Personal loans in Bird City, KS
Bird City is a small community in Kansas, with an estimated 446 residents, and every licensed lender here follows the same state rulebook. Bird City is one of 625 Census places in Kansas; its 446 residents put it at 285th.
The closest larger city is St. Francis, KS about 14 miles away. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 increase in Bird City at about 2.1%. State law, rather than federal rules alone, supplies the rate caps and licensing rules that reach Bird City's 446 residents. Verify the lender's Kansas licence against the regulator named below before borrowing in Bird City.
What the Census records for Bird City
Read the local figures below as context; read the sourced Kansas table as the rulebook a lender here must follow.
- Population: 446 residents; Bird City is the 285th-largest of 625 places in Kansas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Growth of about 2.1% across the 2020-to-2023 comparison.
- Change in people: the 2020-to-2023 comparison is a gain of about 9 residents.
- Size percentile: about 54% of Kansas's Census places are smaller than Bird City.
- Density: roughly 197 residents per square mile, spread over 2.3 sq mi of land.
- By land area: Bird City ranks 107th among Kansas's 625 places, at 2.3 sq mi.
- Within Kansas: about 0.0% of the state's population lives in Bird City.
- National rank: Bird City is the 13,639th most populous of the 19,457 Census places covered here.
- Growth rank: Bird City's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 40th of 625 places in Kansas.
- Versus Kansas: the state average change is -1.0%, while Bird City moved 2.1%.
- Density rank: Bird City is the 581st most densely settled place in Kansas.
- Against the state median: Bird City runs about 197 residents per square mile, where the Kansas median is 764.
- Location: it lies at 39.7495, -101.5328 in the Census Gazetteer.
- Nearest larger cities: St. Francis (14 mi); Benkelman (21 mi); Atwood (26 mi); Goodland (29 mi); Colby (36 mi). A bigger neighbour may offer more branches; the rate you see still follows your credit, not your address.
- Nearest smaller towns: McDonald (9 mi); Brewster (28 mi); Haigler (28 mi).
- Smaller places within 50 miles: 11 of them.
- At 100 miles: 40 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Before you apply in Bird City
These steps shape the offer you get in Bird City, a place of about 446 people:
- Pull your credit reports first and correct any error before a lender sees the file.
- Price the payment first with our personal loan calculator before any lender quotes you.
- Collect three or more offers and compare them on APR, not on the advertised rate.
- Confirm the Kansas licence with the regulator named above before committing.
- Weigh a shorter term's higher payment against the interest it saves.
- Borrow only what the purpose requires, not the maximum you are offered.
- Write down the purpose of the loan and your repayment plan before you apply.
None of these steps is Bird City-specific: the same Kansas licensing and disclosure rules reach all 446 residents.
Bird City's place among Kansas's 625 places
Within Kansas, Bird City holds roughly 0.0% of all residents, the 285th-largest share among 625 places. For population change between 2020 and 2023, Bird City ranks 40th of 625 in Kansas (about the 94th percentile). At about 197 people per square mile, Bird City is the 581st most densely settled place in Kansas. By land area, its 2.3 square miles rank 107th of 625 places in Kansas.
How lenders reach Bird City
At roughly 197 people per square mile, Bird City is lightly settled; 10 larger places lie within 50 miles. A Kansas licence lets a lender serve Bird City without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 446 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is St. Francis, KS about 14 miles away.
Kansas consumer-lending rules applied in Bird City
Read the table as a lender's compliance picture for Bird City: the rule, the sourced figure, the publisher and the date.
| Rule | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| State lending regulator | Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner (OSBC) Source says: "The Office of the State Bank Commissioner regulates all state-chartered banks, trust companies, mortgage businesses, supervised lenders, credit service organizations, earned wage access service providers, and money transmitters". | Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner as of 2026-09-16 |
| Maximum legal interest rate (usury cap) | 15% per annum (general contract-rate ceiling for written instruments) Source says: "may stipulate therein for interest receivable ... at a rate not to exceed 15% per annum unless otherwise specifically authorized by law". | Kansas Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
| Payday lending status | Permitted under license (payday cash advances of $500 or less; charge capped at 15%) Source says: "a licensed or supervised lender may charge an amount not to exceed 15% of the amount of the cash advance". | Kansas Office of the Revisor of Statutes as of 2026-09-16 |
Inside a Bird City personal loan
Most loans made to Bird City's 446 residents are unsecured, so nothing is pledged and the lender relies on your credit history. Because pricing is borrower-level, two people in Bird City can be quoted different APRs on the same amount and term. The term you choose in Bird City decides the split between a comfortable payment and the total interest you pay.
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Nearby places
- McDonald, KS — population 117
- St. Francis, KS — population 1,276
- Benkelman, NE — population 768
- Brewster, KS — population 287
- Goodland, KS — population 4,403
- Haigler, NE — population 139
- Atwood, KS — population 1,242
- Stratton, NE — population 304