sparta (6 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 73 of them.
- Larger places within 100 miles: 250.
The Warsaw borrowing checklist
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Warsaw, home to about 1,759 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Test your amount and term in the personal loan calculator first.
- Gather at least three pre-qualified offers and line up the APR, not the headline rate.
- Verify the lender's Kentucky licence with the regulator listed on this page.
- Keep the amount to the expense; an approval is not a reason to take more.
- 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.
The process is identical across Kentucky; what changes is your credit file, not the fact that Warsaw holds 1,759 people.
Warsaw in state context
Warsaw is the 152nd-largest of 416 Census places in Kentucky and contains about 0.1% of the state's people. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Warsaw ranks 176th of 416 in Kentucky (about the 58th percentile). Its roughly 1,828 residents per square mile place it 119th among Kentucky's places. The population moved by about 1 people between 2020 and 2023, a 0.1% shift.
The state rulebook for Warsaw
When Kentucky does not publish a figure, the row links to the source instead of inventing a number; Warsaw is bound by the same rules.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Where Warsaw sits
Warsaw's land area is about 1.0 square miles; a further 0.06 square miles is water. With 1,759 residents, the land area yields roughly 1,828 people per square mile. The largest place in Kentucky, Lexington-Fayette, lies about 56 miles away. Within 50 miles of Warsaw there are 96 larger Census places. The 100-mile radius contains 250 larger places.
What is available to Warsaw borrowers
Warsaw is a moderately settled community of about 1,759 people, with 96 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. A Kentucky licence lets a lender serve Warsaw without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 1,759 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Vevay, IN about 11 miles away.
Common questions
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Nearby places
- Patriot, IN — population 205
- Sparta, KY — population 239
- Glencoe, KY — population 351
- Sanders, KY — population 197
- Rising Sun, IN — population 2,228
- Ghent, KY — population 363
- Vevay, IN — population 1,777
- Worthville, KY — population 176