Personal loans in Breckenridge, TX
With roughly 5,140 residents, Breckenridge is a small town, and the lending rules its borrowers live under are written in Texas, not by the city. Breckenridge ranks 369th of 1,224 places in Texas, with a population near 5,140.
Work out your debt-to-income ratio first; lenders weigh it heavily, and Breckenridge's 5,140 residents are no exception. Census figures put the 2020-to-2023 decrease in Breckenridge at about 0.9%. Rate ceilings, licensing requirements and product limits for Breckenridge are all set at the Texas level. The nearest larger metro is Graham, TX about 31 miles away.
The Breckenridge data picture
Only a few things actually differ by place — population, area, location, and the Texas rules a lender must follow — and they are below.
- Population: 5,140 people, a figure that places Breckenridge 369th among the 1,224 Census places in Texas (US Census Bureau, Vintage 2023).
- Population trend: Lower by roughly 0.9% since the 2020 count.
- Net change: roughly 46 fewer people than the 2020 Census counted.
- Size percentile: roughly 70% of Texas places rank below Breckenridge.
- Density: the Census land area of 4.2 sq mi holds about 1,225 people per square mile.
- By land area: Breckenridge ranks 423rd among Texas's 1,224 places, at 4.2 sq mi.
- Share of state population: Breckenridge's 5,140 residents are about 0.0% of Texas.
- National rank: Breckenridge sits 4,752nd by population among the 19,457 places in this dataset.
- Growth rank: Breckenridge's 2020-to-2023 change ranks 961st of 1,224 places in Texas.
- Against the state trend: Breckenridge's 0.9% change compares with a Texas average of +6.5% across its 1,224 places.
- Density in Texas: Breckenridge ranks 389th by people per square mile.
- Density in context: Breckenridge's 1,225 people per square mile sit against a Texas median of 840.
- Location: coordinates 32.7568, -98.9130 (US Census Bureau Gazetteer).
- Nearest larger cities: Graham (31 mi); Mineral Wells (49 mi); Abilene (52 mi); Stephenville (55 mi); Weatherford (66 mi). Any of them may have more branches, but statewide rules and your credit still set the price.
- Nearest smaller towns: Woodson (20 mi); Moran (21 mi); Albany (22 mi).
- Smaller neighbours: 25 places smaller than Breckenridge sit within 50 miles.
- At 100 miles: 40 larger Census places fall inside that radius.
Inside a Breckenridge personal loan
In Breckenridge, a small town of about 5,140, the amount is advanced up front and repaid in fixed installments; the city's size does not change the pricing. A lender serving Breckenridge's 5,140 residents must disclose the APR and finance charge in writing before you sign. Shortening the term on a Breckenridge loan raises the monthly payment but cuts the interest; lengthening it does the reverse.
Before you apply in Breckenridge
A sensible order of operations for a loan in Breckenridge, home to about 5,140 people:
- Get all three reports, dispute anything wrong, and keep the corrected file for your applications.
- 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.
- Confirm the lender holds a Texas licence by checking the regulator named above.
- Decide the purpose and how you will repay it before approaching any lender.
- When debt already feels heavy, a nonprofit credit counsellor is worth a call first.
- Read the disclosure for an origination fee and any prepayment penalty before signing.
None of these steps is Breckenridge-specific: the same Texas licensing and disclosure rules reach all 5,140 residents.
Borrowing reach in Breckenridge
Breckenridge is a moderately settled community of about 5,140 people, with 2 larger places inside a 50-mile radius. A Texas licence lets a lender serve Breckenridge without a local office, so branch density does not change what its 5,140 residents are offered. For a larger market, the closest option is Graham, TX about 31 miles away.
How Breckenridge compares across Texas
Breckenridge is the 369th-largest of 1,224 Census places in Texas and contains about 0.0% of the state's people. Its 2020-to-2023 change ranks 961st of 1,224 Texas places, putting it near the 21th percentile for growth. Its roughly 1,225 residents per square mile place it 389th among Texas's places. Between 2020 and 2023 the count changed by roughly 46 residents.
Which Texas laws govern a loan in Breckenridge
These are Texas's sourced lending facts as they reach Breckenridge's 5,140 residents; the state has no city-level rate rule.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Payday lending status | Legal via licensed credit access businesses (payday/title-loan brokers); the third-party lender itself is not licensed (Tex. Fin. Code ch. 393) Source says: the credit access business that serves as the broker is the licensee in this regulated industry | Texas Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner (OCCC) as of 2026-09-16 |
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Nearby places
- Woodson, TX — population 233
- Moran, TX — population 235
- Eastland, TX — population 3,645
- Ranger, TX — population 2,282
- Cisco, TX — population 4,006
- Albany, TX — population 1,923
- Strawn, TX — population 561
- Newcastle, TX — population 535